Delusions of a Twenty-Something-Year Old-Millennials- Materialistic Boomerang Kids

I don’t know how it started or even when it began, maybe in infancy, maybe these 'Millennials' learned in while growing up watching Power Rangers and X-Men believing they too could be a superhero (just buy me the outfit and I will save the world), or maybe while being told by advertisers they needed to wear Nike brand shoes and Adidas sportswear (buy me the hundred dollar shoes and I will run faster than any else), or maybe while wearing Polo brand shirts and K-Swiss sneakers (buy me the jock outfit and I will perform better on my SAT’s and get into college) did twenty-something-year olds of this age believe they were better, maybe not better, but believe they were smarter, stronger, more deserving of owning and having everything because either their parents, their teachers, and even advertisers told them they were special. Special because this generation grew up believing everyone deserves a trophy even for trying. And now, my fellow classmates of the 'Millennials' class refuse to believe that they are any lesser than before. Any lesser meaning they believe they still deserve everything they want just the way they thought while growing up because someone was telling them they deserved it. They still believe in their twenty-something years now an adult, but don’t remind them they’re adults now for it may shock them back into reality and we wouldn’t want that because then they’d all have nervous breakdowns and need a prescription filled to ward off their anxiety or depression brought on by their final realization that indeed they are not smarter, stronger, and more deserving off all the things they want in this life. In fact, they’re selfish, arrogant, and immature natures have brought their lives to a screeching halt. But, do they realize this? No of course not. They still want what they want and like they would do when they were children, they beg for it from their parents. They may be working at minimum wage or maybe they’re making a bit more than that, but they still can’t afford all that they want in life, so they continue to piggy-back off of their good-natured parents who believe they’re children will one day grow up and thirst for responsibility of their own, but why do that when living rent free and playing on Wii is so much more fun?

Now, of course, there are your exceptions. There are those twenty-something-year olds who are emphatic, dependable, and responsible. There are those who are living their lives and cling to a set of moral beliefs and ethical standards that coincide with what their parents taught them and/or their religious, spiritual views on the meaning of life. With that in mind, I do not refer to those twenty-something-year olds in this article. I am simply addressing the self-centered remnant.

You may be a delusional twenty-something-year old if …

§ You don’t watch the news broadcasters of the investigative reports to know why the price of gas has risen. You would rather complain about the matter amongst friends, but not consider trading in your gas-guzzling beast and purchasing an electric car instead.

§ You would rather spend more of your parent’s credit or take out another massive student loan that you’ll never be able to pay back in two or three lifetimes so you can go back to college because you believe the difficulty of the job hunt is meant for inferior people unlike yourself.

§ You want to get married to another low on the income scale twenty-something-year old who owes enough for several lifetimes like yourself, but can’t afford the thousands of dollars dream wedding you have always wanted, so you crack into you and their parent’s savings or take out another loan that will never get paid off. (No matter, son. Go ahead, buy her the one-carat diamond. Of course, I bought your mother a 1/4 –carat when we got married.)

§ You accept jobs in the city to get away from your parents, but you borrow money from them to afford the $900 monthly rent.

§ You buy the newest cell phone when you make minimum wage.

§ You smoke marijuana and buy beer and cigs while living under your parent’s roof for free.

§ You buy video game consoles, wireless laptops, and HDTV’s but can’t afford the basic cable and Internet bill.

§ You claim you will move out of your parent’s house someday but never have more than a few dollars at a time in your savings account.

§ You say you’re too young to be going to Tupperware parties and clipping coupons for groceries, yet you have a baby or babies.

§ The debt you owe, you know, will never get paid, so why not double it, triple it, or quadruple it and live the life of a rock star, reality star, or R&B mogul.

§ You collect government checks because your mental state was shaken by the thought of getting a job meant you had to work and maybe would be too tired to play the new HALO.

§ You believe entertainment should be considered essential (like water) and not a luxury (like beer, yes beer, in fact, is not essential).

§ You believe beer is like paying the water bill, it is a utility.

§ You live in your parent’s home and never offer to go to the store to buy the household items, groceries, etc. because that’s your parent’s are suppose to do.

§ You believe your profile on Facebook and your tweets on Twitter actually qualify you for celebrity status. You just don’t understand why the paparazzi haven’t found you yet.

§ You buy Hollywood gossip magazine to know what you should buy and wear any given season.

§ You vote based on who the celebrities support because, let’s face it, if you had a mind of your own, would you need Oprah to tell you who to vote for?

§ You don’t believe in a god because who needs spiritual beliefs when credit pays for everything.

§ You claim your spiritual beliefs come from Lady Gaga and/or American Idol.

§ You go to Panama City or another other beach city for spring break when you’re not in college.

§ You still live in the town where you graduated from college because you couldn’t get away from the college nightlife.

§ You still work at your part-time job from high school because, let’s face it, college was fun but getting a professional job in your field is too much work and why want to be consumed by work responsibilities? You’ve seen what responsibility has done to your parents. Your dad lost his hair and grew a belly. Your mom could go into a ‘30-second’ stance on the 32-yard line.

§ You believe success is to be a slut or man-whore, dye your skin orange, get your own reality show, write a book Webster’s can’t even understand, put your name on an expensive bottle of cheap-tasting alcohol, and tell the world you only pretend to be stupid because that’s what your agent told you to say.

Basically, a delusional twenty-something-year old wants what they want – that of a materialistic nature – but have no long-term goals in mind regarding how to behave like a realistic adult in the future.

Copyright © 2011 by K. Frances May