I am quite with Les there. While my job doesn’t pay that much, it’s low stress, I am left alone and I almost like it. At least I don’t actively hate it. My wife is fine with being the main income provider, and that’s the main thing.
As a member of Gen X, I realized a long time ago that most “Back in my days we didn’t have… and we had to make our own fun!” is often nothing but jealousy. I knew if I had all the nice things my kids have now when I was their age, or what kids have nowadays, I would be just like them.
With all the contemplations whether or not this is “the” Shannon. I think a black haired girl with straight bangs named Shannon was Greg’s “Generic Brat Girl” default. And when he needed a brat girl of that age as Toni’s cousin/niece, he merely used the “Shannon” template, hoping that his valued readers would have forgotten about her.
Looks more like a “Pwedator Dwone”…