4 Bitter Truths Of Tomorrow That Millennial And GenZ Men And Women Must Make Peace With

Not Being There For Their Parents.

Moving abroad for studies, work, or to seek a better life has become a common occurrence in most parts of the world. There has been an unprecedented increase in student and skilled worker immigration to developed Western countries in the last two decades.

While millennials and GenZ are clearly making the most of their opportunities to study and live abroad, their parents almost always end up sticking to their roots. Even if they moved abroad to be with their kids, most parents would find it hard to get used to the new culture, food, and drastic shift in lifestyle. In India, where I am from, every third household in urban cities has one or two members of the family living abroad. Most parents would wish to die in their country. It’s totally understandable.

Time flies by and we all know that very well. Parents are getting old and weak. It’s really sad to think that most of the millennials and GenZ men and women living abroad cannot be with their parents and take care of them in their sunset years. Life gets so busy with work, family, and kids that most fail to empathize with their parents’ emotions in this regard.

It is evident from the increasing number of old-age homes that have cropped up everywhere. Would parents have wished to spend their final years in such a place away from their sons, daughters, and grandkids? I don’t think so. Sending your parents to such places is equivalent to sending your pet dog back to the shelter. As bitter and evil as this may sound, it’s more than true. Yes, you have money. Yes, you can afford the best shelter for your parents. However, it’s never going to help them in any constructive way. But your show must go on, mustn’t it?

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Highly Unstable Relationships.

Aren’t we the most frustrated, depressed, and intolerant of all generations? I think so. The direct repercussions of the above could be seen in today’s fragile romantic relationships. If you can not fix it, throw it away. This mantra is being diligently followed by today’s boys and girls. To make things worse, we have dating apps and other dating services that are wickedly facilitating these changes.

Not very long ago, one had to dress up, smell good, and head out to different clubs and parties to find mates for anything and everything. Nowadays, one can sit in pajamas, unbathed, smelling bad, and still score high in the dating game. Only profile pictures in the apps matter, not the way one looks when the match happens. The hook-up culture is the future. And nothing can stop this. Textbook romance and courtship will die a slow and painful death very soon. And nothing can stop that as well.

And finally, there’s feminism that’s very wrongly understood by many men and women. It’s fueling all that’s going on with divorces these days. Women work, earn, and have their own whims and fancies. Good for them, really. Men work, earn, and have their whims and fancies. Good for them as well. And there’s a kid or two that appear in their already busy and aspiration-filled lives. Now issues at home with the division of labor crop up. All major problems in marital relationships these days start with this, ‘Who’s going to take the trash out? Why should I clean the toilet all the time? I am not your servant.’ You see it right? Arguments like these have even snowballed into divorces. A vicious chain reaction.

Here’s a running joke I read somewhere. If you are still unsure about choosing a career path, blindly jump into studying to become a divorce lawyer or a doctor that specializes in abortions. You will be rich in no time. We are living in such times. Sad. Very sad.

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Single Life/Childfree Life.

Many millennials and GenZ have started seeing all the unwanted and long-lasting consequences of relationships that may not work out in their favor. Now there’s this classic model where after a divorce, there’s always a small kid or two that gets raised by a single mother. But that scenario is changing rapidly. Women are opting out of motherhood for many logical reasons. They find it unnecessary to bring a child into this world when relationships have become unreliable these days. They also avoid becoming mothers because they have a choice not to and instead focus on their careers, hobbies, and spiritual path.

Men are also not far behind in this. They have also begun to feel the negative effects of a failed marriage and relationships on their wellbeing and finances. In my article Don’t Be The Sole Investor In A Joint Property With Your Spouse”, I narrate my divorce story about how people can change at any time leading to a truckload of problems owing to various marital laws that clearly belong to the stone age.

We are clearly in a transition phase in this regard. The evergreen clash between men and women to prove who’s right and who’s wrong. Women, like never before, have started to exercise their rights in relationships, society, and every other possible arena. Men are clueless and stuck, to be honest. As this can never be moderated or controlled, it will likely go on for a few more generations before reaching a plateau and only God knows what will happen thereafter.

So, as a consequence of all the above, we will likely have many single men and women who are also childfree. There’s going to be a rapid decline in the world population, which is very good. Women without children were looked down on, up until the 1980s, 1990s, and even the 2000s, but in the future, the opposite will be true. Women who have children will be ridiculed and mocked, but their childfree counterparts will be glorified.

Mental Health Issues.

Are The High-Speed Internet And Online Services Creating More Introverts Than Ever? In the above article, , I’ve written about how our world is changing in front of our eyes due to the massive paradigm shift in lifestyle, the overuse of tech gadgets, the way we think about what we want in our lives, and the dating scenario.

There’s nothing wrong with being an introvert. I am an introvert myself. However, I have a feeling that even those who weren’t introverted before are gradually turning into one. I mean really very gradually. Almost like microevolution.

Being born an introvert, I have other mental health problems like anxiety/depression cycles, OCD, and gut issues. Introverts tend to have other issues as well, such as low self-esteem, low self-image, hesitation, and so on. As I state in my article, “The world is becoming more and more virtually connected and naturally disconnected, and also that we are in the process of breeding more global loners and introverts”, it is only naturally consequential that mental health issues become more prevalent than it is now.

Many big pharma companies are minting money producing fancier head-meds for anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc., with turnovers crossing billions of dollars every year. They are not to be blamed. Humans have always been opportunists, and these companies are just doing the right thing as there’s a high demand for these medicines.

Humans are also very adaptive in nature. I am sure a considerable chunk of the affected population will turn to natural ways to deal with their issues. However, as forming habits-good or bad, is all about consistency and perseverance, there will always be a bigger chunk of the population that keeps facing the negative repercussions of all these paradigm shifts.

Final Thoughts.

These are only my opinions, and speculations that I foresee. This is what I see in our society, to be honest. As an anxious introvert, I am inherently very observant. I don’t talk much to other humans, but I observe them. If you resonate with everything I’ve written here, it’s well and good. If you don’t, no problem, cheers.

Thanks for taking the time to read this.

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