Too much of the world runs on adult daughters.

I am obviously friends with a lot of daughters. Not just daughters but a lot of single and first-born daughters. There are a few second-born scattered here and there but I don’t think there are any third-born in my immediate social circle. Anyone?

We’re of the age when we’re looking after kids and parents and there is often a ton of love, joy, laughter and tears but allyuh, it gets tiring. Even if you don’t have kids, which is why a lot of you are here.

I’m not complaining (much) but I’ve had to lie down on my floor and stare at the ceiling a couple of times this year to level set and ground myself (hah).

A friend going through stuff with her parent said this: too much of the world runs on adult daughters. I’m not dismissing other people’s work but women shoulder the majority of caregiving. We’re dealing with a lot of the family stuff while trying to work and save for some kind of retirement.

This is a bigger issue than just not saving enough including how we treat aging and seniors but I’m going to stick to something less… philosophical in scale.