Baby Boomer Cries Out: "Stop Analyzing Everything We Do"

We've gotten so used to "Baby Boomer this" and "Baby Boomer that" that we become immune to the ridiculously large number of studies, predictions, and commentary about baby boomer generation. Says one Baby Boomer who wrote a lengthy rant in a local paper:

From the time we baby boomers were children, we were reminded constantly that we were different. There were, as we were told so many times, so many of us. The name itself is confusing and embarrassing. For a group in our late 50s, with some now having reached 60, the term “baby” in the name seems odd, if not insulting.

Our classrooms were crowded. After we progressed through the schools, plans were introduced to downsize because there were fewer students in the next group, dubbed, for lack of another name, 'Generation X.'

Every aspect of our baby boomer lives has now been over analyzed--not to mention inconsistent. Some reports show that we are healthier than our parents while more recent ones say we are in fact less healthy. On one day we will read that we have not saved enough for retirement but on the next we might read that we have saved too much.

We have been told that we are selfish and to expect a financial meltdown for Social Security and Medicare as younger generations are burdened with the supporting our generation. What's more, health care facilities will be overwhelmed by the influx of chronically disabled boomers. Then again other reports note that because of "baby boomers superior health and educational, investing and business opportunities, the future for our generation will be nirvana and we will live long, vigorous and productive lives." Unfortunately, according to other studies the financial cost of supporting us will bankrupt the country.

In short, "Our generation, depending on one’s perspective, has been viewed as everything from a nagging, unsolvable problem to a miraculous financial opportunity."

If we're sick of it, just think what the other generations are feeling. One Gen-X'er said it best in hoping that "the ’60s would end sometime in our lifetime."

H/T: Dick Stroud