[Mears]

“Also, the younger generation grew up with luxuries that we did not have, and now feel entitled.”

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You have GOT to be kidding.

I’m from the generation before you and the Boomers had it made compared to what we had.

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[greene66]

You have that exactly right.

I spent a LOT of my formative years with my grandparents and their friends/peers, and got pretty well-versed in their histories and worldviews. A world in which penny-postcards, dime-novels and toothpick-holders were cherished like jewels. Folks who often had to hunt and garden or go to bed hungry.

Hence, I have so little empathy for the baby-boomers/gen-Xers/millineals, etc., and their various levels of self-absorption and sense of cultural worth.

[kaila]

Yes, the generation before me had it harder. However, when I was growing up we ate hamburger and tuna helper. Powdered Milk. Canned vegetables- because fresh was too expensive. I shopped with my mother who collected coupons , and we would shop at 5 different grocery stores to get all the deals. One tv set in the house. Cheap furniture. A stereo that none of the kids were allowed to touch. We had to work after school to buy a $200 used car. My husband spent half of his childhood in the projects.
I went with my niece ( a millennial) and her mother to buy items for her dorm room. I suggested going to Goodwill for dishes. Nope, she wanted brand new dishes and a $200 bedspread for her dorm room. Computer and television in the room. She was raised spoiled, and that is what I see with this generation.