"Why Are the Baby Boomers in Such a Bad Mood?" - Page 8

StraytoStay · ‎07-18-2016

@Irshgrl31201 wrote:
@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
@Shanus wrote:
@Naki-Poo wrote:
I believe that most of them are afraid of dying one day. I believe that if you have a few bucks i mean more than 20K you need to start having fun and travel cause who will get your money your grand kids and they will spend it faster than it took you 50 yrs of working will ever. I dont have any grandkids.. thank god for us. I chose to travel. my kids do not care about me or my traveling they say mom, dad go and have some fun.. I have 8 children and they all live in different states and dont want any kids.. good for me, not so good for them when they get old.

I chose not to have gd kids for a few reasons, its gonna cost me bucks, I do have bucks i want to use my retirement on clothes and travel, which I love the best and my cats and dogs as well.

I feel that baby boomers can not give their grand kids the things that they gave their own kids so they rely on us. What can I say.

I also told all my kids when they first got a job I get half of their pay, each of them, two went into military no pay on them, but the rest gave it to me no questions, even my little Natalie who worked for 40.00 a day at a daycare she still managed to give me 20 bucks, when it was time for her to go to college I had saved enough money to give her the education she wanted, even if its only part time work. The boys all 5 of them, got good jobs and when it was ready for them to get married, they all got wedding presents from us with their half salaries from which they gave to me, without intrest to me. I was their bank,. my 3 girls...started to save on the side pocket after they married two of them are now without husbands but I still have their little nest egg... two still live with me, and they still contribute with me on funds.. they live here they must pay the piper mom. so I think bad mood is that they overspending... so when they die their children will have to get them out of bailing.
This is a joke, right? We're all going to die one day...nothing to fear. It's inevitable. My concern is bitterness and feelings of entitlement that would make someone feel it's OK to demand payment from their children & spend whatever they have so that they leave nothing to them. In this case, God blessed her w/ no grandchildren. The buck literally stops here. Wow!!!

@Shanus

I still would like to know how SHE chose not to have grandchildren.

Last time I checked, that decision really wasn't up to her.

It's up to her kids to decide if they want to become parents or not.

She has little to no say in that department.

I mean, what is she gonna do, if one of her kids becomes a parent?

I was wondering the same thing.

I know a lady (a real piece of work), who doesn't get along with her husband's daughter from his first marriage, that didn't accept the role as grandma. It's sad for the little girl, she probably wonders why grandpa's wife isn't grandma, but calls her by her first name.

Marienkaefer2 · ‎03-09-2010

I'm a Gen Xer (the beginning of the Gen X generation), and I certainly don't feel like my age group has been "favored" as the article states.

I think my gen has always been largely ignored, maybe even seen as "boring."

Most of my gen grew up a bit cynical. We didn't have high ideals or causes. (Remember we grew up during Watergate, then the Reagan admin.)

We went to college to get "good jobs." We weren't in it for the "experience" as the boomers were. We weren't known for being colorful, for partying, for standing out much for anything.

We just worked, studied, got jobs. I think my gen's main concern was to become self sufficient and make in the "corporate world."

Of my high school graduating class, I would say 80% of those who went to college studied business, business administration, marketing, finance, accounting.

Of my circle of friends, I was the only one who didn't major in business. But even I still had a plan laid out for undergraduate, grad school, etc.

That shows you where our heads were.

Most of my friends became highly successful. One friend owns her own accounting agency. Several of my friends are portfolio managers and investment bankers.

The boomers were the ones everyone always talked about. They had the big, standout events during their coming of age years.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.--Marcus Tullius Cicero

Oznell · ‎11-08-2014

I love what QualityGal said, it would be nice to just worry about respecting each other.

Was surprised the other day to learn that there is a generation that is succeeding the millenials. It is called "Generation Z". Suddenly there is a lot of discussion among the chattering classes about this newest generation, Z, and how it differs in some significant ways from the millenials.

september · ‎03-09-2010

I'm another one puzzled as to how someone can choose to not become a grandparent. And she says she has a lot of kids, too!

I had no choice and now have two wonderful granddaughters.....hope to have many more.

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@StraytoStay wrote:
@Irshgrl31201 wrote:
@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
@Shanus wrote:
@Naki-Poo wrote:
I believe that most of them are afraid of dying one day. I believe that if you have a few bucks i mean more than 20K you need to start having fun and travel cause who will get your money your grand kids and they will spend it faster than it took you 50 yrs of working will ever. I dont have any grandkids.. thank god for us. I chose to travel. my kids do not care about me or my traveling they say mom, dad go and have some fun.. I have 8 children and they all live in different states and dont want any kids.. good for me, not so good for them when they get old.

I chose not to have gd kids for a few reasons, its gonna cost me bucks, I do have bucks i want to use my retirement on clothes and travel, which I love the best and my cats and dogs as well.

I feel that baby boomers can not give their grand kids the things that they gave their own kids so they rely on us. What can I say.

I also told all my kids when they first got a job I get half of their pay, each of them, two went into military no pay on them, but the rest gave it to me no questions, even my little Natalie who worked for 40.00 a day at a daycare she still managed to give me 20 bucks, when it was time for her to go to college I had saved enough money to give her the education she wanted, even if its only part time work. The boys all 5 of them, got good jobs and when it was ready for them to get married, they all got wedding presents from us with their half salaries from which they gave to me, without intrest to me. I was their bank,. my 3 girls...started to save on the side pocket after they married two of them are now without husbands but I still have their little nest egg... two still live with me, and they still contribute with me on funds.. they live here they must pay the piper mom. so I think bad mood is that they overspending... so when they die their children will have to get them out of bailing.
This is a joke, right? We're all going to die one day...nothing to fear. It's inevitable. My concern is bitterness and feelings of entitlement that would make someone feel it's OK to demand payment from their children & spend whatever they have so that they leave nothing to them. In this case, God blessed her w/ no grandchildren. The buck literally stops here. Wow!!!

@Shanus

I still would like to know how SHE chose not to have grandchildren.

Last time I checked, that decision really wasn't up to her.

It's up to her kids to decide if they want to become parents or not.

She has little to no say in that department.

I mean, what is she gonna do, if one of her kids becomes a parent?

I was wondering the same thing.
I know a lady (a real piece of work), who doesn't get along with her husband's daughter from his first marriage, that didn't accept the role as grandma. It's sad for the little girl, she probably wonders why grandpa's wife isn't grandma, but calls her by her first name.

I used to work with a woman who had three adult children who were very successful in the film & TV industry. She doted on her grandchildren - with the emphasis on her. One of her children adopted one of their children's friends to take her out of an ugly neglectful, abusive home situation.

This co-worker never failed to differentiate between her "real" grandchildren and "the girl my son (or was it daughter?) adopted, her "other" granddaughter - in the way she spoke of her and about her, what gifts she was deemed worthy of vs her "real" granddaughters, and the days out she "had" to have with this "other" granddaughter - whom she would not include when she took her "real" granddaughters out for an occasion.

It made me sick to my stomach - and madder than he**.

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

Moonchilde · ‎05-23-2010

@september wrote:
I'm another one puzzled as to how someone can choose to not become a grandparent. And she says she has a lot of kids, too!

I had no choice and now have two wonderful granddaughters.....hope to have many more.

Well...you can refuse to acknowledge that you're "grandma." My maternal grandmother forbid me or my older sister from calling her "grandma" and insisted we call her by her given name. Neither one of us were comfortable with that - telling a 9 year old (in my case) that you're not allowed to call your grandma "grandma?" Very creepy IMO. We compromised in that my mother came up with a "nickname" we were "allowed" to call her.

No, she was not a cheery, grandmotherly, warm person :-(

Life without Mexican food is no life at all

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@handygal2

So the person who wrote this is supposed to be a comedy writer?

Imaoldhippie · ‎06-10-2015

Im a boomer and darn proud of it. Yes we have been put out to pasture. IMHO the reason we seem unhappy and grumpy is because we have seen this country destroyed, its no longer the land of the free, we are manipulated and controlled by so many people. Our freedoms have been infringed in many areas. I could go on and on but I dont want to cause a flurry of snarkisums.

BE THE PERSON YOUR DOG THINKS YOU ARE! (unknown)

handygal2 · ‎01-19-2015

@Tinkrbl44 wrote:
@handygal2

So the person who wrote this is supposed to be a comedy writer?

@Tinkrbl44: She was for SNL. I would consider this piece more satirical than funny, IMO.

~~Be careful when you follow the masses. Sometimes the 'm' is silent.~~

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@Northray wrote:
@Shanus wrote:
@Northray wrote:
I know I'll get stomped for this, since this is a boomer board, lol. But I'll say it anyways. As a millennial, we see boomers as the generation that refuses to go away - tho going they are. Boomers just want to keep relieving what ever golden times they perceive they were a part of -- they just don't want to get old or worse be seen as old. There is a certain entitlement and selfishness there, but an important reminder that the circle of life holds no favorites of any generation. My own parents are borderline boomer/generation Xer, it's kinda cute to watch them still try to relive their "salad days". Sorta like the Rolling Stones.
I couldn't decide whether to respond to this or just let it go. Perhaps the shoe's really on the other foot. The Boomers worked hard and endured times of market "crashes" similar to our grandparents and bounced back, worked harder and prayed more. For what? So your generation could have a good education, a home to live in, food on the table and maybe some cash to help you on your way. The least you can do is be just a little bit grateful & less concerned about yourselves.
LOL Okay, mom.