[Soliloquy]

Every single generation can point to their version of a short stick they were handed. I remember being in my early 20s and all of "us" were very bitter about the stick we were handed (Gen X). We're in our 40s now and we're learning to overcome that.

I would NOT want to have been my mother, coming of age in the late 1950s. Yes, her sofa lasted 40 years (and it cost a LOT more than a modern sofa, based on prices adjusted for inflation) but her life choices were drastically limited.

EVERY generation gets handed some clogged toilets and baskets of doo doo. If you can't see the baskets of doo doo that the older generations had, it's because they've found ways to dispose of them in a healthy way or they've integrated the stinkiness in to their outlook and way of life. Some people say, "this is what I've got, where will I go from here." Some people just sit and live in the stink.

Each generation has their hills to climb.

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Originally Posted by Quiteria

Back on the Original Topic--I think there could really be a market for an updated game of Life with realistic choices. Or a Monopoly knock-off. I love Domestic Zookeeper's ideas.

An updated Game of Life would be great.

The whole premise of Monopoly is to risk everything to try and be the mogul who owns it all. You know you'll either own it all or be left with nothing. Not a good life plan. (I find Monopoly really boring, personally.)