Apparently the esteemed women of generation X have earned themselves a new title. TWITs, or Teenage Women in Their Thirties, are basically women who refuse to grow up and decide to live their lives in an eternal teenage state. Much like their male counterparts who are said to have the Peter Pan-Syndrome, these women are putting serious relationships and parenthood aside and instead are indulging in a life free of such responsibilities, continuing to party and enjoy the freedoms.
My mental image of a TWIT does not necessarily agree with the one from the original article. I seem to remember a bunch of worn out, obnoxious, lung hacking smokers, but maybe things have changed. Either way, this certainly is representative of the attitudes of many starting The Second Third. Life does not have to be about doing exactly what previous generations have done. People should do what they feel is best for their lives and as long as it is not horribly destructive to themselves or others, then what’s the problem? In my opinion, the more thirty-something women we have out there in the bars the fewer babies there will be on my plane, or crowding me in the elevator with their comically over-sized strollers. Seriously, have you ever noticed how big some of these strollers are compared to the little lump of flesh riding around in it? I digress.
Yup, times are changing. When I used to get in trouble as a child my mom would call me a “little twit”. If she were to try that today her remark would be comical, yet strangely, it would be infinitely more insulting.
