a day in the life of a baby boomer - please give some info

Cleaver

amcluesent wrote: »

TBH, right now, life is a bl**dy shambles.

You can tell me to p*ss off if you want amcluesent, but I think it's fairly apparent from your posts that you don't just see the glass half empty, you see the glass as being the evil receptacle that represents the worse aspects of man and all that is desolate and desperate about this wretched life. You seem to only see the bad things in everyone, hate most things about your life, always assume the worse about every single situation and generally don't seem a happy chappy. Remember when swine flu happened in the summer? You started a number of threads saying how millions and millions of people would die and it would be the end of life as we know it. I had a look on the DT forum last night and noticed you started another thread about how bad this new swine flu is going to be. Don't you learn from experience that things are never as bad as you think they're going to be? You'd think you'd start to notice this. And get off that 'how it ends' website for at least a month, it's not good for you.

So as I say, tell me to p*ss off, but why not make 2011 the year you chill out, start to see the nicer side of life and have some fun? Let things wash over you - you're never going to be able to change much of the big stuff in life, so concentrate on the small things in your world that make you happy. Bake a cake. Go on a bike-ride. Help an old person with their shopping. Tidy out a cupboard you don't often use and paint it a bright colour. I dunno, whatever floats your boat. If there is bigger, genuine things that are happening in your life that are effecting you then I hope things get better for you soon.

vivatifosi

Cleaver wrote: »

If there is bigger, genuine things that are happening in your life that are effecting you then I hope things get better for you soon.

Me too amc.

PasturesNew

Everybody has a right to be miserable... at least it costs nothing. Very MSE!

Cleaver

PasturesNew wrote: »

Everybody has a right to be miserable... at least it costs nothing.

Indeed. However, it doesn't cost anything to be happy either.

abaxas

Cleaver wrote: »

Indeed. However, it doesn't cost anything to be happy either.

Incorrect.

You cant be 'happy' if you cant eat or drink.

Unless of course you are mentally ill.

Cleaver

abaxas wrote: »

Incorrect.

You cant be 'happy' if you cant eat or drink.

Unless of course you are mentally ill.

As usual abaxas your amazing insight is welcomed and you are indeed correct.

abaxas

Cleaver wrote: »

As usual abaxas your amazing insight is welcomed and you are indeed correct.

Are you feeling ok?

Cleaver

abaxas wrote: »

Are you feeling ok?

Tip top my friend, tip top.

newleaf

Ok, here goes. Baby Boomer born late 50's.
Divorced and remarried.
No kids to either.
I am the sole carer for an aging parent who lives in sheltered housing nearby.
Still working full time. My supposedly 'gold plated' NHS pension is currently being 'reviewed'. I will undoubtedly not be able to retire when I thought I was going to.
My State pension age has also increased from 60 to 66.
Have a car which is leased through my employer's scheme for those who need to drive regularly for work purposes.
Still have some credit card debt, although thanks to discovering this site and having LBM 5 years ago, this is now at 0% and almost resolved.
Lost lots of money on my first house, which was bought at peak price in 1990, needed lots of work doing, and was sold at bottom of market in 2000. * Edit to add * Oh yes, and the mortgage rate zoomed up to 15% during that time didn't it? Still, I managed to pay it, all on my own, by working as much overtime as I could get.
Also lumbered with an Endowment policy which was meant to pay £40k on maturity in 2015, but will be amazed if it pays even half that. Having already paid in 10 years of premiums, I was persuaded to keep this on as a long term 'investment' after selling the house it was linked to.
Now have a nice house and, thank God, the mortgage is nearly paid, but this is thanks to my hardworking and diligent husband who has (for now) a well paid job and has made mortgage overpayments a priority. However, his employment situation is frequently threatened by company restructuring. He works in IT and at his age (similar to mine) is no longer regarded as 'cutting edge', although obviously very experienced.
As a double income, no dependents household we pay full whack for everything, and stand to lose most under the current round of 'austerity measures'.
As someone already said, it's not all been a bed of roses for the Baby Boomers.

PasturesNew

Cleaver wrote: »

Indeed. However, it doesn't cost anything to be happy either.

Have you SEEN the cost of shiny stuff?
:P