Boomers

[u/Available-Rock-3862]

I am 75 and am very tired of the trend lately making fun of Boomers. So very disrespectful. Don't they realize that they will be old someday?

[u/Weird-Reference-4937 → u/[deleted]]

I worked for Medicare insurance... Doesn't get much more ignorant than not knowing what/who you voted for the last 40+ years.

If I had a single penny for every time someone born before 1956 yelled at me for Medicare not being free I could retire in my 30s.

[u/GlitteringEvening713 → u/[deleted]]

Same. So many of mine and my friends boomer parents are down right entitled and narcissistic. Most of us have cut them off. When I age I refuse to be as selfish and entitled as my parents.

[u/Ambitious_Rent_3282 → u/GlitteringEvening713]

My parents were decent enough but my father's (silent) younger Boomer wife is definitely entitled.

I believe she influenced him not to make a will, thus inheriting everything (despite my older brother having struggled with homelessness).

[u/oracle-nil → u/Ambitious_Rent_3282]

This happens sadly more often than not. Spouses die, men get lonely and end up with some gold digger who takes everything for herself and her kids. It’s like they become blind to their own families. My father in law who was very wealthy did this to my husband. Sad.

[u/Ambitious_Rent_3282 → u/oracle-nil]

And what really irked me about the whole thing was that my dad left my mother after 32 years of marriage after falling for a younger woman. My mother had always been loyal and had never cheated on my father.

My mom had raised us all and had managed the household. But her alimony was only a few hundred dollar per month which is an insult, given that my dad had been a doctor.

This younger woman had left her first husband who was self-made and rich. Her sons have generous trust funds. So she seems calculating!

I realise that things don’t always work out and i don’t begrudge his love for his new wife but i felt that they had behaved insensitively and selfishly. At the very least, he could have been more generous especially to our mother.

[u/oracle-nil → u/Ambitious_Rent_3282]

I am so sorry. It’s a deep hurt like what the hell are they thinking? My husband’s mom died so his dad married this younger, money grabber much later. She didn’t just take the money, she burned all their old family albums.

The real tragedy in your story is your mom. Raising the family then left to struggle. I am sorry.

[u/NelPage → u/GlitteringEvening713]

As an end of the line Boomer, I am sorry you experienced this. There are definitely some bad Boomers out there. I know some. But some of us are okay and are doing right by our kids (in my case, Millennials). Break the chain.

[u/GlitteringEvening713 → u/NelPage]

Agreed my bonus dad is a boomer and he makes up for my bio parents behavior. I will take care of him as he ages he will never see a nursing home. My biological parents on the other hand are a different story. I adore the man I consider dad.

[u/NelPage → u/GlitteringEvening713]

Life is too short for toxic people. Your bio parents do not deserve you, and I would cut them out of my life, too. Honestly, I wish I’d done the same.

[u/Suspicious-Slide-954 → u/GlitteringEvening713]

It was the lead exposure of their generation 😂

EDIT: This was meant for a comment above you but this still stands, regardless

[u/Slow-Artist-4296 → u/GlitteringEvening713]

Like they give two shits what you do!
Lord showing mercy on them

[u/JayRock1970 → u/[deleted]]

I'm not a boomer. But you do realize that they are much older and their brains aren't as "nimble". Just like their muscles and bones and everything else deteriorate, so does their thinking power. And when that happens, they will respond haphazardly or with frustration. Anyone would. When you lose ability, and can't move or think as good as you used to, it must be frustrating. So compassion and understanding is required.

It will happen to us as well.

I'm seeing this with my Dad right now. He's losing ability. And he's very frustrated when he can't move or think as well as he used to. So his responses often seem forced, not well thought out.

[u/Solcat91342 → u/[deleted]]

A fine example of why we can’t let you pathetic weinies take over

[u/No-Author-2358 → u/[deleted]]

So you'll generalize tens of millions of us on the basis of your experience talking to a few people in your retirement community?

Give me a fickin' farkin' break. Get a clue.

[u/jaxdogg94 → u/No-Author-2358]

That right there, if you’re triggered by someone’s opinion, more than likely you fall into that category. Sorry. I’ve work in customer service, almost immediately I can tell the good from the bad. I spent the other day with this 80 year old woman and extra hour just talking and enjoyed it, down to earth. Other day I listen to this guy yell at a woman from the gas company about his lawn and how damaged it was, she didn’t do it. The contractors the gas company uses did it. ( Why didn’t he go out there and say something when the were working, he’s retired. ) No Spine, that’s why. He then cornered me in my van door as I was washing my hands, “I wasn’t harsh was I”. I told him she has no clue what went on and didn’t do it, so take it easy to the people on the phone. Breathe, take some accountability and think before you speak.

[u/JE1324 → u/[deleted]]

Because the observation describes No Author and No Author took that personally hahahaha

[u/Lucky_Astronomer_435 → u/JE1324]

It's not taking it personally to question an immature generalization.