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>>270922My parents aren't Baby boomers, they are Gen X (and pretty in touch). I'm in my early 20s and they also had me in their 20s.
Are there any other Millenials here with younger parents? I feel like people always associate our generation with having older parents and I'm one of the few who doesn't.
No. 271026
>>270922>he insists on listening to cassettes and vinyls instead of cds because it “sounds more authentic”vinyl is the superior format and always will be. idk about cassettes though. never met an older person who still shills cassettes, it seems more like something vaporwavefags on bandcamp collect for the aesthetic.
>his car breaks down so he has to get a new onemy boyfriend's dad is the most boomery boomer that ever boomered and he always salvages and tries to fix whatever he can, because his parents grew up during the depression and war and taught him to be this way. your dad would give him a heart attack lol.
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>reads thread
>wants dorky parents
No. 271224
>>270976this. recently we went on a cruise for a family vacation and it was so so stressful i had to be with them 24/7 in case they needed something and if i had to leave them alone for one hour or two for whatever reason i would feel so guilty and start worrying
also i hate when my dad asks me to help him out with his iphone because he never understands it and gets super mad at me even though i try to explain it very slowly and clearly
No. 271304
>>271215Same.
Jelly of anons complaining about their parents using an old phone and being generally dorky.
No. 271498
>>271213actually my mother is an addict and had neglected me so badly as a child that she actually lost custody, and it's pretty hard for a mother to lose biological custody of a child NOW, much less in the early 90's. My father could not raise me because he was also a drug addict, and had a terminal illness and was unable to care for himself, much less an emotionally disturbed child.
Also she has a criminal record for possession, dealing, and driving under the influence so it's not like she has a long-standing record of being able to use drugs in moderation and responsibly. she is mentally 16 and when it was "fun" when i was a teenger, now that I'm nearly 30- it's not fun anymore. maybe i was downplaying it in my post but seriously she's not cool at all it's sad and destructive.
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“Dress up nicely and take your resume in and ask to give it to the manager”
Yes MIL because making it look like I don’t know how the current job market works will impress them so much.
It’s not laziness or a lack of initiative to apply online, it’s what the employers want. You haven’t applied for a job since before I was born ffs.
No. 271636
>>271633>“Dress up nicely and take your resume in and ask to give it to the manager” LMAO. I'm the anon from upthread who wasn't sure if I should post about employment and omg my parents said the same thing when I visited them last week!
I feel like I have to lie to them anymore about how my job is going, because if I'm truthful and say how much I hate it they always say ignorant shit like that and then get pissy as if I'm shooting down their
good advice when I tell them it's not realistic.
They said I should try to apply for a job in politics. Okay parents, where and how do I apply for a "job in politics?"
"Walk down to the city hall and give them your resume!"
Ah, yes. I'll walk down to the city hall that services almost a half a million people, waltz in with my nobody resume, and hand it to the first secretary I see and say "AY!! GET ME ONE OF DEM POLITICAL JERBS!"
Jesus christ.
No. 271650
>>271636It’s such a humiliating prospect, i cringe just thinking about it.
My field is drug rehab and I’d look more like an addict than a potential clinician if I walked into any of the social service providers asking to for the manager to come down and look at my resumé.
You don’t get a job by smiling in a damn blouse.
They also don’t seem to understand just how much nepotism and old boys clubbing there is around here. Job opportunities are something like 1 position for every four to six people and that’s not really taking ito account people new to the workforce.
They assume I just don’t want to work despite sending out about fifty resumes a month. Not just a standard resume either, there’s 8 different versions depending on which suits the position better
No. 271714
>>271498You weren't downplaying anything anon i understood what you meant right away when you said you don't do drugs because of her. Having a parent who is "chill about drugs" isn't always a great thing.
Does anyone get really depressed when their parents can't handle technology? I just feel so bad for them. I remember one time my mom cried because she was having a hard time with the computer and got frustrated. Seeing that tore me apart. I try to help her when I can but it does get annoying sometimes because I don't know how to teach someone something that is obvious to me. Same with my dad. He loved playing fps games on xbox and would ask me for help sometimes. Now the games have gotten too complex so he doesn't play them anymore. I wish parents could use technology better.
No. 272534
>>271714My mother is just as good on the computer as me, and actually considerably better at video games than me (example: Beating a game I got stuck on halfway).
A lot of it is a character thing, you have to be prepared to learn and persist in difficult tasks and maybe they aren't prepared to do that. You could get a device like an iPad for mom which is more intuitive and fun, and maybe recommend older games for your dad until he gets a better hang of it. Also there are handbooks and advice websites of how to proceed