[Incorrigible]

And according to most studies, Baby Boomers do not have sufficient savings to last them for their expected lifetimes given that they will still likely see 65 as a retirement point.

Then you have the the above confusion about who's kids are going to take care of who; when in fact, the kids are going to be working so hard to pay taxes to support all these Boomers that they won't have time to take care of them!

[Incorrigible]

Click here to see how Baby Boomers have even messed up the lives of their children, not just their own lives:

Woe Is Me, Me, Me [Generation X/Reagan]

 

[Rummyfan]

As ye sow, so shall ye reap!

[Rummyfan]

Claudia Burns is sure she won't be one of those, in part because each of her two previous divorces taught her essential lessons about marriage. "This time, when we married, we didn't try to change each other," she says.

I would be very wary of marrying anyone already twice divorced. Of course the advantage is that as people age, I think their expectations wrt a spouse are more realistic (lower?). Good luck to her and her third husband!

[r9etb]

"I have a theory," she says philosophically. "I believe I needed a different husband for each stage of my life. I feel like there was a reason for each person."

A very telling comment, which I think encapsulates the problem with those who identify themselves as "boomers" (which is not everybody born during that time period, btw).

This is essentially an "all about me" mentality that reached its pinnacle with people like Bill Clinton and Newt Gingrich.

[Rodney King]

Now that they need the family, they regret having destoryed it when it was convenient for them.

[GOP Poet]

This time, she believes, she has finally gotten it right -- both in her choice of mate and in her expectations. "We haven't had a single fight," she says.

Is this suppossed to be a sign of a healthy relationship to her? Man, no wonder she has had so many husbands. Sounds like she still has a lot of work to do, which means more life stages and according to her she has a new husband for each life stage so . . . I think we all know where this one is heading. Right now she must be going through the "i don't fight with my husband and thus it must be right" life stage. I can't wait until she hits the I am a sinner that is humble before God and I fear his wrath thus I get down on my knees and pray for his forgiveness and guidance each day according to His word stage, although I won't hold my breath.

The level of divorce experienced by the early boomers is worrisome, Hughes says, because marital status affects both health and wealth. Married people live longer. The divorced are at greater risk for health problems, even after remarriage

Maybe the new survival of the fittest! Who would of thunk, way back in the nasty little sixties that the fittest were the one's with the gonies to marry and stay married. It is easy to run away all the time and blame others, maybe this laziness will die out with their species.

As far as the money, I now see these guys in wheelchairs organizing in the streets demanding the richer married folks pay for them to live and get healthcare and their children, knowing they won't inherit anything marching along with them, but only for the money so they can continue to not have jobs and play video games at fifty.

[cgbg]

I believe I needed a different husband for each stage of my life. I feel like there was a reason for each person.

Let us reword the marriage vow, then (and see who takes the bait for marrying this bimbo).

"Do you take this man....."

"Well, for a little while, until I reach a new stage of my life, at least".

[mikeus_maximus]

Marriage takes sacrifice and putting someone else's interests first-- something the Me Generation didn't learn. They're reaping what they they sowed.

[TalBlack]

"Many of these ties are going to be frail," says Mary Elizabeth Hughes, a Duke University sociologist who has studied the boomers. "They don't have the glue that previous ties did."


You make your bed then you sleep in it.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It took her only six months to decide on divorce; it didn't occur to her to try marriage counseling. "In hindsight, I didn't give him a chance," she says.

While thankfully we never get all that we deserve we do have to at least pay part of the bill.

When you treat people as disposable commodities to be used and tossed it will come back to bite you.

[fishbabe]

Thats where euthanasia will come in!!!!

[R. Scott]

Will adult children look after an elderly step-parent with the same devotion they would show a parent?

I do not expect my step daughter to take care of me. I have faith in the Old Soldiers Home – before I retired I made sure a lot of troops contributed to it.

[GOP_1900AD]

I had a chilling dream about some time, perhaps 30 or 35 years in the future, where, due to the impact of all the aging Boomers, the government / the sheeple had created something along the line of giant refugee camps or slightly more elegent than hobo camp places. To be fair, there were solid buildings and OK facilties, at least military or hospital grade. The deal was, by law, everyone had to move to these places at say, age 72. The idea was cost containment by amassing the aged. Things like mass bathing in heavily chlorinated water with detergent, etc with no segregation of the sexes. Mess hall eating, etc. Sort of like old folks homes of a truly massive scale. Could it happen? I say it could. I woke up in a cold sweat from that dream.

[Calpernia]

I see a few points left out of here. I am second generation American. I grew up in a community from the same heritage. The communities were interdependent on each other. Property taxes, zoning, chain stores and eminent domain crushed the communities. I think that had an effect on crushing bonds and ties too.

[Aquinasfan]

Demographers warn such disruption could leave this generation with weaker family ties, making them more vulnerable as they age and need help.

These are the years for boomers to regret the abortions they had in their youth.

[freedumb2003]

Baby Boomers do not have sufficient savings to last them for their expected lifetimes given that they will still likely see 65 as a retirement point.

Many of them may even be stupid enough to think SSI will help them.

PS: I am a late Boomer.