As my Mom used to say:
“We had the Great Depression and a World War that killed 50 million. Quit your whining.”
I used to hear the same thing. Pearls of experience-laden wisdom, there.
“Life’s not fair and the sooner you learn that the better off you’ll be”
“Nobody cares how you FEEL about something only what you think and you better be able to back it up with the facts”
My dad