Sarena Gray

Mom of 3 She/her

[OkieMaga_Patriot46 @Okie_Patriot46]

I need to make a very PUBLIC announcement on behalf of younger GenXers and older Millennials.

If you see someone in their 40s or 50s who seems a little boring now, I need you to understand something...

We already got it in.

Like...GOT. IT. IN.

We are not sitting home on a Friday night because we never knew how to have fun.
We are sitting home on a Friday night because we have seen enough.

We went to parties in houses that should have been condemned and were almost certainly owned by the local drug dealer.

We saw police lights and RAN and not across a nice, flat field.
INTO THE WOODS.

Do you understand the athleticism required to hurdle uprooted tree roots in platform shoes while simultaneously trying to keep your low-rise jeans from sliding completely off your ass?

And somehow...we never spilled the Zima. We never spilled the Boone’s Farm.

That was TALENT.

We slept on floors in strange houses because the designated driver either never showed up or, in a shocking turn of events, was drunker than everybody else.

There was no Uber, Life360 or Find My Friends.
There was just somebody named Mike saying, “I know a shortcut.”

And we FOLLOWED MIKE.

We closed down bars and then decided the night was still young, so we drove to Atlantic City, where we somehow managed to get drunk, sober up, get drunk again, sober up again and then get drunk a THIRD TIME before breakfast.

And according to our parents? We were at Michelle’s house.

Eating pizza and watching movies.

Michelle’s mother unknowingly covered for approximately 17 people every weekend. If there even was a Michelle.

We drank things called Purple Passion, Mad Dog 20/20 and whatever somebody mixed inside a giant plastic garbage can. Nobody asked what was in it. You grabbed a red Solo cup and trusted the process.

We went to clubs until the lights came on. Do you know the psychological damage of seeing a nightclub with the LIGHTS ON? Nothing good happens after those lights come on.

We danced for four straight hours in shoes that permanently altered the structure of our feet.

We made entire plans without cell phones...no texts, dropped pins or group chats...just an extremely questionable sense of direction.

We rode in cars with 11 people when the vehicle legally seated five. Someone was always sitting on someone. Someone was always in the hatchback.
And there was always one friend yelling, “DUCK!” when we passed a cop.

So yes...now we like being home.
We like sweatpants.
We like cancelling plans.
We like saying, “That sounds fun!” with absolutely no intention of attending.
We like restaurants at 5:30 because we can get a good table.
We like being home by 8:17.

And if someone texts at 9:30 PM and says, “What are you doing?”
Sleeping...we are sleeping.

Because this is not boring my friends...this is retirement.

We already played, partied and danced on the bar.
We already ran from the cops through a wooded area dressed like a Spice Girl.

We have stories that cannot be posted because there are still people with careers, marriages and reputations to protect. And thank GOD there were no camera phones.

So kids, when you look at your Gen X and older Millennial parents sitting peacefully on the couch watching Dateline at 8 PM and think:
“God, you guys are boring.”

Sweetheart...oh sweetheart.
You are looking at retired legends.

Put some respect on our names. We're probably the reason Life360 was invented.

xoxoxo (posted from someone else on FakeBook) 🤣 #genx #oldandtired

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Love this! 🦋

[Canadian Museum for Human Rights @CMHR_News]

December 6 is now known in Canada as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

[Kimiko Shibata 🦋 @ESL_fairy]

Three things that a worker who has just experienced a violent incident need to hear:

1) Are you okay?
2) I’m so sorry that this happened to you.
3) What can I do to help?

You’ll note that “What did you do to cause this?” is not on this list.

[Bored Teachers @Bored_Teachers]

Couldn't have said it better.

[Sarena Gray @SarenaGray]

@Jovie1kenobi I’m so sorry to hear of your loss.

[Sarah Bee🐝 @BirrelleBee]

This man …THIS MAN. Saved a bunny. ❤️‍🩹 https://t.co/mw3XMOn7Nu

[Chef Andrew Gruel @ChefGruel]

Update: Anyone who has left LA and headed south. You are welcome at our restaurant, 16600 Pacific Coast Highway, 92649. We have a large parking lot, you can stay as long as you need and camp out. We will provide free meals for all of those affected. If anyone has any coordination in process for meals, supplies, etc for LA, reach out to me, we will provide as much food to deliver and arrange supplies as well.

[Renee Libby @ReneeLibby95084]

I really don't want a fight with Canada.

They wear shorts when it's 35 degrees Fahrenheit.

They chase polar bears off their porches with brooms.

Those people are tough.😂

[Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau]

There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States.

Workers and communities in both our countries benefit from being each other’s biggest trading and security partner.

[Unlearn16 @unlearn16tweet]

Denmark did make a decent offer...I'll take Trump's silence as a soft yes.

[Mike Nellis @MikeNellis]

Zelenskyy calling Putin a “fucking terrorist” on live TV is the energy I’m bringing into 2025 and 2026.

[龙金属头 🇨🇳🐉🤘🏾 @realXanderXjork]

Let’s keep #Project2025 trending because we need to spread the word https://t.co/PEYbWgfA3L

[Bill Madden @maddenifico]

Damned! 🔥🔥🔥🙌🙏💪👏👊

[halli ⸆⸉ 𓆙❤️‍🔥 @inthevault_]

Greatest country in the world?? Why is every woman I know crying on the way to work today???

[Keeks 🦋 @DietCoke_Esq]

2016 broke my heart. 2024 is breaking my humanity