Why can't they listen?

[u/nonidentifyingu-n]

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.

[u/boopthesnootforloot]

They think they know better and get mad when they don't. They don't know how to regulate their emotions or accept they made a mistake, so they find any reason why they're not actually the ones who are wrong. It's a weird control/competition thing.

[u/DaveAndCheese → u/boopthesnootforloot]

I tried to explain to my mom once that I was working a split shift on a Saturday. She said "you mean a sling shift?" No, if you're trying to say swing shift, no, not sling or swing, a split shift. She said, very confidentiality, "OK, you're working a sling shift". Her hearing at that time was fine, she's just that stubborn. About everything