Any other Millennials out there with parents that told them that they were special snowflakes...

Any other Millennials out there with parents that told them that they were special snowflakes? My mother told me since I was a toddler that I was the smartest kid in school and that I could easily do whatever I wanted to do in life. She told me that anything was possible and that I could easily become an astronaut or a billionaire businessman or even the president of the United States. It was simply up to me to decide. And as a result I barely tried in school and ended up with a lousy 2.5 GPA. It didn't become obvious to myself that I actually had to apply myself and try very very hard to get ahead until about halfway through college. Now I'm working at a paper Factory as a line supervisor making about 45k year with my degree in business.

If I ever manage to find a white woman with decent morals to breed with I will tell my kids that life is a huge Challenge and only the best hard working people have a small chance to get what they want out of it

Why are baby boomers such terrible parents?

My mom was sure i was going to be the next bill gates.

Now im 31 working part time as a telemarketer

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Brah, were all special snowflakes ;)

It was more the teachers who told me this desu, women should never be allowed to teach anything but languages

not just my parents or grandparents but also the teachers and older relatives

fucking ruined my life
can't focus or apply myself for shit

t-thanks obama

>If I ever manage to find a white woman with decent morals to breed with

Im at this stage in life. Its harder to accomplish than getting my masters in physics

Same exact boat OP. My mother was convinced that I was a child prodigy and that I was going to be a millionaire after inventing the next big technology. Graduated high school with arguably the worst GPA that you could actually graduate with. I'm actually doing better than anyone else in my graduating class right now but my experiences are not typical.

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>45k a year
If you're single/childless that's actually not bad.

Gen x here. They told me in grade 7 "you are the generation with no future" that's apparently where the gen x comes from. It doesn't matter where or when someone comes from. The smartest and hardest working always rise to the top of what they are doing in life. Special snowflake programming is terrible for children. People need to be taught self ownership and good work ethics

I could live off that easily and I'm in California.

22 year old neet here, I was told this by my single mother multiple times.

At least Im not some ideologue though

>grew up relatively poor
>parents divorced when I was eight
>father has sole custody because mom's a piece of shit... obviously as this basically never happens in biased divorce court
>father starts his own construction company
>father starts making a pretty decent income around the time I turn 16
>supported me and now I'm making $75k in a southern state, nearly double most household incomes
>feel poor compared to my father as he's making about $200k a year now

He kind of treated me like a "special snowflake", but I think more importantly he supported me and gave me the foundation to be where I am today. It's one thing to tell your kids they can do anything, it's another to live by example.

raised by father, no mother
raised by mother, no father

Former turned out to be sucessful and goal oriented, the latter turned out to be useless cucks.

I agree with this assessment.

You can add me to that list, on the mother side.

>The smartest and hardest working always rise to the top of what they are doing in life.

Nope. That's some just world fallacy crap right there.

Second of four children

Fuck no

>Nope. That's some just world fallacy crap right there.

Digits checked. However, I think that anyone who is actually smart and works hard will at least achieve something okay, and this line is often spouted by lazy people. You made not be as successful as you set out to be, but you'll be ahead of the general populous if you try.

my parents told me I could do anything I wanted, after the IQ tests. They always told me I had to work hard though. I didn't, then I found IT. Now my biggest worry is do I buy a second PS4 so I can VR with my asian wife.

I don't know what to tell you OP.

if it makes you feel any better, you were never going to be successful anyway

They told me I could do anything I wanted but never said I was special. It's just what most parents do

Nah, my dad regularly insulted me, sometimes banter, sometimes pretty low shit. I graduated valedictorian in my decent sized high school, with honors from college, and am in medical school.
However, I do have to say, a little encouragement, but certainly not "snowflaking", here and there might have been nice. I feel like I could have done a lot better.

Oh well, my child may very well rule the world if I find a little balance in raising them.

>dad gives me money in exchange for good grades
>A's gave the most
>learned to work hard mentally in exchange for money

Not sure if this is the best way to do it, but it definitely prepared me.