This is an attitude I've noticed is rather common and unique to generation Y. Maybe I just believe everything older people tell me and get all my impressions of past generations from novels, but it seems that this kind of adult-delay didn't really occur before. As though in the past, you simply come of age and are expected to assume the appropriate behavior and responsibilities of an adult, no complaints.
Now, I see it everywhere: jokes about how twentysomethings "fail at being an adult", hate doing practical "grownup" things, don't behave what would typically be seen as "maturely" - it seems to not only be prevalent, but something looked on with amusement. Why? What caused this trend? Or have I just been reading too many Buzzfeed listicles to pass the time and it's not actually that common?
Now, I see it everywhere: jokes about how twentysomethings "fail at being an adult", hate doing practical "grownup" things, don't behave what would typically be seen as "maturely" - it seems to not only be prevalent, but something looked on with amusement. Why? What caused this trend? Or have I just been reading too many Buzzfeed listicles to pass the time and it's not actually that common?