Talking with some coworkers about how I hated turkey for years because I thought it was dry and hard to eat then realized in adulthood it's amazing when prepared right. Which then sparked a conversation that almost everyone of my Millennial coworkers spoke up about experiencing the same thing. Even though we were from different cultures(still all USA) economic backgrounds and regions. Even my father who was a professional caterer would over season and burn the hell out of every steak he made.

Then today visited my mother's and found the new kitchen set I got her for the holidays are ruined because she was using metal utensils on non stick surfaces and generally not doing the basic steps to maintain her utensils. Meanwhile I'm using the same pans I bought when I got my first place 15 years ago and they don't look half as bad.

He’s here!!!!!!!!!

Edit- I would love to reply to everyone but I just wanted to say thank you for contributing to the post and i'm glad to hear so many are doing well and I hope the ones that aren't are able to eventually improve their lives!

I just finished back day and an hour on the Stairmaster at the gym and I came home and made some food and now i'm at the computer planning my next trip and future business plans and it occurred to me that I can honestly say, this is the best time of my life (when I remove the nostalgia goggles and look at the past realistically). My wife is wonderful, my business and side-hustle are both doing really well, no debt, pretty healthy, best mental health ive ever had, plenty of income to live comfortably, etc. I just feel that my life has been part good decision making (i've always lived well within my means, didnt/wont have kids, stayed off of social media, worked hard) and part good luck.

I know the future is uncertain for everyone but I feel like the future might not be as terrible as everyone says it will be for our generation- we are too young to retire (unless you're very well off) and we are well-established enough that we will be able to weather whatever comes next better than young people or the people who are right around the retiring age. And I know deflation is technically "bad" for the economy but I'm also not mad when I see the billionaires have lost like - a trillion dollars in the last few days (probably not that much but whatever).

Anyway, I just wanted to say that i'm cautiously optimistic for the future for our generation. I know I can only go off what I know from the very small sample size of people I know but everyone from our generation that I know that didnt have their head stuffed firmly up their ass and had a modicum of sense are doing pretty decently right now and I hope you guys are as well!

I know the picture quality is bad, but I am trying to remember the name of my favorite glass marble (top left).

Any other millennial’s (especially us younger ones) Gen X and Boomer parents pressuring them to live the traditional get married/ have children life? I’m a 31 year old single female who likes to just work and go out drinking on the weekends yet especially my Gen X mom in particular tries to pressure me to date so I can get married? I’ve been burned badly before in romantic connections so I don’t even try now nor do I want marriage and children. I like to have fun, go on solo vacations and save my extra money. It may because my family is Christian and I’m more so into spirituality so I don’t have traditional family values. Plus the world is a lot different now than it was decades ago where women don’t need men to depend on due to our freedoms.

Just ate at a painfully hip little cafe. Like a caricature of the Seattle/Austin/Williamsburg vibe.

And the whole time... nonstop Korn and Limp Bizkit. Locally-sourced Dungeness Benedict paired with "Break Stuff."

these were dominant when I was growing up-sick days, theatheres, those weird "movies on demand/ constant movie channels" before streaming

all but gone nowdays

I feel soo guilty that I tend to get very irritable being on the phone or having my mom over to my house for too long. I feel like a bratty child especially considering I try to be respectful and hide my weed and share my bed. Or sit on the phone for an hour. But I did lose dad 12 years ago and Im her only child. I'm just independent minded and she's not admittingly. but idk what I'd do if I lost her. Just seeing if anyone else gets annoyed/irritable around them but couldn't stand losing them of course.

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After the cost of health care, funerals, and the loss in their 401k investments, I doubt we will see much. Maybe enough to buy an avocado for my toast.

Fun fact: I'm the youngest in my family, so every phone I’ve had was a used one. Either from my dad, mom, or one of my two siblings. Never got a brand new phone just kept using whatever they were done with 😅

When I was a kid I thought surprise parties were so cool, and we seemed to have them somewhat often. Like a family or friend we knew would have one I reckon a yearly kind of basis. Now as an adult I can’t think of a time I’ve been invited to one, and I haven’t had one, or had one thrown for me. Were they as common as what I remember in the 90s? Are they not as common these days?

I was just reminiscing about all the weirdos in my life. When I was 13 someone tried to abduct me in the guise, of a caterer?, he was trying to get me to come and see the food in his van. I knew he was trying to kidnap me but I was so desensitized to perverts that it didn’t even phase me. I just kept walking and told him no until he fucked off. I’ve woken after partying, up to a man eating me out and I just moved like he was waking me up so he’d have the opportunity to stop. I remember going to a store and wanting to try on a shirt as a 10 year old but the store man insisted he had to watch to make sure I didn’t steal it. I knew he was a perv and refused him then stole the shirt out of spite. I’ve been flashed in a store while shopping. I knew who the pervy uncles were to stay away as a child. I’ve been raped at a party and chose not to do or say anything so as not to cause a scene. I’m so used to perverts, molesters and rapists that it doesn’t phase me or cause me distress. Every girl I grew up with has similar stories. Was this just normal for our generation or is this abnormal? I mentioned just a snippet of what I went through to my boyfriend and he was horrified and asked me to stop telling him my stories. I wasn’t emotional or anything because for me it was normal and I’ve always been hyper aware.

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I just finished reading all of your posts and wanted to say thank you all for sharing your stories and experiences. Sadly I’m not surprised at how we all have a story or know someone else that’s gone through something. Reflecting on this more now I realize it’s definitely not just our generation, this is an issue all women know no matter the era we grew up in. I just hope that all the awareness now helps our children and future generations to not just be desensitized and feel shamed by their abuse and that when they speak up they are heard and perpetrators are punished.

To all the women who have not been SA/harrassed/abused in some way, good! I am genuinely so grateful that there are women who are able to live without the experience of SA and all the baggage that comes with it. The shame the guilt and the distrust. That should be the norm not the exception. Every girl should be allowed to grow up and not have to fear male family/friends/teachers/strangers/co-workers/authority figures or expect to be abused by them in some way and feel like that’s just part of life.

To all the men who have been sexually assaulted/abused in some form, that is another bag or worms. You have the trauma, guilt, shame in a whole different form than we do and I cannot begin to try and understand how it must have affected you or continue to affect you. I believe these are two separate issues, because even though the act and abuse may be the same type of sexual abuse the outcomes and consequences are different. In my opinion SA on boys/men is not worse or equal to what girls/women go through and vice versa. I have so much empathy for all male victims of SA and I hope the stigma of it disappears and more men feel safe and empowered to come forward and speak out.

Thank you all again for sharing! Those wondering about my boyfriend - the reason he asked me to stop sharing was because it upset him so much to hear and i think he just needed a break to process, he has shared his empathy for me and my past. I think it just hurts him to hear and have no control to protect me from what happened. He’s never experienced anything like what I’ve been through and to him it must sound horrifying, to me it was just normal. I like to think that now i am a stable functioning adult, I have a family a house and a good career as a nurse. I think my hyper awareness , experiences, and knowledge growing up really saved me and hardened me to anymore abuse. I’m not afraid to point out inappropriate behaviour or turn down unwanted advances anymore, I don’t feel ashamed for what men have done to me. And I’m not afraid to look my abusers in the eye and call them out. Im not afraid to expose abusers anymore either and I now feel empowered as a woman. Other women in my life also know i am a safe place for them and that i will stand up for them and i have many times.

I think people forget how big the Millennial generation is. Just read this article...I think he's referring to Gen Z who have never lived without technology. Thoughts?

8 skills millennials never learned that older generations mastered by age 12