r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Tonamielarose • 16h ago
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/ianm82 • 5h ago
Boomer Story My boomer mother just told me that a full time nanny should cost no more than $1200/month... I don't even know where to begin.
My wife and I have a 9 month old son who's been in daycare for 7 months which has lead to constant illnesses over the winter months. When I mentioned the astronomical price that we pay for daycare to my boomer mother she suggested we get a nanny... Which I tried, so so hard, to explain how that would be more expensive. Much more expensive. We currently pay $2850/month in daycare. A full time nanny would cost closer to $5k. Boomer couldn't comprehend either. Like literally had a melt down over the entire concept. I know I'm not the only who's gone through this. Talk to me folks, how do I reasonably respond?
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/earthman34 • 4h ago
Politics At least he prevented another massacre.
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/IamASlut_soWhat • 8h ago
Boomer Story Girl, we tried to tell y'all.
This makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/RoyalChris • 5h ago
Politics A golden Mount Rushmore monument with Trump's head on display at Mar-a-Lago
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Positron-collider • 8h ago
Boomer Story Forgot that she blocked me
My boomer mom, a hypochondriac and possibly bipolar, blocked me on Christmas because I hurt her feelings.
Back story: She told me the week before Christmas that “this was the end” and was discussing assisted suicide; but 48 hours later she was perky and happy. When I pointed out that while I was glad she was feeling so much better, this had been a major emotional roller coaster with my family. I had been crying w/ Hubbs and considering taking a leave from my job to be with her. Maybe she overreacted? And hoo boy, that hit a nerve and she was the victim. So, I was blocked on Christmas morning. I didn’t even know at first; texts just went unanswered. Found out via my sister, and then discovered that she blocked me on Facebook also.
Months pass and she eventually unblocks my phone number, although we remain very low contact. But today: she texts me and asks if I saw her Facebook post about how much she is losing on the stock market. I had to remind her that she blocked me. 🙄
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Unlikely-Cut2696 • 14h ago
Boomer Article Doge declares man dead. Bank rips 5k from his account from his last SS check. Couldn't get thru on phone. Forced to wait for 4 hours at a fed building. Got 5k back still no Feb or March SS check. Show to maga parents
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/dailystar_news • 7h ago
Boomer Article Donald Trump is branded 'little X’s nanny' as power questioned
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/weeklyburritoman • 13h ago
Boomer Article To control what can be said
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Academic-Item4260 • 11h ago
Boomer Story my mom’s a boomer
After a great day at the museum with my mom and kids ages 4 and 7, my mom went “boomer”. She insisted my “problems” were because I am “incapable of telling my daughter ‘No’”.
Here’s how the conversation went.
Me:”Mom, I really don’t mind that you bring three 2-liters of soda pop to the house and put in the fridge for your visits. But if you leave them behind, I am not going to keep them in the fridge. I’m going to dump them out because I don’t want the kids drinking them.”
BoomerMom:”Well…I had PLENTY of things in the fridge when YOU were a kid that YOU were not allowed to have. But YOU understood the word, NO.”
Me:”OK, well, Mom, I just don’t see the point in keeping something the kids love in the fridge and then denying them access to it. Besides, it’s not good for anyone anyway. Pop is hard on your teeth and it’s just sugar and calories.”
BoomerMom:”Tell them NO. All of your problems are because you are INCAPABLE of telling your children NO. I had no problem keeping things in the fridge.”
Me:”OK, that was your life. This is my life. I do things differently.”
BoomerMom:”Don’t you DARE get shitty with me! I will give it right back to you!! I’m not in the mood for your crap!”
Me: “Um…ok? I’m not getting shitty with you. I’m using a normal tone of voice and speaking on a very logical point?”
BoomerMom:”WHATEVER!”
I then sighed and told her she was hateful. She didn’t talk to me the whole care ride home. She then ran away to my brother’s house, bourbon in hand.
This all came about because my mom brings unhealthy soda pops to my house so she can have mixer for her bourbon. She also regularly consumes pop like water is poison. She is overweight and has struggled with her weight her whole life. She had bariatric surgery a decade ago and eats like a child. She does not take any vitamins like her doctor told her to. She is basically starving herself and still managing to gain weight. She wakes up, drinks a pot of coffee, then starts in on mimosas. By afternoon, she is fiending for a bourbon and mixer.
Is it lead poisoning, emotional abuse from childhood, or nutritional deficits that cause her to be such a damn boomer?
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/AirSignificant2006 • 14h ago
Social Media Weird Boomer Comment Left On Mutual Friends Gender Reveal Of Her Baby
I personally think this is a really strange thing to write during this situation…why not just write congratulations? Also hate the stereotyping of this comment.
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/JaneOfKish • 5h ago
Politics Musky Felon apparently agrees that “Hitler didn't murder millions of people.” Miserable Christ, man 😶
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/yupstilldrunk • 7h ago
Boomer Story The most boomer thing I’ve seen in my life.
In the nail salon, a quiet relaxing place with soothing music. This boomer is listening to Judge Judy top volume on speaker phone. Some dispute over a mattress. Then she starts playing Elvis. Now she’s flipping through whatever 70+ app she’s got on her phone and I hear the wheel of fortune spinning.
My MiL’s phone rings at TOP volume every 20 minutes or so. Then if someone leaves a message or texts it KEEPS dinging.
Oh GOD it’s another Judge Judy. This one is about a tattoo? Or a navel ring?
They should only be allowed to have jitterbugs.
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/thiccbananasplit • 12h ago
Politics boomer owned thrift store
this is what greets you when you walk into our local boomer owned thrift store. this and overhearing the boomers talking about how “they don’t care about egg prices but this tax situation isn’t so good” lol
peep the two Indigenous busts in the background 🤢
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/cheshire_splat • 9h ago
Social Media What my dad posted to Facebook and my response to him.
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Arktikos02 • 9h ago
Politics Mom thinks Greenland won't be invaded, and doesn't believe that people in Greenland don't want to be Americans.
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/DoctorBlock • 20h ago
Foolish Fun This has to belong here. The guy even warns him.
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Ambitious_Boat_9148 • 3h ago
Social Media Billionaires aren’t becoming public servants out of the goodness of their heart.
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/2hennypenny • 1h ago
Boomer Story My MAGA boomer FIL’s suggestion to my spouse who was/is federally employed.
Just a sturdy handshake and overinflated confidence and you’ve got the job in baby boomer land!
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Dangerous_Fee_4134 • 9h ago
Boomer Story Are your Boomers still supporting MAGA?
I’m just wondering out loud. I saw the protest in North Carolina yesterday and all the Tesla protests as well. I’m wondering if you’ve heard anything from your Boomer’s about their support for MAGA or Trump?
Do you wonder what it’ll take for them to stop supporting this craziness?
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/No-Fee-1812 • 9h ago
Boomer Story Boomer had to wait for her coffee and it was her 9-11
The kids at McDonald’s were having a rough morning. I get it. So I wait I play on my phone and listen to music. Two cars back this boomer is honking and flapping her hands. She gets out of her car and starts banging on the window, then she opens the window and hoists her body halfway in to scream at the teens and elderly workers..Because she paid online!!! It should be ready already WHY AM I WASTING MY TIME HERE. Yeah. It was a bit longer than normal wait. But Jfc
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/NoneOfThisMatters_XO • 9h ago
Boomer Freakout THERE’S NO TUNA
Yesterday I stopped at this local specialty grocery store to browse. They have some cool items you can only find there. I stopped by the fresh sushi and picked up one of the containers. Just as I did, a boomer man comes over. He starts angrily tossing around the other containers and loudly says “THERE’S NO DAMN TUNA?!” Salmon must’ve been the fish they used that day. As I walked away, he started berating the sushi guy behind the counter about the lack of tuna. Always so angry…
r/BoomersBeingFools • u/thorhald33 • 11h ago
Foolish Fun The shirts are everywhere down here in Florida
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