Tuesday, August 14, 2007

I couldn't agree more.

Something that really hit it home for me and seems to make a lot of sense.

In response to this mrbrown post, about expats complaining because the cost of living here is very high. various replies and comments were given, and the one by nanashee way down the list (probably the last at time of publishing) really struck a chord with me.

Beyond just losing the expat community, this is causing an overgrown adolescent generation; the 30 year-olds who still stay with their parents and act as though they're in secondary school. I believe this is causing the nation as a whole to become quite mentally immature, because they haven't been shoved out of the nest to fend for themselves. It's hard to know what true hardship is when Mommy and Daddy are always there for you. It's hard to develop maturity when you've never had to take care of yourself completely, from doing your own housework to living your life independently. It's hard to have any kind of an adult life when you have to sneak around your parents and your siblings (so romantic, hor?).

Maybe that's part of the plan after all. If we become an island of infants, then maybe we will be good little children who can be pacified with silly little things, our easily molded minds tweaked as and when needed for the greater good.

Mrs Brightside at 11:29 pm

{xoxo}