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comment by WanderingEng
WanderingEng  ·  3333 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Millenial "Adulthood" Pledge.

I was thinking the author was saying "I'm entitled to:

Not wait. My time is more important than yours.

Have my message heard, even if others don't want to listen.

Have my family focus on me at dinner.

Feel superior over others. You should accept that I may laugh at you.

Receive thank you notes. You will hand write them.

Define what is and is not a good use of some else's time.

Receive phone calls from my children."

Looking through the list again, the "don't text me important stuff" one is annoying. The problem is I call my mom to tell her something, and before I've finished the rounds with everyone else she's posted it on Facebook. By the time I've called siblings, they already know and now I'm the bad guy because they found out on Facebook of all places. Complaining about texting is just the new "you should have told me in person."