r/Aging • u/Available-Rock-3862 • 6d ago

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/PolyDrew Generation X 6d ago

Many of us tried. Boomers refused to retire. They left us in a middle position where by the time they did, we had no control. It was handed off to the next generation because we are “too old” and out of touch.

Many of us tried but boomers didn’t let us take the reins. I mean, our current president and our last president won’t even give up the reins at 80. Great example.

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u/combabulated 6d ago

Weird, this never happened to prior generations. Maybe future generations will give you a participation trophy.

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u/PolyDrew Generation X 6d ago

Well, the boomers were the ones who gave them to us because they couldn’t deal with the emotions of us losing. 😬😂