Some people get set in their ways as they get older and even become closed-minded.
There is no such thing as a cheap used car."
“They watch the news so I know they know what the world is like currently.
Do they just not accept that times have changed?
They also don’t understand why I can’t buy a house for $50K as a single woman.
A home in a neighborhood is going for $400-to-500k for a ‘starter home.’
Then she says well get a roommate.
Umm, hello, I still need that down payment and to qualify.
What will it take to open their eyes?”
Letsdothis_33
2.
I tell them that they need a time machine."
AdAppropriate4258
3.
“My mom offered to pay for my kid’s braces.
Told me to send her the total, then said, ‘This dentist is ripping you off!
I will give you $500, and you TELL them that is all you are paying!'”
PistolMama
4.
This sounded great because I’ve been keeping an old beater running for years.
“Of course, everything I sent him was ‘unbelievably expensive!’
So, I asked him how much he wanted to spend.
He said, ‘Two or three thousand.’
I couldn’t even buy a beater as nice as mine for that much.
When I explained that to him he thought I was totally ridiculous.
So, he pulled his offer back and bought himself a $30K Jeep instead.”
Nonsenseinabag
5.
No, I didn’t miss a zero.
This woman seriously thought that rent isn’t more than $400/mo without roommates."
There are no $400,000 homes in my city.
you’re able to get into a one-bedroom condo for around $600,000.
That’s not even taking into account interest rates and the down payment.
Boomers are f*cking delusional."
alittleaggressive
6.
“I live in California, and my mom lives in the Midwest.
She told me she heard on the news that Happy Meals cost $25 in California.
MabelRey
7.
“My mother offered to buy me new kitchen appliances when I moved into my new house.
She gave me $500 for a stove, dishwasher, and fridge.”
sardoodledo
8.
“My dad had a great strategy to help me buy a house.
Select-Ad7146
9.
Sir?????”
gwen-stacys-mom
10.
We dont eat out, we dont travel, we mostly stopped drinking or buying weed.
What the f*** kind of lifestyle did he think we were living?”
SandiegoJack
11.
Then she laments about how she wishes she saw him more.
DannyNoonanMSU
12.
“I live in Chicago, and my parents would love a condo here to use part-time in retirement.
pedanticlawyer
13. footjam
14.
I thought maybe it’s a good ‘cause they won’t have Faux News on 24-7.
They kept telling me about alien theories they believed, and I kept saying, ‘That’s fromPrometheus.
That’s fromClose Encounters.’
They’re getting those theories from movies.”
“I had to explain to them to separate conspiracy theories from reality.
My dad was embarrassed, but my mom doubled down and now is stockpiling for some apocalypse.
uncultured_swine2099
15.
“Not a parent, but my boomer coworker blames inflation on women being in the workforce.
He’s saying that to me, a female blue-collar worker.
It’s infuriating, especially when he says he misses the ‘Leave it to Beaverdays.'”
queenmisfits
16.
Chimkimnuggets
17.
“There is a time disconnect with boomers.
Im like, hello bro, simple math thats why.”
FreeIreland2024
18.
PhilosopherMagik
19.
“My parents havent shut up about a $9 hamburger they got at a restaurant.
NINE DOLLARS FOR A HAMBURGER!
They shared one, of course.”
Vast_Needleworker_32
20.
“I am 42.
I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when I was 14.
Two years ago, my insurance switched my meds, and I reacted badly to them.
If God or Trump cant fix it, surely Dr. Mercola can!
So thats how out of touch my parents are.”
TeslasAndKids
21.
Have your resume ready and call him sir.’
Dad, it doesn’t even remotely work like that anymore.”
hereticjones
22.
My mom still recommends Dave Ramsey and Joyce Meyer to me, still to this day.
RLIwannaquit
23.
Miserable_Respect_94
24.
“My dad is surprisingly in touch with everything except the cost of real estate.
My dad said, ‘Why dont you guys buy an in-town condo where your wife works?
How much could it cost, maybe $50,000?’
My wife works in the D.C. area.
You would be lucky to find a parking spot for $50,000.
Medical_Solid
25.
Like, lady, you havent done this since the Clinton administration.”
The rock she lives under is approximately the size of an Eastern European country."
ResidentPassion3510
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