When I was a young adult, I knew that maturity came with responsibility. Now, being the oldest of eight siblings in the house at the time, I already had enough responsibility on my plate, but I knew that when my parents became old andcould not take care of themselves anymore, that my siblings and I would be responsible for their care. None of us ever gave it single thought otherwise.
It didn't quite play out that way. My Father died very early, he barely made 40. My Mother came to live with me because I needed help raising my sister's children, when she be became sick. I could not have done it without her. My job was extremely demanding, required many after hour meetings, and a lot of socialization. I think if it had not been for the children, I would have likely left administration a lot sooner, and I may not have every learned about what goes on behind many a gilded door. But that is a post for another time.
My news feed spit out an article earlier today titled, "Suze Orman says now’s the time for boomers, Gen X to tell their adult kids 'I am no longer your bank account' and focus on their retirement nest egg."
https://moneywise.com/managing-money/ret...adult-kids
I found this an interesting piece, because I had just had this discussion last week with four of my friends. All four have one or more of their adult children living in their home, with their children, and two, have the adult child, their spouse and their children, and only one is bringing in an income.
If you look about social media and the internet, you will see that this is actually the new norm. One glaring thing about all of our new norms, is that tradition fades away.
Tradition has actually become a dirty word, and under certain circumstances, some will even call it hate speech.
Perhaps in the future, tradition will just be something that becomes myth or fairy tales, along with so much else.
So much is changing, so fast. Too fast.
It didn't quite play out that way. My Father died very early, he barely made 40. My Mother came to live with me because I needed help raising my sister's children, when she be became sick. I could not have done it without her. My job was extremely demanding, required many after hour meetings, and a lot of socialization. I think if it had not been for the children, I would have likely left administration a lot sooner, and I may not have every learned about what goes on behind many a gilded door. But that is a post for another time.
My news feed spit out an article earlier today titled, "Suze Orman says now’s the time for boomers, Gen X to tell their adult kids 'I am no longer your bank account' and focus on their retirement nest egg."
https://moneywise.com/managing-money/ret...adult-kids
I found this an interesting piece, because I had just had this discussion last week with four of my friends. All four have one or more of their adult children living in their home, with their children, and two, have the adult child, their spouse and their children, and only one is bringing in an income.
If you look about social media and the internet, you will see that this is actually the new norm. One glaring thing about all of our new norms, is that tradition fades away.
Tradition has actually become a dirty word, and under certain circumstances, some will even call it hate speech.
Perhaps in the future, tradition will just be something that becomes myth or fairy tales, along with so much else.
So much is changing, so fast. Too fast.
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