Sandwich generation [noun] : a generation of people, typically in their thirties or forties, responsible both for bringing up their own children and for the care of their ageing parents.

A lot of chatter about the sandwich generation recently due to the NTUC Income video, especially when it is something that many of us can identify with it. We are frustrated with the situation and yet, we feel that there is so little that we can do.

For me, I’m not quite the sandwich generation. I definitely relate more with peanut butter toast. For my generation, I can guarantee that there are plenty of CPF accounts belonging to our parents that look like what you see below. Plenty of money in MediSave and not much anywhere else.

At first glance, the numbers seem big. However, with very little in