The problem is that she’s starting with a false premise. Marriages, on average, never lasted forever. Yes, we can all find one or two people we know who married their high school sweetheart and stayed in love for the rest of their lives. But, they’re so rare that they stay in our memories and somehow we see that as a benchmark for what’s normal rather than something we wish were normal.
The reality is that we all change. And change means broken marriages – even if we started with the perfect partner to begin with.
But regardless of all that, the strip was about us boomers leaving the workforce. But, never fear, unemployment levels are low enough that it’s considered just about full employment. So, the strip is wrong. The boomers are gone, but they’ve been replaced by kids like you. Sadly, many of those kids are illegals, and they aren’t paying into the system. I’m sure that so-called “sanctuary cities” are proud to support people who are working for cash, pay no taxes, and will probably have to be supported in their old age, even though they didn’t pay a dime for the benefits they’ll receive.
What a mess.