i still remember telling grandma how expensive it was getting in and out of university, she was floored by the HUGE amount i was getting paid at my part time job and was like "why are you spending so much money" (which i was certainly not) and then she said to my mum, how much will it cost her to get a little car and put petrol in in... and i said g-ma, the parking at university is like $15 a day let alone petrol and the car, and she was like... ah.... ok the two trains and a bus i now think is best. lol..
However the change in circumstances between that generation and me today is huge. However im sure also the keeping up with the Jones, is worse today that it was. The growth of consumerism has hit full force.
Im not sure, but its hard looking at this younger generation coming through, they seem so "wet behind the ears" lol... just not capable and i keep thinking... "did my parents generation think this about me..." and then i think "no i was actually sensible..." lol... Which i was. i felt very capable.
These kids. Im not sure... I can see us with "tik toks" being made in parliaments insert eye roll
Are we getting worse on the whole, is it society, or are we just ebbing and flowing as we always have?
I have to admit that many of the current generation entering adulthood certainly doesn't seem to have learnt much critical thinking or self sufficiency. Recently my dad (77) was telling us how he stopped and helped a lad and his girlfriend push their broken down car to a safer place off the road. First he noted that he struggled doing that a lot more than he used to 😆 but his main complaint was that nobody else had even bothered to try and help and they'd been there for a while so seemed a bit distressed. He made sure they had help on the way before he left. It took me back to when hubby and I were that age and his car quite often broke down or needed bump starting, so we'd push it to the side of the road or bump it ourselves. I'd get behind and he'd push from his door so he could also steer and jump in when needed. So I was there wondering why on earth they didn't just do something about their predicament themselves instead of feeling sorry for themselves.
I think/hope we still have enough of them who aren't staying 'wet behind the ears' though. I see many of them stopping and saying 'wait a minute, is this really where we want to be heading?'
i certainly hope they step up to protect the environment... once we get them off tik tok.. lol
and agree how much is the parents trying to make their lives easy.. there are lots of push and pull factors as you say...