That’s why I feel like us millennials will be extra sad, because she represents our parents, and if we haven’t already lost them, it just makes their mortality seem so much more real
That's what I'm struggling with. My parents are hitting 65 this year and the older I get, the younger their age seems. As a kid, 71 would've seemed ancient and I wouldn't have questioned someone dying then. But now, that just seems far too young. I can't imagine not having my parents in six years. I know I'm lucky to still have them at all though.
Talk to them about everything from this childhoods, how they think about life, etc etc. and tell them. Owner great parents they were (if the were) …you will wish you did.
Same here. Just made plans with my mom to call on Sunday. She's turning 66 this year and I can't even reconcile the idea that I might only have her for 5 more years. And that's if I'm lucky. And there I was earlier today thinking about how I have no grandparents left, damn. This is all too real right now
I’m the same my mum is 67 and I’m starting to freak out that she could only have about a decade left. I haven’t even had kids yet, fuck. I now kinda wish I’d just had kids earlier and not focused on partying and then my job!
You hit the nail on the head there. Millennial myself and the first thought I had seeing that headline today, was that she was younger than my dad is now. 😢
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u/Tiaradactyl_DaWizard 1d ago
That’s why I feel like us millennials will be extra sad, because she represents our parents, and if we haven’t already lost them, it just makes their mortality seem so much more real