Twenty Somethings

[HybridCrow]

I'm 28, and sometimes I can't believe how different people in their early 20's are from people my own age. I don't know how a few years can make such a difference. The first time I heard myself refer to some 22 yr olds as "kids", I think I went through an early mid-life crisis. I do think that people who have graduated in the last few years have an unprecedented sense of entiltlement, and that could be interpreted as being spoiled. But just because they think they should have everything handed to them doesn't mean that they will. In the end, they'll have to work for it just like the rest of us chumps.

This is exactly what I'm saying. Of course, I grew up from a broken home too, so I didn't get everything that I wanted. I wasn't living a "happy family", but rather a "normal family" of today's standards. In my experience with working with people younger than me, I have met more mature and less spoiled than I have of immature and spoiled brats. by immature and spoiled, I mean all those young kids who get fancy cars because they play sports or it's one of those "turning points" in their lives where they deserve it. Sure, my dad bought my first car for me, but it wasn't fancy. If I hadn't wrecked it, I would have gladly driven that car til the end. Of course, I'm STILL paying for my current "fancy" car. 95 Ford T-bird. It's a really nice car and still in great shape for a 95. Still, if I could have found a cheaper car that I wouldn't have to make the payments I make on it now, and I'd have been more financially free, but I chose to do what I did because it helps me to learn that we can't have everything that we want. It's all in a "Wants and Needs" system. Is it something I want, or is it something I need?"


Well, I did my share of partial ranting... Time to hit the hay. Nighters, or good morning technically.

 

[HybridCrow]

huh? i don't understand.

It was just a thought. I could be wrong, I could be right, or partially right and wrong. Just a thought. Although, Gemini seems to find it interesting. lol

 

[Munachi]

I'm 28, and sometimes I can't believe how different people in their early 20's are from people my own age. I don't know how a few years can make such a difference. The first time I heard myself refer to some 22 yr olds as "kids", I think I went through an early mid-life crisis. I do think that people who have graduated in the last few years have an unprecedented sense of entiltlement, and that could be interpreted as being spoiled. But just because they think they should have everything handed to them doesn't mean that they will. In the end, they'll have to work for it just like the rest of us chumps.

well my point is, though, that people always thought so. when you were 22, the 28 year olds probably thought of you as spoilt, or of having that sense of entitlement. and the 40 year olds might look at you and think "what does this kid want, he should first work a bit more and earn his stuff". this has to do with age differences and how we see younger people, but not with a true difference in the generations. i really doubt the 22 year olds of today are different to the 22 year olds four, six, or ten years ago - they just seem like that to us, because we tend to forget what we were like/didn't realize what we were like even then, because one always sees oneself different from what one sees others like...

that's not to say 22 or 28 is all the same... i've had some 21 or 22 year old guys hitting on me lately, and usually i think "oh wow, they are so young, they should go find a girl there age" which is funny, really, in a few more years i will think of them being my age - but as i said, that is not my point... my point is mroe they aren#t different from what guys that age have been before. the world didn't suddenly change, and there was nothing in the water in the eighties that made the people born then so very different from those born in the seventies...

 

[Munachi]

It was just a thought. I could be wrong, I could be right, or partially right and wrong. Just a thought. Although, Gemini seems to find it interesting. lol

thing is just i didn't understand what you were saying.

 

[Magic_Dick]

well my point is, though, that people always thought so. when you were 22, the 28 year olds probably thought of you as spoilt, or of having that sense of entitlement. and the 40 year olds might look at you and think "what does this kid want, he should first work a bit more and earn his stuff". this has to do with age differences and how we see younger people, but not with a true difference in the generations. i really doubt the 22 year olds of today are different to the 22 year olds four, six, or ten years ago - they just seem like that to us, because we tend to forget what we were like/didn't realize what we were like even then, because one always sees oneself different from what one sees others like...QUOTE]

Well put. I can understand your point of view completely, but I have a story that may change your mind. I was on the bus a few months ago, and there were some teenagers sitting in the back, laughing and talking loudly. They were talking about one of their friends, and saying very casually that he will probably get AIDS by the time he's 20. They were all laughing about it like it's not a big deal. I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that one. These were just a normal bunch of kids riding the bus, but their attitude was completely alien to me. I have a hard time relating to people who think like that.

 

[Munachi]

and even there i would doubt there weren't people who would talk like that in your "generation". not saying it'd have been you, or your friends, but this sounds like not uncommon for teenagers to me - and not only teenagers now, but for example also some people i went to school with. they just weren't the people i'd associate with.

 

[juicy_kitten]

I went through those first two phases, or something similar anyway, but I now appear to be in the drought somewhere between phase two and phase three. I almost never meet women with whom I am intellectually, emotionally, AND physically compatible -- it's practically always only one or two of the three.

I've met more than zero, so I know they're out there somewhere, but boy is that kind of compatibility ever hard to find...

Edit: Oh, and I'm 23.

it is crazy trying to find the amalgamation of all three!! lol i reckon in your teens you just imagine you will fall into it and then real life gives you a wake up call lol but then if it was easy to find would it really mean as much?!
p.s. im 20

 

[Munachi]

hello all...

 

[HybridCrow]

Heyas,

Job search still continues. And for some reason I slept until about 15 minutes ago today. Well, didn't go to bed til about noon though, because I had an interview after wokr that took awhile.

Anyways, I'm hungry.and have to work in a few hours. I can't seem to figure out why I'm always tired.

 

[BXGemini20]

I'm hungry too. Lately I have been eating one meal a day lately. Its wierd.

 

[rick_j21]

just checking in to this thread ..... hi everyone

 

[BXGemini20]

just checking in to this thread ..... hi everyone

Hi. Hope you come back again.

 

[rick_j21]

Hi. Hope you come back again.

well thank ya....this thread seems kinda quiet

 

[Munachi]

Heyas,

Job search still continues. And for some reason I slept until about 15 minutes ago today. Well, didn't go to bed til about noon though, because I had an interview after wokr that took awhile.

Anyways, I'm hungry.and have to work in a few hours. I can't seem to figure out why I'm always tired.

well good luck for the job search.

hm, i am often tired too, right now i don't sleep that well when it is too warm at night... though it has cooled donw now.

 

[Munachi]

I'm hungry too. Lately I have been eating one meal a day lately. Its wierd.

summer, i'd think? I eat a lot less than I did in winter. someone told me the other day I looked like I lost weight. now I wonder if my mom will notice, as she keeps telling me I should loose weight (she's very thin, and somehow thinks the whole world should be like that)...

 

[Munachi]

well thank ya....this thread seems kinda quiet

hello... well come back, post more often, talk to me, then it is less quiet...

anyway, welcome here!

 

[HybridCrow]

hello... well come back, post more often, talk to me, then it is less quiet...

anyway, welcome here!

You only want him to talk to you because he's a nekkid cowboy. Everything's sex with you!

And the job hunt continues. Mom finally got a job interview the other day. Of course it turned out to be, in my opinion, a waste of time. It sounded almost like a scam to me. Monday morning I'll be going in to the trash place to look for a job, as well as a couple of other factories I am aware of.

I just finished watching Night Watch and The Pink Panther.... I can't believe Night Watch is out on dvd already. I wanted to see that movie when it came to the states, but it was only playing in select theaters. I'm glad I got to see it. I cannot wait for the other 2 movies.

Laters!!

 

[BXGemini20]

How was the Pink Panther, Crow? I read some really bad reviews for that. Is it good?

 

[Munachi]

You only want him to talk to you because he's a nekkid cowboy. Everything's sex with you!

yes. and?

 

[HybridCrow]

How was the Pink Panther, Crow? I read some really bad reviews for that. Is it good?

Compared to the classic Pink Panther movies, this was really funny. I've seen better of course, but I like Steve Martin and he's a cool actor.

A word from somebody who's experienced, movie-wise, you should never rely on reviews alone to help you watch movies. It's like judging a book by its cover. I've heard bad reviews for certain movies that were actually good and good reviews for movies that were actually bad.

 

[HybridCrow]

yes. and?

I guess it's true when they say women always have to have the last word.

 

[Munachi]

I guess it's true when they say women always have to have the last word.

not really. i asked you a question, so i gave you the chance for another word after it.

 

[HybridCrow]

not really. i asked you a question, so i gave you the chance for another word after it.

Well, I didn't think there was anything else that needed said on my part about the nekkid cowboy and you.

 

[Munachi]

Well, I didn't think there was anything else that needed said on my part about the nekkid cowboy and you.

that's not my problem, though, is it?

 

[BXGemini20]

*eats popcorn while looking at Muna and Crow posts*