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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Blah blah blah. This is not a generational thing, OP, this is you thing.[/quote]

I disagree, in an older millennial and do think my generation is in a unique position.

Unlike prior generations, we grew up during a time of relative prosperity. I watched my parents who never went to college maintain a nice lifestyle with pension, able to send me to college, etc. while my mom was a SAHM. We were raised on the you can be whatever you want, higher education will lead you to success, etc. and now the rising income inequality, recession right as we graduated, school closures during our peak employment years, etc. has been this complete 180 to what we watched growing up.

Basically since watching my peers go off to fight after 9-11 my mind has gradually shifted from a mentality of life is usually good/easy with a few blips to get past to realizing that life is in fact a series of hardships and it’s those good moments in between that you have to savor.

We are also the first generation to truly come of age with internet access (back when our parents had no idea how to censor anything) and are now pioneering raising kids in an increasingly technological world. We have way more 24/7 access to content, including first hand social media accounts of horrific things going on all over the world at any given time that maybe the human brain was not really meant to be able to process.

It’s a weird position to be in to see the life expectancy and upward mobility of future generations decrease instead of having the optimism that each generation will be better off. I think that has left a lot of millennials feeling like the rug was pulled from beneath them.[/quote]

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