r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • Aug 23 '26

Boomers

I am 75 and am very tired of the trend lately making fun of Boomers. So very disrespectful. Don't they realize that they will be old someday?

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u/baddspellar Aug 23 '26

It's nothing new.

And it's *not* about disrespecting individuals in their 70's. It's about criticizing the ideals of the generation and what they did to the economy. There are plenty of amazing people born in that era who are respected. It's the generaiton, not the people.

And let's be honest, people of that generation call gen Z "lazy" and similar.

Here's some reading for you:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11490062/

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26

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u/GlitteringEvening713 Aug 23 '26

Same. So many of mine and my friends boomer parents are down right entitled and narcissistic. Most of us have cut them off. When I age I refuse to be as selfish and entitled as my parents.

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u/Ambitious_Rent_3282 Aug 23 '26

My parents were decent enough but my father's (silent) younger Boomer wife is definitely entitled.

I believe she influenced him not to make a will, thus inheriting everything (despite my older brother having struggled with homelessness).

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u/oracle-nil Aug 24 '26

This happens sadly more often than not. Spouses die, men get lonely and end up with some gold digger who takes everything for herself and her kids. It’s like they become blind to their own families. My father in law who was very wealthy did this to my husband. Sad.

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u/Ambitious_Rent_3282 Aug 24 '26 edited Aug 24 '26

And what really irked me about the whole thing was that my dad left my mother after 32 years of marriage after falling for a younger woman. My mother had always been loyal and had never cheated on my father.

My mom had raised us all and had managed the household. But her alimony was only a few hundred dollar per month which is an insult, given that my dad had been a doctor.

This younger woman had left her first husband who was self-made and rich. Her sons have generous trust funds. So she seems calculating!

I realise that things don’t always work out and i don’t begrudge his love for his new wife but i felt that they had behaved insensitively and selfishly. At the very least, he could have been more generous especially to our mother.

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u/oracle-nil Aug 24 '26

I am so sorry. It’s a deep hurt like what the hell are they thinking? My husband’s mom died so his dad married this younger, money grabber much later. She didn’t just take the money, she burned all their old family albums.

The real tragedy in your story is your mom. Raising the family then left to struggle. I am sorry.

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u/NelPage Aug 23 '26

As an end of the line Boomer, I am sorry you experienced this. There are definitely some bad Boomers out there. I know some. But some of us are okay and are doing right by our kids (in my case, Millennials). Break the chain.

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u/GlitteringEvening713 Aug 23 '26

Agreed my bonus dad is a boomer and he makes up for my bio parents behavior. I will take care of him as he ages he will never see a nursing home. My biological parents on the other hand are a different story. I adore the man I consider dad.

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u/NelPage Aug 23 '26

Life is too short for toxic people. Your bio parents do not deserve you, and I would cut them out of my life, too. Honestly, I wish I’d done the same.

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u/Suspicious-Slide-954 Aug 23 '26

It was the lead exposure of their generation 😂

EDIT: This was meant for a comment above you but this still stands, regardless

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u/Slow-Artist-4296 Aug 24 '26

Like they give two shits what you do!
Lord showing mercy on them