Posted on 01/04/2023 3:19:41 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
I think we’d all prefer that. For OURSELVES, not YOU, LOL!
“I could see multi-generational working again, especially when you consider how huge homes are these days...But I can’t see it going well if the youngsters have been infantilized.”
I grew up in a home with my parents and grandparents. As an ‘only’ until I was four, it was wonderful! My Mom worked, my Dad was completing his apprenticeships and I got to hang out with my Grandma and Grandpa all day. It allowed my folks to stash the cash and they bought us a house as soon as they could. There WAS an end-goal, unlike a lot of situations these days.
I do have an Aunt who still has one son at home with her. He’s well into his 30’s, but has had so many medical issues since birth that he needs a lot of care. I would do the same for my kid.
“It was bred into me to seek my own fortune. Thanks Pop!”
I agree. My parents (and Grandparents) instilled self-sufficiency in me, too. I am grateful for that, for sure!
You make excellent points.
“We have a lot of anger among young adults who are priced out of having a middle class life and see no way of ever being able to achieve it. We ignore it at our peril.”
Yep. I’m very aware that I will be alone in my Golden Years. Today’s ‘Worker Bees’ probably won’t be willing or able to help me out much, then.
Our aging population will be suffering in the future and a lot of us here will be on those Front Lines. Ugh!
He took good care of all of his Recruits and was good about follow-up after closing the sale, LOL!
We called him, ‘Mother Muller.’
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