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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend of mine was blowing steam about how her only nephew has gotten into a relationship with someone with lots of personality, family and financial issues and how stressed his family is about this. It seems lately everything I hear or read shows young generation struggling with, mental health, existential crisis, identity struggles, gender issues, debt and overspending problems, dating dilemmas, lack of patience and fidelity, relationship issues, denial of alcoholism, disinterest in children, divorces etc. If you have young adults, what do you see on ground? Is it going to be hard to find loving partners and have trustworthy long term relationships? [/quote]

I do think my kids will find good partners/happy relationships.

My DS1 is mid-20s. He's happy, hard-working, doesn't appear to have any issues with money or substances, and is in a relationship with a lovely young woman. (They've been together for almost 2 years and were friends before that.) He is planning to go to grad school and so I don't know what the future holds for him and his current partner, but I have no doubt about his ability to navigate a long-distance relationship with her if that's what they choose, or to find a wonderful someone else if they ultimately decide to part ways. I would be quite happy if they stayed together. I could see him going either way on kids--maybe, maybe not.

My DS2 is 19, also seems to have a very good head on his shoulders--has had no mental health or other struggles at all. I don't think he's ever had a real girlfriend, TBH, but he does have good taste in friends--he's a good judge of character IMO. He does want to marry and have children. When he was looking at colleges, one of the things he was looking for was "a place where I might meet my future wife" LOL.

I do worry about whether they will be able to afford the lifestyles they seek if they have kids--housing and childcare is so expensive. I'm hoping that we all end up settled near one another in a less expensive small city, where DH and I can be helpful to them if they do have children (and even if they don't). (They have talked about us needing a "family compound" a la the Kennedys, LOL.)

We do know lots of teens and young adults who are struggling, and I am so, so grateful that my kids seem on solid ground.[/quote]

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