What happened What happened to manners What happened to patriotism What happened to "death do...

Mamapolo2016 · F

People our age talk about this a lot, because we have experuences to compare it to.

As briefly as I can manage:

As a generation, it was decided that if there was a God, it was us. In that battle much of mankind lost any superior to hold us responsible. A sad sort of Bacchanalia resulted, with much pleasure and little satisfaction. Eat, drink, and pretend to be merry, for tomorrow we die.

We recognized the need to share the wealth with our brothers and sisters, which is wonderful, but we were so eager to make sure it was reliable we gave the function of charity over to the government. They can't do any human gesture with humanity because bureaucracies have policies, not people. Charity is now a dirty word when it used to be synonymous with

synonyms:goodwill, compassion, consideration, concern, kindness, kindheartedness, tenderness, tenderheartedness, sympathy, indulgence, tolerance, leniency, caritas; literarybounteousness
"show a bit of charity"

In fact, some Biblical translations use 'charity' interchangably with 'love.'

In the process, we lost those qualities and the people who receive are resentful because the same society that helps them to survive prevents them from thriving and the donors are resentful because their contribution is extorted via taxes and they don't have a choice.

Mamapolo2016 · F

Thank you for the stroll down memory lane. I remember all those things fondly. We've trashed a lot of pretty good stuff in the last forty years. And people don't seem any happier, putting it mildly. But the bell can't be unrung.

Jeephikelove · 51-55, F

I agree...it is sad. You know though...our generation is raising these badly behaved kids. 😳

PoetryNEmotion · F

Times change. People change with them. Not necessarily for the good. Etiquette never goes out of style. It is just ignored for unknown reasons. Dates? That scene is horrendous these days. Children? They are negotiated with. Sent into time outs. They need rules. And no spanking. Force teaches nothing good. Military? Too controversial. I am not American either so I will not say a word. Marriage? There is common law now. And people have choices if they are unhappy. That is a good thing for adults and for their children. Thanks for posting. I like postings from the heart.

KayraJordyn · F

We would talk all night, almost every night. I got special outfits just for dates with my guy. We never did the "Netflix & chill" thing, and he always knocked on my door when he picked me up to spend our tome together. He still broke me. I'm still putting myself back together. There are nuances we will always miss, as time goes on and new traditions replace old traditions. It doesn't mean they're better, or worse, just different. 🖤 We all have our memories.

sarahcupcake · 36-40, F

I don't actually know what happened. Maybe it's too complicated for me. But if I had to answer that question or those questions then I think what happened is that perhaps we stopped loving other human beings as much as we ought to, and maybe worse than that, we started to only think of ourselves and not our neighbours

SWisGoingWoke · M

What happened, I think, is that people became the center of their universe...nothing is more important than themselves.

Therefore, if they don't get what they desire, they do whatever they decide to do about it, and that's okay.

smiler2012 · 56-60

capt11 it is the way society has gone alas marriage seems so easy come easy go too some people there not prepared too give it a chance and take the easy way out where back in the time couples worked at there marriage

LovelyMe · F

Egocentrism,entitlement, greed disrespect and disregard for the real values in life.

Society today is greatly lacking. The things you mention are lost values in today's society.

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