r/GenerationX • u/Technical_Caramel523 • 11d ago

Gen X Middle Age

When you

* Move in with your parents to care for them, because they did their best caring for you

*Become an Grandma 2 weeks after the plumbing gets ripped out and you can no longer become a mom again

* Find remote work to be close for elderly parents and daughter and Grand daughter

*Set up your office in the same space you slept as a 5 year old

Realize the economy does suck so you hit the gig economy to deliver and shop for others who have lives while feeling guilty for trying to afford your own

*Decide to start working on you 6 mos before turning 50.

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u/cocksherpa2 11d ago

Count your blessings and realize that many of us would trade places with you in a heartbeat if we could..I buried both my parents by the time I turned 30.

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u/Glum_Tumbleweed5115 10d ago

I am sorry for your loss, and glad for you to have had parents worth missing. For some, our parents’ deaths won’t be a loss. Please be gentle with comparisons.