Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:49
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
Anonymous wrote:Sorry I don't pay to read news. It's part of my "adulting"
That actually makes you a child
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:49
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
Anonymous wrote:Interesting article. I read it - and to PPs, I don’t think it is people moaning at all. It is about how life if different for today’s 40 year olds - objectively different, from the sorts of crises we have experienced in recent times, to the cost of housing, the aging population, etc. The headline refers to the idea that the pop culture mid life crisis where a guy buys a flashy car and runs away with a younger woman is unlikely for today’s 40 something men, who may have only just got married/had kids for the first time.
Agreed. And it IS different.
Not sure why so many of the PPs are so miserable.
-I'm Gen X
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:48
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
Anonymous wrote:I am 34 and I am NOT middle aged. F off.
34 x 2 = 68. Which is old
So you are middle aged sorry
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:47
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
Interesting article. I read it - and to PPs, I don’t think it is people moaning at all. It is about how life if different for today’s 40 year olds - objectively different, from the sorts of crises we have experienced in recent times, to the cost of housing, the aging population, etc. The headline refers to the idea that the pop culture mid life crisis where a guy buys a flashy car and runs away with a younger woman is unlikely for today’s 40 something men, who may have only just got married/had kids for the first time.
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:40
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
I am 34 and I am NOT middle aged. F off.
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:38
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
As a GenX I love this : One thing Millennials do have that we in GenX do not: enough numbers for people to write articles like this about them. Where the the thought pieces when we turned 40??
Though we did have This is 40
Though we did have This is 40
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:37
Subject: Re:NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
There is something about millennials that went so wrong. Gen Z is better.
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:37
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
Sorry I don't pay to read news. It's part of my "adulting"
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:37
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
Anonymous wrote:There has never been a catastrophe so great as generation <insert word here> reaching <insert milestone here>.
LOL. Said repeatedly across the millennia.
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:37
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
There has never been a catastrophe so great as generation <insert word here> reaching <insert milestone here>.
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:34
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
“adulting” makes an appearance. For someone nearing 40, WTAF.
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:33
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
“Late young adult”
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:32
Subject: Re:NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
Summary: Life is tough.
Takeaway: Buckle up. You aren't guaranteed anything.
Takeaway: Buckle up. You aren't guaranteed anything.
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:27
Subject: Re:NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
Behind paywall.
But if I can make an assumption based on the article title, it's someone complaining about life being unfair rather than acknowledging the mistakes of individual decisions.
But if I can make an assumption based on the article title, it's someone complaining about life being unfair rather than acknowledging the mistakes of individual decisions.
Anonymous
03/24/2023 10:02
Subject: NYT Opinion Piece: This Isn’t What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed To Look Like
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/03/14/opinion/middle-age-millennials.html
Pretty grim. Talking about student loan debt in particular.
Pretty grim. Talking about student loan debt in particular.