Their kids spoke of them and to them with contempt. My parents, the Boomers that the kids love to hate, viewed their parents as simpletons, annoyingly obsolete and needlessly serious about trivial things. They fell upward their entire lives. Mom learned to type and file, Pop had a grade 10 education. They weren’t slackers, they worked… but not the way people today have to. They think…ughhhh. Suffice it to say we see the world very, very differently. Life is good on Planet Boomer - if you ignore all the stupid lazy kids and their foolish problems.
So here I hang in space. People could at least still talk across a generation gap. I can still shout across the chasm that divided me and my parents. But the interstellar gulf between me and my kid and her generation is unfathomable.
Not whining about anything. Hanging out here in space has its charms. It’s easy to forget the bedlam, the feuds, the lunacy of people that couldn’t cope with their world or each other. It’s easy to forget i couldn’t cope with their shit either. It’s say to forget we old ones want what is best for our young ones.
And sometimes, what’s best for everyone is just distance and silence. The kids always find their own way and that’s okay, everything’s alright.
That now extends to the gulf between men and women. Not all women, and by comparison, men have not drunk the kool-aid and shut the noise away. We are not better for it, but one day that 'ol pendulum will swing back.
ReplyDeleteAlways blaming the women. Men are perfect and women are the ails of the world, right? I’m in that 50 to 60 year old range and this is my observation. Men in this age range stopped being strong men. They became weak and lazy. They ran away and hid from any controversy or conflict instead of facing it head on and dealing with it. They stopped wanting to be the head of the household. Stopped wanting to support a family. Stopped wanting to wear the pants in the family. Stopped wanting to be the authoritarian and leader that a woman wants and desires. The men didn’t step up. Do you know how many women in my age group just wanted to be mothers and housewives? But no. Their men demanded that they contribute financially and work. I have many friends whose husbands wanted to be the stay at home dad whilst their wives worked. What weak pussies. There are all manner of dynamics involved here. But bottom line, men became weak and forced women to become aggressive and assertive in order to survive. Women no longer had a strong male to protect her. You can blame women all you want but men have failed and not lived up to their Godly expectations.
DeleteHmmmpppffff. I dunno…? From my vantage point … women went off the rails back in the 70s. We’re three generations deep and on the “5th wave” of feminism now… and with every passing year, with each concession…. women just get angrier and sillier. Sorry… but you ladies demanded your space in the workplace. You demanded the independence, and you broke traditions, social contracts, and institutions that were set up to protect you and benefit you. You told us men you were breaking your chains and some of us bought it. For awhile. Now the wheels are coming off civilization, you’re lonely, unhappy, unwanted…and you’re blaming us for not stopping you?
DeleteThere’s an element of truth there. Us men dropped the ball and expected you ladies to pick it up like you said you would. It’s not happening and now the wheels are coming off society and civilization… and us guys are just “enjoying the decline” as they say. In my case it’s more of a recline. Far as I’m concerned, until women re-learn to take responsibility… trying to protect women from themselves is just pissing into the wind. Until our women stop talking and start listening… I”m going to let them carry that football alone from the sidelines.
That's the way it is for me and my son. "Don't walk here or step in that". Falls on rebellious ears as I watch the head over ass tumble. After awhile it's all about "screw it".
ReplyDeleteFilthie, at the end of their lives your Grandfathers could say "I helped build all of these buildings in my career" or "I delivered milk all over this city every day".
ReplyDeleteYou can say "I managed these offices and did XYZ".
What can your daughter say ?
"I broke up my family, I almost broke up my parent's marriage, I've worked BS jobs and have been on government assistance for years. But it wasn't my fault, it was XYZ" ?
She's flushed her life down the drain with that left wing and lesbo bullshit. What kind of life does she have ? She sure doesn't sound happy deep down with the life choices she has made.
My daughter was born with demons in her Jimmy. And I dunno how to deal with them. I’m not perfect - I’m far from it!
DeleteFrom her perspective I’m an evil child abusing father and she is a brave and noble lesbian princess. It’s a common narrative on planet Lesbos where everyone is a victim, all fathers are evil and demons like Nazis, misogynists, racists, binaries, cis genders and other arcane monsters jump out from behind the bushes to ambush and eat unwary rainbow people. I have no idea how to have a rational discussion with people like this.
It broke my heart at first but they truly believe it and in their world perception is reality. Perhaps such things won’t matter in the next world and we can settle up there…
I just finished a 15 day shift, home safe have 4 days off and then 2 in the office then back off to site.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure my parents didn't work the hours we do.
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