What the bloody hell is a sandwich generation?

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overdraft · 01/02/2007 12:34

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Porpoise · 01/02/2007 12:35

it's the same as the nutcracker generation

LadyOfTheFlowers · 01/02/2007 12:36

sounds crap to me! lol

ItsMeMellowma · 01/02/2007 12:36

hmmm something to do with grandmothers and children ... or

Caring.....

Having 2 men

fizzbuzz · 01/02/2007 12:53

It is when you are caring for your own children and elderley parents, and you are stuck in the middle.

It is very very hard to deal with.

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overdraft · 01/02/2007 13:28

thank fizz for clearing that up.Yes must be hard work. Just never heard og the term before.My mum done it

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Porpoise · 01/02/2007 15:08

sorry overdraft, didn't mean to keep you hanging on wondering what I was on about - got distracted.
But I'm glad fizz filled you in (as it were!)
The nutcracker thing is just a phrase I've heard used in the same way - being squeezed from both sides of the age divide etc

anniebear · 01/02/2007 19:51

I wouldn't have a clue what it meant either

I though everyone was going to discuss what butties they had for lunch lol

handlemecarefully · 01/02/2007 19:56

Lol - my first impression was that it was something to do with our excessive work ethic and people's tendancy to grab 'lunch on the run'. Interested to discover the real meaning.

Greensleeves · 01/02/2007 19:56

I was pondering this. Have the MNHQ lot all got the munchies or something?

WideWebWitch · 01/02/2007 19:57

It's people who are looking after young children AND their own parents.

WideWebWitch · 01/02/2007 19:58

Sorry, see fizzbuzz already answered.

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