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Sure we were, but we also had far more experience around children. I had already helped to raise younger siblings and most families around us had a good 5-6 children. We also had more sense, as we weren’t raised on Home Alone and vids where people just blow up everything

Do you want your kids to take care of you, if someday, you need daily caretaking?

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Impossible question because it completely depends what sort of care, and there’s a lot of degrees of need from nearly none to more intensive needs. It also depends what else they have going, etc

Anytime one of my teenagers says they are too sick for school, they get a choice...

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Bwahahahaha! I can hear this!

Anytime one of my teenagers says they are too sick for school, they get a choice...

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That’s what’s funny, though

We are not old

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IKR!?! Everything is PAIN! I am old and some of my peers are dead, so at least pain lets us know we are alive

Aging and keeping candy around.

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Eh got some a few years back. It’s still there. Stale. Live & learn, still not into sugar

The Shingles vaccine was not a big deal

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Same

Retirement is gone

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Unless some demented head of state cancels it. All bets are off atm

Any of my fellow Genx'ers dealing with worsening health or needing recommended tests but do not have health insurance?

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Health insurance will not pay for my treatable condition. Any GenXers who love your children, help them to GTFO of the USA

It really was this way....

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Haha! We had “do not ever bring the police to this door,” apparently a generational warning, even though some relatives had a badge

Flashdance was so incredibly bad.

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Who’d have thought that an industry run by abusive POSs would be churning out media that normalizes the worst behaviors? Sadly this does actually promote those behaviors, and changes what happens in a society

Describe the "sound" of your tinnitus

Posted by ToTooTwoTutu2@reddit | GenX | View on Reddit | 1152 comments

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Same

what advice do you have to give to a teenager?

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Leave the USA. Go to any country that offers you social safety nets and a better life. It doesn’t matter if you love the USA, it will never love you back. It’s abusive and you should leave it

Anyone reconnect with "the one" from high school? How stupid am I for think of doing it?

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After 40 years, no matter how well you knew her back then, that person no longer exists. Your memories =/= today’s reality

Mortality as a Gen X

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Get your papers in order & then don’t worry about it. Be like Ferris

Anyone else’s kids always home?

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Go get your alone time at the library or whatever, and come home and appreciate them & love on them. They will be gone soon, and at any moment any of you could leave this existence. Play the games with them, watch Hulu with them. Treasure this time

genX Work till i Die Club. What's your story?

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I’m with you! Could finally take up smoking and drinking because who cares at this point? 🤣

What do you do with your parents junk?

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Dumpsters. That’s what we did. We know that some actual treasures were lost, but SO MUCH STUFF! Smh It made me let go of wondering what my Grandma all burned when she was clearing out as I heard that there were antiques and stuff, but at least she dealt with her own stuff. Now you have me decided to pitch stuff today, lol

I don't know how to handle this...

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Call APS (adult protective services). That’s how you get him a social worker

Are any of you guys doing crosswords, sudoku, shit like that to keep the mind limber?

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Every day

Lifting weight is a cheat code on aging. For those that are still hesitant to go to the gym, please consider trying it out this year.

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To some extent, they would. The difference when on or off T is astounding. Words cannot even describe it. So if they’ve never been without it then I don’t expect that they could get the struggle for older women to build muscle. There’s research suggesting that using T should be routine for older women to recover from injuries

Lifting weight is a cheat code on aging. For those that are still hesitant to go to the gym, please consider trying it out this year.

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Thanks, I hadn’t thought of asking a physical therapist. I’ll do that. I’m too far from your area to benefit from the people that you’ve found. Appreciate the advice!

Lifting weight is a cheat code on aging. For those that are still hesitant to go to the gym, please consider trying it out this year.

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How did you find such a trainer. The only ones I have tried seemed dangerously incompetent, basic gym rat bros. IDK how to pick them, lol

48 yo but don’t look 48

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Clean air act, and banning smoking indoors. Sunscreen. We had to suck the pollution early on, but it was cleaned up early in our lives

What's a movie you saw when you were too damn young?

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Psycho. I was 6 or 7. My fault, sneaking downstairs after bedtime. I learned not to ever do THAT again

Why are you all so scared to live?

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Speak for yourself. Some of us have had too many hard knocks and at this point live in constant pain. It’s only going to get worse and worse. Respect others when they say they are done

Why are you all so scared to live?

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Dang, sorry. Op is Uber disrespectful. Gddmn “seek therapy” rosy glasses “prime of life” nonsense

Was it just me or did we not go on epic vacations as kids?

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Well we would go to our land and camp, hunt or fish. This counts as “exotic” because we were going from posh to completely undeveloped. Air travel= no. Couldn’t bring the boat

What Was Corporate Life Like in 90s America?

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It was moving goal posts. Get a degree, then we’ll pay you. Get a masters, then we’ll pay you. Psych! Nice degrees, still not going to pay you

Does anyone live with their parents still?

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My friend keeps hers on a shelf. Does that count?

Anyone getting bad at sleeping?

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IKR!?!

Did your parents ever talk to you about...ANYTHING?

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WOOT!! Hey, that’s awesome! I’m proud of you!

Did your parents ever talk to you about...ANYTHING?

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Little bits, but I wouldn’t say that they really knew how to process things deeply with someone. It was better than what they had, and hopefully we have done better, too

After feeling "stuck" in the EU for 20 years, I'm scared to move back to the US because I don't know how to "adult" there.

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The “vibe” of 30 years ago is gone. It’s nothing like that now. You’ll feel like Back to the Future 2, not only Biff in charge, but people are different, too. Hardship does that

What do our kids think is going to happen?

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I have hired exactly ZERO people with online degrees. We tried an intern with an online program once, billed as their “top student.” Didn’t last two months. Online is not the same

What do our kids think is going to happen?

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Perhaps of the goings-on where you don’t live. It’s a trend though, best be aware

What do our kids think is going to happen?

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When the community college system has been closed by terrible “leadership” how do you say that they still have this path? Maybe where you live but it’s pretty ignorant to assume that everyone does. In my state it is GONE

What do our kids think is going to happen?

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Excellent advice! In my state they closed our community college system. Rotten thing to do, may they rot in hell

What do our kids think is going to happen?

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We could make smart choices like community college followed by state college, and graduate with either no debt or very little, just by doing some low wage part time work. They do not have that option

What do our kids think is going to happen?

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True. If it kept pace with inflation, since first instituted, I read that it would be $32 now

Last weekend of my 40’s… Bought myself a present:

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You see the ones that people give up

Last weekend of my 40’s… Bought myself a present:

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Rude

Last weekend of my 40’s… Bought myself a present:

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Ha! I just bought an electric guitar, too! Time to learn how to play

I was thinking, we are all "Children of the Mall" so to speak, what do you miss from those stores, that aren't around anymore? tia.

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I just miss being able to walk and browse, and running into friends all the time. Yesterday I ran into a friend at a museum, and it made me realize how that isn’t a regular thing anymore. Everyone went to the mall

How many of us are still running for exercise?

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Wish I never had. While I enjoyed it, I I didn’t realize that when older generations remarked on it being “hard on the joints,” they meant “prematurely destroys your joints.” I know, some people are luckier in their hardiness, but if I could go back in time it’s at the top of my list to tell myself, “DON’T!”

Do you identify as "elderly"?

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Bwahahahaha! Did you find it? Like whitewater rafting but less protection! 😱