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In reply to the discussion: This, my friends, is far too typical for my generation. [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)My reality was exactly that of the strip. It's not true that most of us don't get it. A few years earlier I would have been golden.
I have known multiple advanced degree holders over the course of my life who committed suicide - the contrast between their qualifications and expectations and the reality was too great.
You misunderstand the environment in which a lot of boomers grew up. A lot of people have been struggling with economic difficulties for decades - there are people out there who have been back to school three times, and are now paying student loans from their SS checks.
I have only the deepest, heartfelt sympathy with all you young sprats, except for your belief that life was always easy for preceding generations. It wasn't.