Your words ring very true. We know those Gen-xers.

We're one of the few families that don't believe in giving our children everything. And gasp,our teenage daughter has two jobs so she could purchase a used Toyota Tercel with 150,000 miles on it for $600.00,.even worse, we could have bought it for her! We believe in teaching our children about hard work, and respect. We're blessed to have been born in this country, but we're entitled to nothing more than that.

Great article

So are you two related, or the same person?

Very amusing that you ask the point of the article, then illustrate it nicely in your response

While you are correct in many of your perceptions of the boomers and Xers, it appears to me that you may be just as much of a whiner as they are. Instead of pointing out the flaws of those of us trying to deal with our predecessors' failures, offer a solution. Cleaning up appearances and going to work is narrow minded. People who pass judgement without empathy for the state of the world today (which you created) make it easier for the Xers to reject your "entitlement" to a secure future.

So what exactly was the point of your article? Was it just to point a judgemental finger at Gen X and to complain about our "narcism"? Last time I checked my generation was the backbone of fighting men and women in Iraq. My generation will be the first to have a lower standard of living , will face economic insovlvency, lack of healthcare, outsourced jobs, college so expensive that most of us have given up on finishing it and a lack of positve role models to base our behavior on.