The Referendum

Things to think about on The Referendum at the Happy Days Blog. What’s the Referendum?

The Referendum is a phenomenon typical of (but not limited to) midlife, whereby people, increasingly aware of the finiteness of their time in the world, the limitations placed on them by their choices so far, and the narrowing options remaining to them, start judging their peers’ differing choices with reactions ranging from envy to contempt.

Personally I think the Referendum begins at about age two and lasts until dementia, but then maybe my experience is stilted. I did attend 10 years of Catholic schools.