My generation knows how to age in style – we’d rather be flamboyant than invisible
telegraph.co.ukmost of us have experienced living solo. It was no longer the norm for us to go from parental to marital home. After university, I shared with groups of friends, and in my 30s, I did a long stint alone.
Indeed, the number of single-occupied households in the UK is significant and continues to rise. Now, I’m not saying my generation got the balance right.
Far from it! But it did help me learn to handle a stopcock. And much, much more.Of course, in 20 years’ time, many of us mature types don’t know whether we’ll have enough funds or if there will be enough care resources to go round.
We don’t know whether we’ll be infirm or suffer dementia. But the majority of boomers, by sheer numbers, are almost certain to redefine old age, partly because even if we grumble at our youth-centric culture, we still tend to align ourselves with a younger generation.
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