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[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

They've wrapped their entire sense of identity in working, their role at work

Speaking as an actual boomer, that is true of the men of my generation in particular. Many of them have zero hobbies or interests outside work, to the extent that retirement can kill them through depression. Their wives raised their children and run their social lives for them, and they often don't even have their own friends. So if their wife dies or leaves, they have to get another one or face the emptiness. These same men usually harbour huge resentment against women in general, blame us for ruining everything with our feminist nonsense. I've spent more than 50 years of my adult life dealing with these arseholes. My male friends are mostly much younger.