"Why would you ruin perfectly good peanuts by adding candy corn? That's like saying hey, I have these awesome nachos, guess I better add some dryer lint." - Nonny
My dad prints out Mapquest directions to our house.
No paper plates though. My mom is obsessive over having the proper item for her food. Soup bowls for soup. Salad plates for salad. She also is obsessive over her tea. Stop everything, it’s 4:00, a cup has to be made right now.
Are we long-lost siblings? My mom has handwritten directions to my house that she keeps in one of those mini spiral notepads (where she also handwrites her grocery list) and keeps it in her purse at all times. She consults it every time she comes over, even though I’ve lived in this house for 7 years and she lives in the first-ring suburb to my city-house.
And I always laugh at these threads, my mom thinks paper plates are a fucking abomination. Every type of food or course has its own (real) plate and specific silverware as well. I’m pretty sure she dies a little inside every time she watches me put salad on a dinner plate with :gasp: other food.
I am also a condiment freak. I think it stems from growing up poor and never having anything other than ketchup, plain yellow mustard, mayo, bottled Italian dressing and oil/vinegar. Now I have all.the.condiments.
My oldest siblings are boomers. My sister and her H are pretty cool in that they protest for liberal causes, live pretty frugally, and are quite adventurous. But they are so smug in their “anyone can have this life if they only work hard and pay their dues!” mentality.
The Mapquest just reminded me of last summer when my dad got out his road atlas and gave me step by step instructions on how to get back home, including exit numbers. On the route we took to get there.
Post by JayhawkGirl on Oct 29, 2018 19:56:38 GMT -5
boiler717 my parents freeze and reheat so much! My mom makes kraft Mac and cheese ahead of time, freezes and reheats when the kids are there. So much extra work!!! And that stuff is only good within about ten minutes of making it.
I do battle them a bit that when food has been in the fridge too long, that doesn’t mean freeze it and get it back out later. Ugh. Seriously I had lots of stomach issues when I lived there and as I would visit until I finally busted my mom doing this.
My dad prints out Mapquest directions to our house.
No paper plates though. My mom is obsessive over having the proper item for her food. Soup bowls for soup. Salad plates for salad. She also is obsessive over her tea. Stop everything, it’s 4:00, a cup has to be made right now.
Are we long-lost siblings? My mom has handwritten directions to my house that she keeps in one of those mini spiral notepads (where she also handwrites her grocery list) and keeps it in her purse at all times. She consults it every time she comes over, even though I’ve lived in this house for 7 years and she lives in the first-ring suburb to my city-house.
And I always laugh at these threads, my mom thinks paper plates are a fucking abomination. Every type of food or course has its own (real) plate and specific silverware as well. I’m pretty sure she dies a little inside every time she watches me put salad on a dinner plate with :gasp: other food.
Lol, maybe! The dishes they pile up is crazy. I’m all about putting everything on one plate or using a salad plate if I’m trying to be conscious of portions. The first time my H was over at my parents’ house he whispered that he was NOT going to volunteer to do the dishes after dinner.
The Mapquest just reminded me of last summer when my dad got out his road atlas and gave me step by step instructions on how to get back home, including exit numbers. On the route we took to get there.
True story....I had a 1.5 week long ongoing argument with my dad about directions to our new house because his atlas didn’t show the “new” road that was added about 3-4 years prior.
Side note: My dad also has his road maps/atlas book from a 1994 cross country trip we did..#hoarder
Post by rupertpenny on Oct 29, 2018 20:50:24 GMT -5
My parents are OK, but my inlaws do a lot of this stuff. Their fridge is always jam packed with gross shit. And my FIL loves grocery shopping and I swear he buys a new half gallon of milk everyday even though he is the only one who drinks any.
When we lived driving distance from them he used to fill up a cooler with random shit from their freezer and bring it to our house. Like two leftover pieces of pizza wrapped in tin foil, that kind of thing. I wouldn't have been surprised if that pizza was years old.
How is this thread on page 4 and nobody has mentioned 60 Minutes?
I know lots of people in their 30s who like K-cups and SUVs and Fox and hoarding salad dressing bottles, but 60 Minutes is the one show that it seems only Boomers love. I suppose it is a CBS show, LOL.
The only person I know who loves 60-minutes is my 45 year old friend who never misses it, but also worships Prince, loves jam bands, and complains about her boomer mom who hoards stuff and gives amazing guilt trips.
I came home late tonight and my H (we’re both 35) was watching a DVRed 60 Minutes and telling me how much he loves it now.
Anyone else have a Boomer who watches all the Alaska/gold Rush/ice road trucker stuff? Or the super depression vet shows on animal planet? Fil is always calling dh "did you see last night's gold Rush?" Or will tell me that the vet guy is rescuing a dog that fell down a well while trapped in a burning shoebox on tonight's episode. Dh always reminds him we don't even have those channels.
And they will turn the same show on in the living room and in the kitchen, you can literally sit on the couch and see both of them. But somehow the kitchen tv is about 15 seconds behind so it echoes.
Ok, but what do people say about GenXers? I know we got it pretty bad when we were in our 20s, but then Millennials came along and everyone had/has someone else to talk about.
Ok, but what do people say about GenXers? I know we got it pretty bad when we were in our 20s, but then Millennials came along and everyone had/has someone else to talk about.
Ok, but what do people say about GenXers? I know we got it pretty bad when we were in our 20s, but then Millennials came along and everyone had/has someone else to talk about.
I have a lot of Gen Xer complaints. Lol. Gen X parents in East TN are the fucking worst. The Millennial ones are so much more reasonable and tolerable. It is the most noticeable and craziest divide I’ve ever noticed or experienced personally.
Except for the paper plate part, this is basically my parents too.
Ditto. I went through my parents fridge and pantry and threw away about 50+lbs of outdated food.
I had several arguments about how an expiration date from 10 years ago is not worth saving and needs to be tossed.
So gross!
Also my dad has every damn TV blaring at all times. When I call I have to tell him to turn it down otherwise I have to keep yelling so he can hear me. It’s crazy because he’s so stingy with having the AC at a reasonable temp (89 in a Florida summer is not reasonable) because of the electric bill.
Oh man, that reminds me of when my mom had heart surgery and was put on a low sodium diet and I was assigned the pantry-overhaul. Everything was prepackaged and loaded with sodium, so it all had to go. I was so sad to see that the expired pile was much larger than the donate pile (although that’s less contribution to homeless heart disease, I suppose.). And then I took my dad shopping! Oy vey! Trying to explain that you can cook tasty brown rice without uncle Ben, and that frozen veggies are JUST AS EASY as canned veggies and just the utter helplessness unless it came in a package with directions. It’s not really helplessness, though. It’s laziness and entitlement. “Why would I buy plain, no salt tomato sauce and bother to remember the five or six spices to add when I can just buy this jar for $2 more and not use my brain?” BECAUSE YOUR WIFE HAD OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CANT HAVE SALT!! Omg I need to smoke a bowl or something - lol.
Jeez, the Boomer Dad's tv obsession is hilarious and so true. My cable box isn't currently working (and I don't watch tv so I keep forgetting to replace it). When my Dad visited a few weekends ago, not only did he bring one of those "air tv" antennae things (no idea what they're actually called), HE BROUGHT HIS OWN TV. Because my 32" isn't big enough.
Anyone else have a Boomer who watches all the Alaska/gold Rush/ice road trucker stuff? Or the super depression vet shows on animal planet? Fil is always calling dh "did you see last night's gold Rush?" Or will tell me that the vet guy is rescuing a dog that fell down a well while trapped in a burning shoebox on tonight's episode. Dh always reminds him we don't even have those channels.
And they will turn the same show on in the living room and in the kitchen, you can literally sit on the couch and see both of them. But somehow the kitchen tv is about 15 seconds behind so it echoes.
Which of the Alaska shows has the Kilchers? My mom is like, “Jewel! Remember Jewel?! It’s her family and they live in the middle of nowhere Alaska!” And she falls asleep blaring that or house hunters in her bedroom. She can’t fathom that H and I don’t even have a TV in our bedroom.
Post by oregonpachey on Oct 29, 2018 22:23:18 GMT -5
I bought my inlaws a reusable Kcup and they won't use it. And OMG to the fridge packed with shit. They will keep 2 week old expired milk for the cat. I am pretty sure that is why the cat has barfing problems.
My FIL drives a PT Cruiser and calls it an SUV. LOL, no.
I remember my grandma doing stuff with the fridge food and she was a Greatest Generation baby. So many condiments and Tupperwares full of old food. Maybe it's an age thing and not a generation thing?
I remember my grandma doing stuff with the fridge food and she was a Greatest Generation baby. So many condiments and Tupperwares full of old food. Maybe it's an age thing and not a generation thing?
I was wondering the same thing about the tv on all day. My Greatest Generation Grandparents had the tv blasting all day long, from the time they got up until they went to bed.
My mother is shocked SHOCKED every time she asks me if I watch NCIS, Blue Bloods, or Dancing With the Stars (which I know isn't on CBS, but is still a show she is obsessed with) and "learns" for the millionth time that no, I don't watch any of those shows, and yes I'm vaguely familiar with them, I just think they are all dumb. I was staying with my mom when the Kavanaugh hearings were going on, and don't even get me started on the nonstop barrage of Law & Order: SVU reruns blaring at me from the living room and the kitchen.
Also, technically my parents are slightly older than boomers, but they still do all of this asinine boomer shit (see above), including inexplicably using paper plates when they have a dishwasher, buying bottled water "because it's our little splurge" even though they could easily have a Britta, and having two fridges and an upright freezer full of half consumed, expired nonsense.
I should be nicer right now because they are both going through some very serious health issues, but I'm having all kinds of feels about them not taking care of themselves and it feels cathartic to commiserate.
Ok, but what do people say about GenXers? I know we got it pretty bad when we were in our 20s, but then Millennials came along and everyone had/has someone else to talk about.
We're awesome. There is nothing to complain about.