Seeing

[the_grynne]

The most common occurence in this world of ours, in these days of stumbling blindly forwards, is to come across men and women mature in years and ripe in prosperity, who, at eighteen, were not just beaming beacons of style, but also, and perhaps above all, bold revolutionaries determined to bring down the system supported by their parents and to

Comments

[mysterbey]

Nice. I'm always up for a critique of the baby-boomers. I think this piece sums it up nicely.

Still, I wonder, am I starting to fade also? Is Corey Delaney the shining new beacon?

[the_grynne]

I've been out of the country too long - I had to Google who Corey Delaney was. :)

[mysterbey]

He is our new national hero.

[dorukai]

Damn, that's cutting.

Fortunately it doesn't apply to me. I've never wanted to bring down the system supported by my parents.

I look in the mirror of my life, and grin knowingly at my younger self for the dreams that are going to come true (and maybe frantically try to mime "Don't get married unless you're sure you want to" - heh).

[the_grynne]

I read it and I wonder if that is, inevitably, the fate of all rebellion - adolescent or otherwise. Eventually we become too settled and comfortable, and need to be rebelled against.

I'm hearing the pressure about marriage already - in my parents' minds, at what age I "should" marry and have children ought to determine the entire course of my postgraduate studies and career plans. I'm getting thoroughly sick of it all.

[dorukai]

Or we start out too settled and comfortable :D

Surely many institutions are good the way they are and don't need to be rebelled against though. Challenged certainly, but is that the same thing?

Ugh, my sympathies. Do they have any poor boys in mind for this?

[the_grynne]

Alas, no. ;) The dearth of sons among my parents' circle of friends would probably balance out the gender gap in the entire province.