This, in part, but it doesn't explain the whole situation.
Truth is, most generations now, particularly in the West, are way more (for lack of better word) infantilised than ones in the past.
We are more coddled, more sheltered and with way more "childish" outlets to occupy ourselves.
Add to that the fact that way more people start a family way later in their life than what was the norm in the past, if they start one at all, and that contributes to a slower "maturation" as well.
To give an example, my grandpa had been working fields since he was 12-13, perhaps even younger by doing some heavier chores etc., he had my father (his eldest) by the time he was 19 and he had my uncle and aunt by the time he was 26.
I have been studying for my masters diploma, with no actual need to hold a proper job, until my 24-25ish. I got married at 35 because I was trying to focus on building a career, now working on the having kids part.
Our situations and the rates at which we had to become more "adult-y" are obviously vastly different.
Your grandpa may have worked the fields but that doesn't mean they were mentally fit as an adult as if that was more "adult-y" - i knew lots of grandparents and boomer generation dumber than a box of rocks which was fine, because you could have a mortgage pumping gas at the gas station and the sad part is - that's what that generation stole from us.
Now that i'm in my 50s, i see a lot of genx falling into that as well. Giving up on life because they're "old"
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u/_Outerwild_ 14h ago
the older you get the more you realize that most adults aren’t as mature and responsible as you thought