I just want to tell every woman in that story: you CAN get out, and you SHOULD. Get out of that marriage that isn't working. ASK FOR HELP.
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So much learned helplessness. That bleak landscape of loss, discrimination, and fatigue doesn't have to be your life forever.
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The article says sociologists view folks my age as "wrong place, wrong time" - a small number of misc folks between boomers & millennials.
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I think exactly the opposite - I think being in between is an advantage. We're translators - chimeras. We exist in both worlds.
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What I get out of that article is that people my age who pursued the traditional boomer success paradigm haven't done well.
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I didn't go for all of it - just the marriage & kids part, not the house in the suburbs part - but I did have to unwind the parts I pursued.
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There's so much angst in that article about how much worse off people my age are than our parents, but they're using the wrong standards.
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Boomer success standards: monogamous marriage, brilliant children, detached house with a yard & good schools, 2 late-model cars. BULLSHIT.
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People my age who went for all that are miserable. I was, even only going for part of it. The folks in that article certainly are.
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The only happy people I know critically examined the list & decided what they _actually_ wanted, and went for it on their terms.
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I guess I’m trying to figure out what pursuing things on my terms means. I want to be open-minded, but it also feels like I need a compass
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