"First a stickman, half a cow." Oh, those expectations! Everyone expects something from us. Parents, teachers, bosses, society in general. As a result, many people are a projection of the expectations of others and not what they actually want to be themselves. Civilization has set rules, norms, guidelines by which we must behave and live in order to be 'normal'. The animal world has already shown us that sooner or later a bird has to leave its nest, and humans also become independent at certain ages. This is usually after graduation or even earlier. Then we are expected to go our own way, to stand on our own two feet. But the demands of society do not end there. Let's see when we are expected to have children, when our own car...
you know at what age society expects us to settle down and have a child? The company conducted a survey of two thousand British people Privilege Home Insurance, which found that it has just 68 percent of people feeling that he must to meet certain social expectations by a certain age, such as finishing school, moving on their own, getting married, having a child... because they are afraid of stigma. Sometimes it was clear. You finished school, found a job, a partner, built a house and had children. How is it today?
They are today society's expectations slightly different. Everyone wants to promote themselves externally as someone who is good, successful, who fulfills the goals set by society. What are these goals and by when we have to reach them?
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Research has shown that 37 percent of people he sees moving to his own home as the most important milestone that they must reach by the age of 31. 19 percent said that they would be disappointed if they were not living under their own roof by this year. What limits have we set for other life turning points in order to satisfy social expectations?
At this age, society expects us to...
- 37 percent of people believe that they should buy their first apartment by the age of 31.
- 27 percent of people believe that by the age of 29 they should meet a partner with whom they will settle down.
- 27 percent of people think they should have their first child by the age of 30.
- 26 percent of people believe that they should start building a long-term career at the age of 32.
- 21 percent of people think they should start receiving their desired salary by the age of 41.
- 20 percent of people think they should have their own car by the age of 25.
- 19 percent of people think that they should live with a partner until the age of 30.
- 19 percent of people think they should have a savings plan in place by age 48.
- 17 percent of people believe that they should be able to afford two vacations a year by the age of 41.
- 12 percent of people expect to have their driving test by the age of 23.
