Top 10 Things You Should NEVER Say to Millennials
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Date: 2023-11-21
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Andrea
All my life ever since I was a kid just like everybody else I always thought that I'd be somebody who would be a Mom with a family someday.
Yet I always did have a huge fear of growing up that even when I would get older even in high school the fear carried on with me. Yet in high school I got braver over it but I just had this feeling that it was going to get worse once I was in my twenties.
I always knew why because I always had a fear of having children but without them the fear of growing up wasn't there. I mean yeah I had death fears too but still. Lol
Yet it wasn't till my 20th birthday came along was when that fear of having children really hit me and it especially hit me a month before my 21st birthday and I really struggled with those fears for a while.
I finally conquered my fears that very September and beginning of October though and moved on from them. :)
In April of that year I finally came up with the decision and my Mom helped me discover it.
I don't want children.
I want to work with them as a preschool teacher or an assistant teacher but I don't want them as my own.
It was my Mom who helped me discover the signs all along with me growing up to see that I never wanted any.
For one thing unlike other people who loved talking about having children constantly someday I never was like that even when I was younger.
It's because I love freedom.
When I was eighteen I took care of a mechanical baby for school and man did it really teach me a lot.
There were so much that I longed to do like watching television, listening to music, heck I wanted to do my homework for crying out loud my normal homework like studying for a test that I eventually got a C on in another class! XD
When I marry my boyfriend someday I'm not afraid of being with him and living out on my own with him. I want us to have our own freedom without children coming in the way of that and just having it taken away just terrifies me.
If I ever accidentally do get pregnant despite taking cautions to not get pregnant even though it's extremely rare for that to happen I'll suck it up because I always thought that being a Mom would be wonderful.
But my main dream of not being a Mom is so much stronger. That's the dream that I want to live with forever and thank God my boyfriend, Ryan, feels the same or else I don't know what else I would do. Lol
I'm 29 now and will be 30 this year.
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All my life ever since I was a kid just like everybody else I always thought that I'd be somebody who would be a Mom with a family someday.
Yet I always did have a huge fear of growing up that even when I would get older even in high school the fear carried on with me. Yet in high school I got braver over it but I just had this feeling that it was going to get worse once I was in my twenties.
I always knew why because I always had a fear of having children but without them the fear of growing up wasn't there. I mean yeah I had death fears too but still. Lol
Yet it wasn't till my 20th birthday came along was when that fear of having children really hit me and it especially hit me a month before my 21st birthday and I really struggled with those fears for a while.
I finally conquered my fears that very September and beginning of October though and moved on from them. :)
In April of that year I finally came up with the decision and my Mom helped me discover it.
I don't want children.
I want to work with them as a preschool teacher or an assistant teacher but I don't want them as my own.
It was my Mom who helped me discover the signs all along with me growing up to see that I never wanted any.
For one thing unlike other people who loved talking about having children constantly someday I never was like that even when I was younger.
It's because I love freedom.
When I was eighteen I took care of a mechanical baby for school and man did it really teach me a lot.
There were so much that I longed to do like watching television, listening to music, heck I wanted to do my homework for crying out loud my normal homework like studying for a test that I eventually got a C on in another class! XD
When I marry my boyfriend someday I'm not afraid of being with him and living out on my own with him. I want us to have our own freedom without children coming in the way of that and just having it taken away just terrifies me.
If I ever accidentally do get pregnant despite taking cautions to not get pregnant even though it's extremely rare for that to happen I'll suck it up because I always thought that being a Mom would be wonderful.
But my main dream of not being a Mom is so much stronger. That's the dream that I want to live with forever and thank God my boyfriend, Ryan, feels the same or else I don't know what else I would do. Lol
I'm 29 now and will be 30 this year.
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neuroisis85
My parents decided not to tell me my 101year old Granda had died, because I'm too sensitive. I also wasn't invited or even told about it. I called him for 2 weeks straight, telling him we need to go see her to say goodbye because she was going to pass. When he finally answered my call, he said he was in TN. I asked why, and he said in his normal tone of it's none of your business Because your Grandmother died andd I'm driving to South Dakota for her funeral. Further- he drove to GA to pick up my Uncle, and drove past the exit to my house TWICE. He could have called and at least said if you'd like to come, I'd rather ride with my brother, if you'd like to drive yourself. I know to some degree, he was as usual, appeasing my textbook BPD (boomer)mother. Because she has made it impossible to leave their house, I would have been asked to take car of her 15 dogs. So even though I don't live with them anymore, she can still plan when I can see my extended family. If she had found out that I was going to her funeral, she would have lost it. I know that's why Dada ultimately mad that decision. I realize it's bitter and petty- but I told him I will never forgive him for that. He has free will(despite how he allows my mom to treat him, and my mother had gone to see my far away extended family and my Grandma every other year. I haven't seen any of them for almost a decade. I have no closure with my grandma's passing. At all. I guess that makes me too sensitive. I'm sure no one will read this rant, or care but i heard that phrase You're too sensitive and really needed to unload into the ether.
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My parents decided not to tell me my 101year old Granda had died, because I'm too sensitive. I also wasn't invited or even told about it. I called him for 2 weeks straight, telling him we need to go see her to say goodbye because she was going to pass. When he finally answered my call, he said he was in TN. I asked why, and he said in his normal tone of it's none of your business Because your Grandmother died andd I'm driving to South Dakota for her funeral. Further- he drove to GA to pick up my Uncle, and drove past the exit to my house TWICE. He could have called and at least said if you'd like to come, I'd rather ride with my brother, if you'd like to drive yourself. I know to some degree, he was as usual, appeasing my textbook BPD (boomer)mother. Because she has made it impossible to leave their house, I would have been asked to take car of her 15 dogs. So even though I don't live with them anymore, she can still plan when I can see my extended family. If she had found out that I was going to her funeral, she would have lost it. I know that's why Dada ultimately mad that decision. I realize it's bitter and petty- but I told him I will never forgive him for that. He has free will(despite how he allows my mom to treat him, and my mother had gone to see my far away extended family and my Grandma every other year. I haven't seen any of them for almost a decade. I have no closure with my grandma's passing. At all. I guess that makes me too sensitive. I'm sure no one will read this rant, or care but i heard that phrase You're too sensitive and really needed to unload into the ether.
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Lionessbynature
The kids, jobs, therapy, and being too sensitive had me cheering so loud. Just because baby boomers and gen exers allowed themselves to be willfully submissive to corporate/ capital greed and not stand up for their worth is not the negative of the new millennials. Also baby boomers and Gen Xers could afford a house, a car, and swiftly pay off college tuition/debt and move on to the stage of making a family if desired with the wage and pay rate offered to them at their time. If anything babyboomers and Gen Xers failed future generations by being too oblivious and dismissive to a system designed to cater to the 1%. So no time, money, energy, or desire for kids is just one of the futuristic consequences. Not liking the hate I get due to my skin color and how I'm unfairly treated in the workplace isn't sensitive it's me holding this society accountable by using my voice. And stripping away your comfortable privilege so you don't have to answer to systemic racism. Lastly therapy is needed for everyone on this planet. Especially after the pandemic. No one's mental health went unscathed in the pandemic. If anything it brought out hidden mental health conditions and disorders. If you're not an emotional wreck these days you are lying. No one was equipped for the pandemic therefore no one is invincible to the aftermath that put mental strain on one's psyche.
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The kids, jobs, therapy, and being too sensitive had me cheering so loud. Just because baby boomers and gen exers allowed themselves to be willfully submissive to corporate/ capital greed and not stand up for their worth is not the negative of the new millennials. Also baby boomers and Gen Xers could afford a house, a car, and swiftly pay off college tuition/debt and move on to the stage of making a family if desired with the wage and pay rate offered to them at their time. If anything babyboomers and Gen Xers failed future generations by being too oblivious and dismissive to a system designed to cater to the 1%. So no time, money, energy, or desire for kids is just one of the futuristic consequences. Not liking the hate I get due to my skin color and how I'm unfairly treated in the workplace isn't sensitive it's me holding this society accountable by using my voice. And stripping away your comfortable privilege so you don't have to answer to systemic racism. Lastly therapy is needed for everyone on this planet. Especially after the pandemic. No one's mental health went unscathed in the pandemic. If anything it brought out hidden mental health conditions and disorders. If you're not an emotional wreck these days you are lying. No one was equipped for the pandemic therefore no one is invincible to the aftermath that put mental strain on one's psyche.
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Makeah
As a Millennial I don't want to have children because of different reasons. First there's too many divisions in my family and I don't want to see my children to see that there's divisions in family, because there shouldn't be any. There's nothing I can do and I do love and care about my family but it's just not right. Second there's too many people on this planet which not that long ago we reached over 8 billion. Us humans are polluting this planet and I rather try taking care of this planet then children. Three there's too much ugliness in this world of what I see on the media. The ugliness in the media we see defines the humanity and there's nothing we can do to change it. I'm part of the LGBTQ and my Step father my only parent knows about me but has asked me when I will be a grandpa? I'm going to my old home town called Skagway, Alaska for Christmas. For sure he's going to keep asking me. Having children are expensive and I have no interest on having relationships because I have seen some people's relationships. Relationships looks complicated and stressful so I don't want that.
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As a Millennial I don't want to have children because of different reasons. First there's too many divisions in my family and I don't want to see my children to see that there's divisions in family, because there shouldn't be any. There's nothing I can do and I do love and care about my family but it's just not right. Second there's too many people on this planet which not that long ago we reached over 8 billion. Us humans are polluting this planet and I rather try taking care of this planet then children. Three there's too much ugliness in this world of what I see on the media. The ugliness in the media we see defines the humanity and there's nothing we can do to change it. I'm part of the LGBTQ and my Step father my only parent knows about me but has asked me when I will be a grandpa? I'm going to my old home town called Skagway, Alaska for Christmas. For sure he's going to keep asking me. Having children are expensive and I have no interest on having relationships because I have seen some people's relationships. Relationships looks complicated and stressful so I don't want that.
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Terri
pfffft The 'Childless Millennial' trope, acting as if they are the first generation to embrace the choice (or 'orientation' as many of us wired CFs feel ourselves to be, is total BS.
It was the late Boomers, coming to maturity in the late 70s; early 80s; who began the movement. The word 'childfree' was coined in the early 90s; the first group formed by Leslie Lafayette in 1992.
WE were the ones who paved the way to make permanent sterilization more normal, especially for women. Few of us were actually respected in our choice, but we stood firm. If the Gen Y people feel more comfortable discussing the decision to not be parents (more accurate and less prone to argument than saying I don't want kids, it's because the conversation has been ongoing for over 30 years.
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pfffft The 'Childless Millennial' trope, acting as if they are the first generation to embrace the choice (or 'orientation' as many of us wired CFs feel ourselves to be, is total BS.
It was the late Boomers, coming to maturity in the late 70s; early 80s; who began the movement. The word 'childfree' was coined in the early 90s; the first group formed by Leslie Lafayette in 1992.
WE were the ones who paved the way to make permanent sterilization more normal, especially for women. Few of us were actually respected in our choice, but we stood firm. If the Gen Y people feel more comfortable discussing the decision to not be parents (more accurate and less prone to argument than saying I don't want kids, it's because the conversation has been ongoing for over 30 years.
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SeanT
I'm GenX, and my kids are GenY. A lot of what you say here could apply to us all.
As for job hopping, my attitude is that seeing how easily companies fire people, there is no reason to be loyal to the company. I was once asked during an interview how I felt about company loyalty. I answered, I will give an employer every ounce of loyalty they give me. The interviewer (a Boomer) said that he had never heard that before. I got the job, and stayed there for 14 years.
My Millennial kids are awesome, and very realistic about the world. It serves them well.
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I'm GenX, and my kids are GenY. A lot of what you say here could apply to us all.
As for job hopping, my attitude is that seeing how easily companies fire people, there is no reason to be loyal to the company. I was once asked during an interview how I felt about company loyalty. I answered, I will give an employer every ounce of loyalty they give me. The interviewer (a Boomer) said that he had never heard that before. I got the job, and stayed there for 14 years.
My Millennial kids are awesome, and very realistic about the world. It serves them well.
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gwen
I'm a Gen Xer and many of these things were said to us by the boomers. How many industries have gone extinct over the last 100 years? How many industries had to adapt to changing times? How much lazier have each generation got as the world modernized? Quite frankly, I'm not sad at all that I don't have to slave for hours to put food on the table each day. I'm glad I can travel 50 miles in an hour or less instead of the day or two and a large expense it took by horse and carriage.
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I'm a Gen Xer and many of these things were said to us by the boomers. How many industries have gone extinct over the last 100 years? How many industries had to adapt to changing times? How much lazier have each generation got as the world modernized? Quite frankly, I'm not sad at all that I don't have to slave for hours to put food on the table each day. I'm glad I can travel 50 miles in an hour or less instead of the day or two and a large expense it took by horse and carriage.
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EJG
The difference between Gen X and Gen Y is that Gen X is represented by the winners of the generation. Gen Y is represented by the losers of the generation. So the winners criticize the losers. Many Gen Ys actually have good careers, nice families, low sensitivity, barely any student loans, etc. These people stay quiet while the losers (which come from loser parents) are very loud. As a father of both Gen Ys and Gen Zs, I'm very happy that my kids are not lazy and entitled.
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The difference between Gen X and Gen Y is that Gen X is represented by the winners of the generation. Gen Y is represented by the losers of the generation. So the winners criticize the losers. Many Gen Ys actually have good careers, nice families, low sensitivity, barely any student loans, etc. These people stay quiet while the losers (which come from loser parents) are very loud. As a father of both Gen Ys and Gen Zs, I'm very happy that my kids are not lazy and entitled.
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Michael
Im 32 years old and I work hard to achieve the American dream in a struggling industry. Unfortunately, policies passed by corrupt bureaucrats are making it increasingly difficult for me and others like me to be more successful in our chosen professions.
I am also concerned about our education system. Too many inexperienced and entitled people are employed and thats a big reason why the next generation isnt expected to do better than their parents.
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Im 32 years old and I work hard to achieve the American dream in a struggling industry. Unfortunately, policies passed by corrupt bureaucrats are making it increasingly difficult for me and others like me to be more successful in our chosen professions.
I am also concerned about our education system. Too many inexperienced and entitled people are employed and thats a big reason why the next generation isnt expected to do better than their parents.
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Denis
So why are quitting jobs Why do you not buy a house? Why do you not have children? Why are you talking to strangers about feelings?
Older generations simply will not get that sometimes you got bored of your current job and can not do it as well which leads to weaker performance. Or that we can't buy houses because we can not afford it. Or because if we do not talk to therapists we will go absolute crazy.
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So why are quitting jobs Why do you not buy a house? Why do you not have children? Why are you talking to strangers about feelings?
Older generations simply will not get that sometimes you got bored of your current job and can not do it as well which leads to weaker performance. Or that we can't buy houses because we can not afford it. Or because if we do not talk to therapists we will go absolute crazy.
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Tim
No one generation has a monopoly on narcistic, selfish assholery. The criticisms lobbed at millennials (of which I am one) by their parents are the same ones made by the greatest generation against baby boomers, and I'm sure that those folks were subjected to the same treatment by the generation preceding them! (ex. I fought in the Great War! All you whippersnappers had was its cheap sequel) lol
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No one generation has a monopoly on narcistic, selfish assholery. The criticisms lobbed at millennials (of which I am one) by their parents are the same ones made by the greatest generation against baby boomers, and I'm sure that those folks were subjected to the same treatment by the generation preceding them! (ex. I fought in the Great War! All you whippersnappers had was its cheap sequel) lol
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Colette
I dont think Im a millennial. I was born in 2004, I turned 18 on December 9th. Either way, my point is that I do use my phone a lot. Not in school or family dinners/gatherings. Unless I have chronic boredom. In school I use it for taking pictures and printing them. Because Im in high school and I take art class. Or if I need to contact my mom to allow me to get an Uber to get home.
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I dont think Im a millennial. I was born in 2004, I turned 18 on December 9th. Either way, my point is that I do use my phone a lot. Not in school or family dinners/gatherings. Unless I have chronic boredom. In school I use it for taking pictures and printing them. Because Im in high school and I take art class. Or if I need to contact my mom to allow me to get an Uber to get home.
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Michelle
It's amazing how those people calling us 'too sensitive' are so offended by the basic use of the english language and how it naturally shifts to fit new societal ideas and norms because it's not a dead language. Not to mention the egotistical offense they take at even the slightest suggestion that they seek some sort of mental healthcare or stress relief.
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It's amazing how those people calling us 'too sensitive' are so offended by the basic use of the english language and how it naturally shifts to fit new societal ideas and norms because it's not a dead language. Not to mention the egotistical offense they take at even the slightest suggestion that they seek some sort of mental healthcare or stress relief.
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fanjoy
The childless thing about millennials is I truly think it depends on the demographic I saw more urban millennials having kids (b4 marriage) vs suburban millennials not so much Im a Hispanic millennial and I can vouch that every Hispanic millennial I know including relatives and schoolmates all had kids and actually were already on their 3rd kid by 25
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The childless thing about millennials is I truly think it depends on the demographic I saw more urban millennials having kids (b4 marriage) vs suburban millennials not so much Im a Hispanic millennial and I can vouch that every Hispanic millennial I know including relatives and schoolmates all had kids and actually were already on their 3rd kid by 25
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SpiralPulse
It's the kids and spending habits for me tbh. 1. Im single and grew up without a parent and I refuse to have my child out of wedlock. 2. I can barely take care of myself let alone another living being (children and pets are expensive. 3. THINGS COST WAYYY TOO MUCH. 4. The environment is going to abosulte even i'm fed up.
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It's the kids and spending habits for me tbh. 1. Im single and grew up without a parent and I refuse to have my child out of wedlock. 2. I can barely take care of myself let alone another living being (children and pets are expensive. 3. THINGS COST WAYYY TOO MUCH. 4. The environment is going to abosulte even i'm fed up.
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Be
I never wanted to bring a kid into this world. I'm too sensitive. And before I was self-employed I changed jobs like I changed underwear. Am I a millennial? No, I'm a boomer who was way ahead of my time. I truly applaud the younger generation for making the difference I fought so hard to try to make.
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I never wanted to bring a kid into this world. I'm too sensitive. And before I was self-employed I changed jobs like I changed underwear. Am I a millennial? No, I'm a boomer who was way ahead of my time. I truly applaud the younger generation for making the difference I fought so hard to try to make.
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jpopaddict2
I havent really heard millennials being asked why are you sensitive I feel like the new generation is more sensitive from my experience. The only ones that I have really experienced is asking why I like side part hair and why I dont have kids yet. Well its more why am I not a married yet
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I havent really heard millennials being asked why are you sensitive I feel like the new generation is more sensitive from my experience. The only ones that I have really experienced is asking why I like side part hair and why I dont have kids yet. Well its more why am I not a married yet
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LookzbyRaeLois
Im a 24-year-old gen Z and Ive already done the same thing the millennials have done. For example, I like my hair parted from either side when wearing it down and I have no shame on that! I also grew up during the time technology began to evolve over the years
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Im a 24-year-old gen Z and Ive already done the same thing the millennials have done. For example, I like my hair parted from either side when wearing it down and I have no shame on that! I also grew up during the time technology began to evolve over the years
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El
The phone thing is definitely a big one. I'm not always on my phone, there r other things like other devices or my guitar I could be using
But I am not denying that I enjoy being on my phone a lot, and it's actually useful at times for all the reasons you said
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The phone thing is definitely a big one. I'm not always on my phone, there r other things like other devices or my guitar I could be using
But I am not denying that I enjoy being on my phone a lot, and it's actually useful at times for all the reasons you said
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Sierra
Meh I must not be a true millennial cause I love dark humor and am pro life and yes lots of those my age are entitled. I hear it through phone calls I take at work. Also I ABSOLUTELY dream of being a stay at home mom and wife as well as own a house
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Meh I must not be a true millennial cause I love dark humor and am pro life and yes lots of those my age are entitled. I hear it through phone calls I take at work. Also I ABSOLUTELY dream of being a stay at home mom and wife as well as own a house
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SoSo
The number 10 is so true. We are the in the transformation period from analog to digital world. So, that accsue make us piss off. We can live without the smartphone and the digital things easily since we are in the analog world long enough.
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The number 10 is so true. We are the in the transformation period from analog to digital world. So, that accsue make us piss off. We can live without the smartphone and the digital things easily since we are in the analog world long enough.
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Cats
Childfree woman here. It gets old so fast when people - even strangers - think our choice not to have children is up for debate, and that it's their mission to change our minds. Just accept that not everyone wants the same things in life.
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Childfree woman here. It gets old so fast when people - even strangers - think our choice not to have children is up for debate, and that it's their mission to change our minds. Just accept that not everyone wants the same things in life.
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Kaijuna
Perhaps the most personal thing that's infuriating is the anxiety that comes with the dreaded questions from families like if we get married. The trauma about our problems being swept under the rug also begins to wear thin
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Perhaps the most personal thing that's infuriating is the anxiety that comes with the dreaded questions from families like if we get married. The trauma about our problems being swept under the rug also begins to wear thin
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Elysia
People seem to forget that many older millennials are over 40 now. I didnt have a mobile phone before the age of 18 and smart phones werent really a thing before I was 26-27. My whole childhood was pre-Internet.
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People seem to forget that many older millennials are over 40 now. I didnt have a mobile phone before the age of 18 and smart phones werent really a thing before I was 26-27. My whole childhood was pre-Internet.
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James
Money! The reason you can't buy a house is because, when THEY bought houses, they were cheaper than cars. College was FREE and cars were cheap AND not a necessity. Public transport was a thing lots could rely on.
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Money! The reason you can't buy a house is because, when THEY bought houses, they were cheaper than cars. College was FREE and cars were cheap AND not a necessity. Public transport was a thing lots could rely on.
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Cecilia
Ffs it's CHILDFREE, not childless.
Childfree is someone who is happy not to have children.
Childless is someone who wants children but can't.
We are not in the same category!
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Ffs it's CHILDFREE, not childless.
Childfree is someone who is happy not to have children.
Childless is someone who wants children but can't.
We are not in the same category!
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Everythingofmusic
Harry Potter is the best. tbh a lot of the cast died. even the sorting hat guy. it is hurtful to tell us Millennials Harry Potter is dumb. or sorting their houses is.
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Harry Potter is the best. tbh a lot of the cast died. even the sorting hat guy. it is hurtful to tell us Millennials Harry Potter is dumb. or sorting their houses is.
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Lynne
LOL, love it. I do rock the side part at times, but I've never shied away from a middle or other. Heck, remember the zig zag parts of yesteryear?
Signed,
A Gryffindor
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LOL, love it. I do rock the side part at times, but I've never shied away from a middle or other. Heck, remember the zig zag parts of yesteryear?
Signed,
A Gryffindor
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Cira
I think these are kind of the same things that they say also to Gen Z'ers who are also Harry Potter fans and also they have to deal with this criticism because they are young
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I think these are kind of the same things that they say also to Gen Z'ers who are also Harry Potter fans and also they have to deal with this criticism because they are young
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Nicole
I remember when middleparts was for losers now the script has flipped. Proof that fashion goes in and out and I bet the generation after z will bring back side parts.
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I remember when middleparts was for losers now the script has flipped. Proof that fashion goes in and out and I bet the generation after z will bring back side parts.
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