r/millenials

Did any of y’all voted for Trump in 2024 and if so, do you have any regrets about your vote. The reason why I asked is because men of all generations voted for Trump 80-20 compared to women who voted for Harris 60-40

Are we all just keeping our heads above water in these trying difficult times?

Our age is riped for this kind of medical news. Have you planned for this in your mind or budget? I would be unable to afford the treatment fee. I have seen my aunt went through the chemo and checkup. It ain't pretty. All that hospital fees for mediocre care. I would blow whatever money I have left on getting myself comfortable at the ritz until my time comes

I didn’t plan on owning multiple pairs of glasses but somehow I’ve ended up here.

As far as I remember, this whole thing started last year when a colleague recommended I try buying glasses online. My old frames were falling apart around the nose pads and I didn’t really feel like going through the usual in store glasses shopping experience again so I decided to give it a shot. Then a few months later I ordered sunglasses with prescription lenses because I got tired of switching between regular glasses and clip ons while driving.

Now somehow I own work glasses, going out glasses, comfort glasses and driving sunglasses. Honestly the dangerous part is how easy online ordering made it. Before this, glasses shopping for me was this whole exhausting trip involving awkward salesman interactions and mirrors. Now I just sit in bed comparing frames while watching Netflix. Also kind of reassuring that they allow returns and offer yearly warranties so when you feel extra and end up buying higher end lenses with coatings and all you are covered. I’ve already used that flexibility twice this year.

Is this how adulthood quietly happens?

Welp, I'm one of the younger millennials here at 32. I sat down at a coffee shop and started working on my projects and two young women sat across from me. I looked up and recognized them as college girls.

And I just thought, 'Kids these days.'

SERIOUSLY. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WITHOUT A LICK OF IRONY. I think I reached old now. 18 year old me couldn't have imagined a world where college girls were too young to be categorized as living, breathing, functioning adults... Not that I'm a good example of one.

So I'm acknowledging that my conscious brain has caught up to my subconscious brain and now I see young women and can't unsee children.

Maybe this is just rambling, but this particular realization hit me hard.

Donald Trump raped little girls!

I want to preface by saying I hate gift culture. Once we grow out of the need of financial support from our parents (18+) I wish it would just stop. We all have jobs and can buy what we want whenever we want (obviously, a generality.)

However, thinking back over my entire millennial adult life, I have been gifted unsolicited presents from Boomers regularly. Although nice, and occasionally even helpful, I wish it would just stop. Following receipt of said gift, my Boomer friends/relatives/neighbors constantly keep tabs on the gift, and make sure I know how I am or am not allowed to use said gift, almost always with a haughty glance of disapproval, whatever the gift may be.

Does anyone else notice this phenomenon: gift giving that never truly leaves their possession once it's gifted?

I'm curious.

Like I had no idea that when oil isn't working properly it can quickly and sometimes catastrophically destroy an engine. I just assumed it was like some gradual damage that would incur on a car engine and of course I would heed the light if it ever came on and get regular oil changes. If you've read this far youre probably right in assuming this happened to me. I was doing 12.75-16 hour shifts with a 100 mile round trip commute and ignored it since I was so busy. I think it only lasted a couple trips and some errands after the light came on. Died in a not so epic seize/compression issue after going into limp mode. I swear I had heard of people driving like triple their oil's life before totalling their beater when i was younger so i assumed it wasn't that big of a deal.

shit sucks!!! I wish I had known. This was in 2021 so I can laugh at myself for it now, but I have been driving/owned a motorcycle/lawnmowers and just kind of took it as a strong suggestion not like a critical part of maintenance! RIP my smooth af buick hybrid. That thing was so sick, but it had like 130K miles and it just wasn't worth it to me to fix since it was probably going to start having other issues anyway.

Who else lost a car or whatever that they loved because of it

who is in therapy because blowing your car up ruined their life temporarily :P