Counting to 10!!

[Mimi]

I don't know about you but I am sick and tired of having to apologise for still being alive. Would the under 25s like all the over 60s to jump off a high cliff .
Lets see how they get on without giving them funds to pay for their 'gap year'
.................. Giving them money for a down payment on a flat or house
............... Funding their driving lessons
................ Money towards a wedding/ honeymoon
................. free baby sitting/ child minding services
................. Providing some where to live when they become homeless
................Paying off their overdraft
Now we are to blame for leaving Europe. If the younger voters had troubled themselves to actually turn up and vote the result may have turned out differently.
Im not saying that all young people are like the above but I am fed up with getting the blame for everything just because I was born when I was .
I' m now off to bang my hard against a wall , it will hurt like hell, but oh the joy when I stop !!

[Elisi]

Well said everyone. As you saw on a recent post of mine, OH's younger granddaughter accused him of being too old to vote and ruining her life I offered (in jest) to euthanise her GD and myself She promptly had a giant hissy fit and banned him and me and my whole family from her profile etc on FB.

We've spent , like MIMI has just written, a lifetime supporting our children and now helping with our grandchildren. This generation is sometimes strange and difficult to understand. By no means all of them, but certainly quite a few. I am excusing my own daughter from this as I am sure all the grannies here will their own adult children as they seem to be more like us. It is our GK's generation I am worried about!

Perhaps it is all because they have not lived through a war, such as WW2, or had any real deprivation (Rations etc) and had access to good education, healthcare, jobs (in the main) lots of clothes and electronic equipment, and the Bank of mum and dad to hand ????? It's all so easy for them now, so protected and wrapped in cotton wool.

Only my opinion

[Enfys]

Me too, Mimi, fed up with all the negativity about our generation. I don't remember feeling this way about our parents and grandparents, thought my GPs were way out of touch but certainly didn't resent them or their way of life. I admired them for how they had coped with war, deprivation, poor living conditions etc so that we, our generation, could have a better life. All I ask for is respect from the younger generation, not to be berated for having our own opinions.

I'm out with a friend this morning and we will NOT be discussing the R word, just shopping and chatting ☕️ 🍰

[Shemadee]

This obviously became just the tiniest tip of the iceberg! I was stunned by the sheer venom that poured forth with one young girl actually stating that she hoped we would all die soon - she seemed to include vote remain elders as well. Like many others we had our struggles over the years with redundancies, large mortgages when interest rates went up and down like yoyos, black Monday, black Wednesday, 3 day week, power cuts as just a few of the tribulations. I did say to my OH that perhaps we tried too hard to shield the young from the realities of our lives and they have no idea of just how tough it was. Glad I was young in the days when you accepted the election results even if you disagreed. The sheer arrogance and vitriol has been a revelation to me especially those who are saying that people who haven't been to university are ignorant and stupid and shouldn't be allowed to vote! God help this country if these people ever get into power. I would imagine there will be a lot of families at friends who will try to forgive but will find it hard to forget. Let's hope the rifts are not permanent.

[Gemini]

It does seem to have caused so much nastiness, Shem. It's shocking really. I wish we hadn't had this bloody referendum.
Fortunately in our family we are all of the same mind except my mother, who at 87 is entitled to do as she pleases! I would hope we are all civilised enough to accept it if any of us were of a different mind. It would be horrible if families were divided over which way they choose to vote!

[Shemadee]

Over the years we must all have been disappointed with election results but you accept that it is all part and parcel of living in a democracy.

[Gemini]

Oh yes... The Thatcher Years ......