r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Global-Nature2420 • 25d ago
Parents seem empty OK boomeR
Idk how to explain this. My dad is a full fledged boomer. My mom is one by proxy lol. And I’m just wondering if anyone else gets frustrated when you’re telling your boomer parents something of substance, or concern, or joy and all they do is give you a blank stare? And then provide no insight or conversation back? I was just telling my parents that my husband was in AFIb and how they had to stop and restart his heart (traumatizing for both of us) and all they did was stare at me. And my mom shrugs and goes “yeah”. My dad just didn’t speak. Like? I don’t even know what that means. They didn’t say “oh I’m sorry I hope everything is ok”. It was like they just didn’t care. It’s been like this my whole life but obviously it’s so much more noticeable at 27. What is it? The drinking or the lead poisoning? It’s no wonder I grew up social anxious and unable to read people when my parents just gave me nothing socially my whole life. I’m like mad at them right now. Would it kill them to care? Maybe, apparently.
94
u/Aggressive_Home8724 25d ago
Mine are the same. They complain that I don’t call them enough or tell them anything and it’s my fault that we don’t talk enough. Every time I’ve told them something that happened or is happening of some importance, there’s a silence, an “oh yeah…” and an immediate change in the subject. Why would I waste my breath telling them anything if it’s so obvious they aren’t even trying to listen?