Why are old people so selfish?

This thread will wither away soon, if no-one gives it any more encouragement.

I really think nobody here, however they voted needs to justify themselves
OP set out to annoy, irritate and stir.
Why take any notice other than the notice you might take of a particularly annoying moth flying round your bedroom at night.
#splatdon'tagonise.

My husband and I,both over 60, voted remain. All of the leavers we knew were 20-40. We are in London and our area voted remain

I actually think this poster is just trying to wind people up and might not even be a young person at all.

AYP hold on there, you cant generalise as we dont generalise about all young people. Think again all the things WE have sacrificed and our parents before us, ever heard of WW1 and WW2, if not sunny boy, dont voice your opinions as you have done here, try being mature, and make the most of, like the rest of us will have to do, leaving the EU.Now I think it is past your bed time, read this tomorrow!

absent

I am also a pre boomer.

Oops 'give us a suitable emoji'

absent. Rickety bridge is I think spot on!

Perhaps HQ could gives a suitable emoji.
I can think of a few

and before the OP picks me up on my use of the plural when I referred to *the minority^
Some collectives, like "number" and "majority," can be singular or plural depending on the article used: eg A minority of people are original thinkers

I do not include the OP in the minority of original thinkers btw.

looking after DC whilst mummy and daddy were at work
sorry, I did mean DGC
blame my expensive state-funded education

Tragically so many people who are complaining bitterly now- didn't register to vote and didn't bother to vote.

We here both voted 'remain' btw- me 65 and he 70.

So I'll ask the question again - did YOU bother to vote?

Forgot to say that I, my family and friends of all generations, voted to remain.

Born during WW2, I am, by definition, a pre-boomer. Most of my friends are boomers and devoted to their families, so by no means could be called selfish. OP, get a life!

In areas where most older people voted out fewest young people voted at all. In my region we voted remain and I do not know any older person who voted or any young person who didn't vote at all.

One of the things you will learn as you grow older AYP is not to make sweeping generalisations that you cannot justify. I could refute them all, but really cannot be bothered. I have so much else to do. Play golf, go on a world cruise, buy a large new car, go to the hair dresser. I wonder how many young people are kept in work by my relentless spending of my ill-gotten pension gains on self indulgence?

Just realised that DH and I are not baby boomers!!
That must be why we feel exhausted (although very happy) after spending another day looking after DC whilst mummy and daddy were at work.

Thank goodness All Young People are not the same and most are very nice indeed, particularly my family .

There are, of course, the minority who are very well-balanced because they have chips on both shoulders.

Ah, you're a young one Phoenix

I am 57 (well, I am for the next couple of weeks) and I voted remain, so stick that up your fundament.

With some grave doubts, I voted Remain too - and I know many older people who did the same. I also know older people - and younger people - who voted Leave.

Are you suggesting that all those people who voted Leave were old? In some areas, such as Sunderland, the Leave vote was substantial. Were they all old people? It has already been pointed out that those people who have suffered the most under preceding governments' austerity measures were considerably more likely to vote to leave.

It is pointless and insulting to suggest that all older people are self-absorbed and selfish, just as it is pointless and insulting to suggest that all younger people are irresponsible spendthrifts.

People voted to leave or remain for a variety of reasons - some connected to their own personal circumstances and some because they honestly believed that what they were doing was for the benefit of the country as a whole.

Now that the decision has been made - and my view is that the campaign on both sides was a hysterical and dishonest shambles - we need to stop the blame game and get on with it.

Stansgran

I carefully got ready to post on the deleted thread and was about to press post when it was deleted before my eyes. That's the most exciting thing that's happened to me this week
Apart from yesterday waving off DD1 and her family ( two weeks free childcare and a week in a luxury cottage by the sea) who are now setting off on safari . And DD2 was waved off on Sunday having promised her two weeks childcare in August before she takes them off on holiday and we had already treated the whole family to a week in Scotland ( again luxury). She has just moved in to a house I could never have afforded,probably couldn't now but in those days wives' salaries were not taken into account for a mortgage.
I enjoy giving as shrouds have no pockets.

grannylyn65, you have just done exactly that

We have had some fun with these school holiday posts in the past. Assuming of course that this one has the intelligence to put up a response.

What saddens me is that one section of society has been singled out by the media as the cause of all this country's woes. Regrettably, many of the sweeping generalisations made are actually believed by some young people who are looking for someone to blame.
Had any other group been singled out in this way, there would, quite rightly, be accusations of descrimination.
The op is, in my humble opinion, an ill educated prat and not worth wasting energy on.
I am now off to bathe in champagne whilst eating grapes lovingly peeled for me by a handsome lothario who will later join me on my private jet, ready to pander to my every whim as we fly over the hordes of snivelling, poverty stricken young people scrabbling in the dirt below. Cheers! ???

What amazes me that anyone is even responding, thus perpetuating the pathetic poster.

starbird The OP probably thinks anyone over the age of 60 is past it and should be euthanised (until he gets to 60 of course!). I think all of the well thought out replies to his post will go over his head. Probably won't bother to reply - he most likely thought he was going to wind up the oldies, bitten off more than he can chew I think!