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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are many issues with boomers that I dislike. But someone said it up front: they don't pay it forward. Ever. This is true of every single boomer I know and that is in my family.

They benefited from parental help, babysitting, inheritances, huge pensions, and other benefits. But, god (bleeping) forbid that any of that is paid forward.  They "got theirs", "worked for it", "never expected anything." Twenty reasons why they deserve to be selfish w/o recognizing the benefit handed to them, and help they had, that many people don't have access to (or bestowed on them) now.

I'm GenX.  My parents were gifted all kinds of things from their parents/aunts/uncles: big checks at Xmas, free child care for weeks at a time so they could go to the Bahamas or work without having to deal with us, free tuition at parochial school, free bedroom sets for the kids paid for by grandparents, etc. My parents have literally not given me 1 damn bit of assistance since I turned "an adult." Despite being able to do so.  I get told "I raised my kids." Even though they did so with a LOT of help. Loads of it.

I never complain to them about it; I just smile to myself at the lack of self-awareness. I've worked my ass off with no help.  And I'll never be able to retire at the ages they did with a defined benefit plan (my father was able to retire in his late 40s). And you think they won't think twice about asking me for help when they need it?? LOL. Of course they will. They want it at both ends.  They just don't want to give back. Or acknowledge what they've received.

I have no problem with working hard, earning my keep . . .[b] I've been doing that since I was 18. And I started working PT in the summers, etc. when I was 14. [/b]That's fine. But, it burns me to hear them talk so sanctimoniously while absolutely being the most self-centered bunch of people.[/quote]

You make it sound like that's something unusual or unique. Everyone, regardless of generation, has been doing that. That's nothing new. I started working when I was 16 and still working. Yes, I am a boomer. [/quote]

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