But I will say that as a boomer, my husband and I have been paying into all the social benefits for about 40-50 years now so that - for example - my wealthy mom can get huge ss checks and use medicare for every damn sniffle that disturbs her sleep. My husband and I are planning to be homeless in about 20 years with untreated, fatal illnesses, lol!
YEP. Try being a nurse taking care of these entitled elders. They are about the most cantankerous, demanding lot you’ll ever come across. Every sniffle IS taken care of ...and I, like you, realize that we (who just turned 50 this year) also will die penniless with fatal diseases and will get not a darn red cent.
But we’re all supposed to feel terrible about ourselves.
Oh, LibsRJerks, thank you for replying. Sometimes I think I’m alone in feeling like this. My mother - a wealthy hypochondriac, goes to the Emergency Room once a month - literally. Not one EMS worker has ever questioned her although there is a lot of eye-rolling. She’s now complaining that she got a 70 DOLLAR bill from them. Last year I was bitten by a dog and ended up in the ER. My bill was $500. We paid it without complaint.