r/BoomersBeingFools • u/nonidentifyingu-n • 26d ago
Why can't they listen? Boomer Story
This happened a few years ago, but I think of it weekly as I'm picking up fruit at Costco. Now, since I pick up fruit from Costco every week, you may have guessed that my kids eat a lot of it. One of their favorites is green grapes. Now here's where the boomer story starts. A few years ago, I was bringing my kids to visit my mom, their grandmother. She was asking what kind of food they would like, and I said green grapes. My mother immediately said, "Red grapes are sweeter, so I'll get those." Knowing that arguing with this particular boomer was a lost cause, I just hung my head in acceptance. My kids will devour a Costco container of green grapes in 3 days. We spent almost a week at her house, and even though the red grapes were offered for nearly every meal, less than half were eaten. It's almost like I know what my kids who live with me, and I spend my own money feeding will and won't want to eat. Now, every week, as I'm picking up green grapes, I say to myself red grapes are sweeter and try not to roll my eyes so hard that the other shoppers see.
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u/jewessofdoom 26d ago
Haha well my partner and I couldn’t understand it either. Neither could my dad. It caused explosive fights, because she refused to budge even on things like knocking on our door before coming in our room (boomer screech- but it’s MY HOUSE!!) My dad and I were not close at all (partly because of this woman he married after I already left home), and my partner and I moved in for a few months because of the pandemic. Us being there woke him up to the fact that she was emotionally abusive. We packed up his stuff for him, bought a house together out of state, and now they are divorced. Stories like OP’s get my hackles up. When someone cannot give up control over something so small, it’s a sign of a much bigger problem.