tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506060093946686346.post3666711690548671286..comments2009-02-07T12:02:22.488-05:00Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07384430934881752883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506060093946686346.post-45838937878453059732009-02-07T12:02:00.000-05:002009-02-07T12:02:00.000-05:00Very well said Brett. Thanks for letting me know that I'm not crazy:) I love your point about how we are in an in-between state that many of our parents did not experience (oddly my mom did not get married until she was 30, so she sometimes does understand.) And even friends I have who are married are not quite "settled down" necessarily, so they basically feel the same thing. The comparison to the Tweens is perfect. Like Tweens we don't quite fit into a life stage and are trying to carve out our own! Thanks for your thoughtful comment.Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07384430934881752883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-506060093946686346.post-49260487116180475842009-02-06T23:28:00.000-05:002009-02-06T23:28:00.000-05:00I totally agree with you, and i went through those feelings just a short while ago. Unfortunately, many people from our parents generation do not recognize this quarter life transition as a problem. My theory is actually that twentysomethings are like new tweeners. Tweeners are those young kids who aren't quite teenagers, but aspire to be teenagers. However, we are in the in-between stage of post school and full adulthood. Unlike our parents, many of us do not get married until after 25/26, and so I think there is a much different mindset than previous generations because we do not have the same responsibilities as our parents (since we do not have families or kids that we have to provide for). Our generation is also much more mobile, and combined with the later family start date it creates this tweener age group. Just like the transition from young kid to teenager is uncertain and challenging, I believe the same feelings get evoked as we transition and search for what really makes us satisfied.Brett Hummelhttp://www.bretthummel.comnoreply@blogger.com