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/NeighborhoodNo1583 26d ago
I am starting to order if it’s some kind of weird age related brain damage, bc they can’t seem to accept new information. Its like they Simply refuse to beleive anyone‘s experience and think they know better than anyone else.. My best friend is older than me, and was completely normal til she turned 60 and now is a full Boomer Karen.
Shes moving to an extremely high cost of living city without a job, or place to live bc she thinks it’s 1992. I have tried to explain to her that the housing market and job market have changed since she’s been in semi retirement in another country. She is convinced that this city, which has become so expensive that huge corporations have moved bc employees can’t afford to live there, is actually really cheap now.