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Marriage and Grandchildren, Marriage and Grandchildren
It upsets me greatly that many Boomer parents keep asking about marriage and grandchildren, marriage and grandchildren.
I am angry that some minds are limited to only this particularly when some in the community keep mentioning the two.
They think that family is sacred.
They insist that family is important.
It’s fine but it’s interesting that many of these parents emphasize the importance of family but make no effort to get to know their spouses and children.
This is something I can’t understand.
In addition, many of these individuals don’t have an identity of their own. They are rigidly associated with their families.
Certainly, one can have grown children and a spouse and still have a life of their own? Does one even know how to have a life of their own?
Since marrying in their teens or early 20s, up until now, this is all that many in this and many communities want to live for?
Just pestering her adult children to get married and have children quickly?
What’s so important about having grandchildren?
Many of these Boomers are my opposite: they see no point in having a network of friends, have no…
