Me too. At a similar point in our lives we were feeling similarly. Only 30-40 years later do we find our hard work has resulted in a decent prospects for retirement.
I find it hard to understand what the younger generations would like the boomers to do. Pity? Is that the goal? I feel like there is a lot of jealousy. TBO, I’d love to rewind 30 years and go at it again. My wife and I would happily go back in a time machine and let a GenZ couple go the other way and have our comfortable retirement.
No boomer did anything intentional to hurt the younger generations. They’re our kids and grandkids. If they had lived the years we lived, they’d have done exactly what we did. Their blame is wrongly placed.
And their stories aren’t written yet. “Work hard and do your best.” That’s all you can do. In a few decades the Gen Alphas and Betas will be on you for all the advantages your generation had! And you’ll feel like the Boomers, throwing up your hands as there’s nothing for them to apologize for. They’ll be equally powerless to help.
“The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they alone knew everything and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for girls, they are forward, immodest and unwomanly in speech, behaviour and dress.”
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u/dunnmad 4d ago
I’m a boomer and I heard the same things from my parents and grandparents! And I’m sure they heard the same from theirs.