One of the things the Boomer generation got right is....

[Contrefaire]

Yeah, they took 'personal connections' seriously...

Married with side pieces & whole families in different locations

That pre-internet, no national database era was wild

My grandfather went to jail on some awful ass charges, got out and started a whole new family 7 states away, all while he was "stationed in Korea".

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

i would argue gen z takes friendship more seriously than millennials did. i'd see millennials dump their "friends" for the most arbitrary reasons

 

[NoirDynosaur]

i would argue gen z takes friendship more seriously than millennials did. i'd see millennials dump their "friends" for the most arbitrary reasons

Gen Z lack of social skills is why they struggle cultivating friendships and relationships

Gen X and Boomers took friendships more seriously. In the Pre-internet era, less distractions, so most people were outside socializing.

Pre 9/11 meant less paranoia. Meeting new people at a club/concert/social event was a normal occurrence.

The boomers that took part of the civil rights era promoted moralistic values such as having integrity, character, perseverance and strength.

Black people were more connected in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and especially the 90’s with the black consciousness movement

Social media destroyed the necessity of friendships, killed the mystery of relationships and normalized the traits of narcissism and toxicity.

 

[LuuqMaan]

Valuing marriage, family and personal relationships in general

Yea that kind of wilding definitely laid the groundwork for why folks aint tryna get married now.

How did breh convince you that quick?

 

[the elastic]

How did breh convince you that quick?

I don't always fully believe what I post in a threadstarter. I embellish a little to spark conversation even if I know I'm gonna get shytted on.

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

Gen Z lack of social skills is why they struggle cultivating friendships and relationships

Gen X and Boomers took friendships more seriously. In the Pre-internet era, less distractions, so most people were outside socializing.

Pre 9/11 meant less paranoia. Meeting new people at a club/concert/social event was a normal occurrence.

The boomers that took part of the civil rights era promoted moralistic values such as having integrity, character, perseverance and strength.

Black people were more connected in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and especially the 90’s with the black consciousness movement

Social media destroyed the necessity of friendships, killed the mystery of relationships and normalized the traits of narcissism and toxicity.

gen z lacks social skills but they still make friends with other zoomers who lack social skills and understand the importance of friendships to our emotional/mental health even if they don't truly understand how important face to face interactions are as opposed to texting, discord, facetime, etc.

 

[KRayner]

my boomer era grandfather in law was a greyhound bus driver

cheated on his wife while he was across the country

wife was on her deathbed a few years ago and brought that shyt up and said he don’t love her, then she died

that ether burns slow

 

[King Poetic]

1970s was the start of the downfall of the black community…

However u still had plenty of blacks making a decent living and was still married thanks to the silent generation who had values..

Then comes generation x and the drug game of the 80s and the access to a quick dollar , the breakdown of marriage , government assistance exploded from 88-93 and the high numbers of single moms and in our community haven’t look back in terms of downfall

But folks dont want to hear it, its blame blame blame others even if its lack of black marriage and parenting…

I saw this single mom on tv after her son got arrested for shooting a young sister going to school.. it was everyone else fault except hers..

 

[old pig]

How did breh convince you that quick?

some ppl have discussions for the purpose of potentially recognizing/learning different viewpoints and not just to “win” arguments

 

[Sohh_lifted]

That's because America still had plenty of factory jobs. You could literally quit your job Monday and start a new job on Wednesday.

lol yall are trippin.

 

[the elastic]

some ppl have discussions for the purpose of potentially recognizing/learning different viewpoints and not just to “win” arguments

This man understands.

The only people who benefit from "winning" arguments are lawyers.

 

[old pig]

This man understands.

The only people who benefit from "winning" arguments are lawyers.

…and high school debate teams

 

[the elastic]

lol yall are trippin.

He's not bullshytting.

Ask anyone who had family in Detroit back in those days.

 

[OliviaTwist]

i don’t know if I agree. Boomers were the last generation where marriage was more of a societal expectation rather than the individuals valuing the institution itself. Somewhat like a milestone. You were supposed to graduate high school, go to college/ work at the factory, and marry your HS sweetheart soon after. That was just the fact of life. If boomers truly valued marriage there wouldn’t be so many “yeah my granddad had three other families around the city” stories we all here.

Also from your source:

Even as the Baby Boomers continue to age, they divorce more than any other age group. Between 1990 and 2012, the divorce rate for 55 to 64-year-olds more than doubled. For the 65-and-older crowd, that number more than tripled.

The divorce stigma is wearing off. At least back in the day people would stay married on paper but live separately, now they want to be completely free.

 

[the elastic]

Boomers were the last generation where marriage was more of a societal expectation rather than the individuals valuing the institution itself. Somewhat like a milestone. You were supposed to graduate high school, go to college/ work at the factory, and marry your HS sweetheart soon after. That was just the fact of life.

Yea this is what I was trying to say but at the time of me writing the original post, I didn't have the articulation in my head.