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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another Gen Xer here.  Agree with the previous posters of my generation.  Not only was greatness not expected, it was often posed as out of reach for most.

Ordinary and Average is what was expected. Getting an education, decent job, marriage, kids.

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I disagree with this.  I'm in my 40s and was expected to attain greatness. Grew up with tons of pressure to succeed.  I disappointed everyone with the way things turned out.[/quote]

I'm the pp---But what was the definition of succeed?

I was definitely expected to go to college and a further degree was also never out of the question of possibility. I didn't feel pressured, the underlying expectation was there but no further pressuring.  I was to find that path to getting there on my own.  There was no helicoptering.

But greatness?  No.  A good job, yes.  Middle to upper middle class lifestyle? Yes.

[b]We live a good life, not an over the top instagram/facebook worthy of following life but a pretty good and ordinary life.[/b]
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That's just it, nobody does! IG and FB are but fragments of life. It's that split second of happiness or social media worthiness. No one has a life free of sadness or anger or of less than picture perfect. I am constantly amazed that people put so much power into the illusion of social media. Log off these sites if it is bringing you this much unhappiness because of comparisons. Just live the life you want. Your opinion is the only one that matters because you have to wake up each morning and live it.[/quote]

Pp here- I agree but I think the younger generation doesn't. That's what I'm saying, ordinary is okay and is normal.

Unfortunately, they have been fed this notion of "greatness" and social media that they've grown up with continues to perpetuate this notion of worthiness through pics of seemingly incredible lives though they are just glimpses of often fabricated moments.

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To quote the wise Buddy Pine/Syndrome, "if everyone is special, no one is!"[/quote]

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