Comments on: Boomers . . . and How They Got That Way http://theboomerblues.com/185/boomers-and-how-they-got-that-way-7/ Dedicated to the spiritual strength and lunacy of boomers everywhere! Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:15:14 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kate Oliver http://theboomerblues.com/185/boomers-and-how-they-got-that-way-7/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Kate Oliver Wed, 30 Sep 2009 06:18:27 +0000 http://theboomerblues.com/?p=185#comment-19 I LOVE your story about Baby-boomers and how we got this way! Please pardon the language, but my saying is; \"the baby-boomers are one f***** up generation\"! Think about it for a minute. Most all of us were brought up in what I call the \"Harriette & Ozzie world, or the \"Cleavers\" world, where all little girls would grow up to be \"Mommy\'s\" and have kids and take care of the house, and cook and bake, and clean, and smile all day, and kiss boo-boo\'s, while \"Daddy\'s\" went to work all day, made the money, and came home to dinner and \"play time\" and \"advice time\" with the kiddies, and everyone lived happily ever after. Now, how many people do you know that, that actually happened to? We\'ve seen so much, maybe more than any other generation take place, with all the good/happiness, and inventions, and the ugly, wars/ protests/riots/murdered President/another one shot/terrorist attacks in our own country/divorce, etc. What other generation has seen so much change, and been caught in the \"middle\" between what we were taught as children, and the real world now? Wow what a generation we are! And, the \"stories\" we will have to tell our Grandchildren! Real history lessons to be learned. How many women really expected to have to work? Probably not many, because we were told we needed nothing more than a high school education! That\'s why I was a \"late bloomer\" in becoming a Nurse. My ex convinced me to go to school and learn Nursing if that\'s what I wanted to do, so I did! Never regreted it. Only wish I coud have done it at age 18. Thank-you for let me express myself, and I look forward to reading more from you! Sincerely, Kate Oliver I LOVE your story about Baby-boomers and how we got this way! Please pardon the language, but my saying is; \"the baby-boomers are one f***** up generation\"! Think about it for a minute. Most all of us were brought up in what I call the \"Harriette & Ozzie world, or the \"Cleavers\" world, where all little girls would grow up to be \"Mommy\’s\" and have kids and take care of the house, and cook and bake, and clean, and smile all day, and kiss boo-boo\’s, while \"Daddy\’s\" went to work all day, made the money, and came home to dinner and \"play time\" and \"advice time\" with the kiddies, and everyone lived happily ever after. Now, how many people do you know that, that actually happened to? We\’ve seen so much, maybe more than any other generation take place, with all the good/happiness, and inventions, and the ugly, wars/ protests/riots/murdered President/another one shot/terrorist attacks in our own country/divorce, etc. What other generation has seen so much change, and been caught in the \"middle\" between what we were taught as children, and the real world now? Wow what a generation we are! And, the \"stories\" we will have to tell our Grandchildren! Real history lessons to be learned. How many women really expected to have to work? Probably not many, because we were told we needed nothing more than a high school education! That\’s why I was a \"late bloomer\" in becoming a Nurse.
My ex convinced me to go to school and learn Nursing if that\’s what I wanted to do, so I did! Never regreted it. Only wish I coud have done it at age 18.

Thank-you for let me express myself, and I look forward to reading more from you!
Sincerely,
Kate Oliver

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