It is no secret that those in my generation, the millennial
generation, have been known for trying to extend adolescence and the simple
joys of youth well past the point where past generations would have settled
down, married and had kids, and otherwise started
doing things we associate with being a real grownup.
Of course, this is by no means universal and is probably overplayed. But
it does seem true that it is more common for people in my generation to delay
things like marriage, child-bearing, home ownership, and other milestones
of adulthood. The trope of men in
their late twenties or early thirties who go to work in the day to pay the bills and then return to the
apartment or house they share with multiple roommates and play video games
until bed is not based on nothing.
The other day I saw something, a meme specifically, that got me thinking:
could part of the reason millennials aren't so quick to fill the traditional
roles adulthood (marriage, kids,
demanding career) is because older generations have been so
quick to tell millennials how terrible life is when you get older?
