My parents have become insufferable.

Nobody is claiming they are. I cannot understand where people are getting this from.

Of course you can correct them, you can correct anybody should they make inappropriate remarks.

I agree. I don’t know when political views became more important than family ties but it strikes me that this plays into Putin’s agenda.

And for the record when we (60 plus) read your messages, very few are actually seeking guidance, advice, another point of view, you mainly want people to simply agree and when they don’t God help them. My age get absolutely amazed by your ingrained sense of entitlement, We will all be dead soon. Cheer up chickens, you’re a long time dead 🤣 PS over 60 you suddenly find you couldn’t care less for the opinion of those you raised. I’ve 5, 2 are incredibly disappointing !!

I don't think it's aged based but situational. It's when your world starts to shrink and you have less interaction, and more so interest, in the wider world.....or the world beyond the end of your street.

Chickens a long time dead? There is no guarantee.

Nice way to speak about your own kids.

well said!

I have family members like this. Luckily not my parents. I think it’s from the Daily Mail not GB news though.

They go on about immigrants whilst I’m sat there with my mixed race kids (not immigrants so they are somewhat acceptable to them). They also hate the NHS, working from home, anyone on benefits (despite having received plenty themselves). One of them complained about their GP not giving them an appointment and they had already had a visit the day before. People can’t afford houses now because of takeaway coffees. It’s very small minded and gross to listen to.

Typical wanky lefty response. Head, firmly buried in sand.

Not me but my husband and brother are insufferable. We have a mixed race family so it's all the more shocking. I'm more of a woke lefty and more relaxed until it comes to inconsiderate parking!!

Myself and my husband are in our 60s and are nothing like that 😂
We are old in some ways eg lacking in energy , like a visit to the garden centre , like a moan about the traffic / parking etc but we are extremely open minded and tolerant people .
my MIL comes out with some ridiculous comments though ..it’s like she’s read the Daily Mail and had a dose of verbal diarrhoea

Things were better in their day, though. That's the point.

It’s difficult if your kids are mixed race and family members make disparaging comments about people of colour. Or if you work very hard as a social worker and they talk about how useless social care are now. It becomes a bit insulting.

They have the scope of seeing just how much of a shithole this country has become from what it was when they were younger. They have every right to say something. I’m mid forties and can see it myself.

I have a few relatives like this. Now retired they live a very sheltered isolated life except for watching the news all day or following reform on Facebook. It becomes their obsession. Whether true or not, it's all they think and talk about. Its almost like they are brainwashed. I don't bother arguing with their views as they almost thrive on the controversy even more.

D sis…. Is that you?? 😉😂😂

me too more relaxed and less judgemental

I’m mid sixties. I am losing friends hand over fist for their bigoted views. The retired are the worst. Sit at home watching GB News and doomscrolling, with the algorithms sending them more crap on an hourly basis.
It’s so depressing.

My mother tended to follow what my father thought.
And he was a very vocal racist. I had endless battles when I was late teens /early twenties and finally gave up as people only change if they want to and he didn’t; he was proud of his views.
My brother did a runner twenty five years ago (lots of reasons but cut from a similar cloth) and dad alienated his grandchildren too.

I ended up caring for him until he was 96.

I was talking about one person, not “lumping everyone together.” I said my DP’s Windrush-generation grandmother personally didn't agree with illegal immigration. That's it. Being called racist over that has really got under my skin, especially as I have five mixed-race children myself.

I mentioned Windrush to give context about her generation, not to compare it with undocumented migration. I was talking about one woman's personal views. You're reading far more into my comment than I actually said.

You need to nip this in the bud. My aunt and uncle are like this and when my parents retired they started to get a little bit more intolerant - egged on by my aunt and uncle - so I made it abundantly clear that if they carried on with this nonsense that they would be people I have no interest in spending time with and absolutely no chance of facilitating a relationship with my children. It took a fair while but each time they went on a rant - I got up and left and didn't call. They got the message eventually and actually getting them off Facebook made a world of difference. They became my parents again. As for my aunt and uncle - they don't have relationships with three of their four children and none of their grandchildren have any interest in them. The only child who does bother with them is as bigoted as they are.

We will be exactly the same if we reach that age.

My elderly stepdad rattles on about how kids today just don't want to make sacrifices and cut their cloth in order to buy a house, fine but this is a man who got a 3 bed council house just for him and his first wife when they were young, bought it at a discount with 100% mortgage and then sold it for more than he would ever have been able to afford when starting out. Really really bugs me when old gits like him bang on about how previous generations made sacrifices and worked so much harder. My mum bought her first house as a Waitress and my Grandad helped her out by going to a meeting with the bank manager. Nothing wrong with the profession itself but there is no way someone in that role today would be offered the mortgage she got, for a start you can't just talk to the Bank Manager anymore. She sold the house when she met my stepdad and he sold his and jointly they bought a huge house outright and I just feel that whilst I understand they worked hard, as bitter as it sounds, I won't have that opportunity as I am homeless and currently on temporary accommodation and it's not because I don't work hard enough, I've worked very hard but never managed to get a mortgage, not through lack of trying and I was stupid and gave up, and have the rest of my life to regret it. My choice and believe me I'm paying the consequences. I know I sound bitter, I just get sick of hearing that their generation worked harder to buy houses and we all spend our money on coffee and holidays and want everything handed to us on a plate. I actually need therapy to be fair.