Boomer parents

[Freesamples]

Anyone else got a boomer for a parent that a) has no idea how the world currently works and b) loves to put the boot in and c) is absolutely delusional about how much things cost.

me, I love to sniff out a bargain, crowning glory the summer hols I’ve booked for me, dh and dcs. 4 star+ AI, 2 adults 2 kids, package £2k and in summer holidays. Absolute belter. All to be met with a chorus of how expensive that is and how much we’re over paying and how they’d spend no more than £1k on holidays for us (in the mid early 00s). Plus, don’t want to go there, they hate brits, it’s too hot. (All places we went as kids btw)

it can’t be just me

If you know that's what your parents are like, it's a bit dim to tell them how much your holiday cost.

Not sure why you'd tell anyone really.

More lazy, stereotypinig, ageist bollocks.

AI holidays are soulless.

When they ask? As they were looking to book something similar also

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In the early/mid 00's we spent far more than £2k for a family holiday with the DC. Then again we are frightful, nasty boomers who have paid the DC's uni fees and now they are grown up they visit us and spend some of their holidays with us.

us boomers will never forget the period when mortgage interest rates hit 15% and there was a recession All that lovely money we have made will go to the children. Let's hope they aren't too ungrateful

Yeah just don't tell them if it gets your knickers in this much of a twist 🤷‍♀️

Boomer is hate language, as is gammon. Your post is rather stupid.

But will they remember that house prices were lower in terms of income multiples and that 15% of 90k is a lot less than 7% of 250% so cost of a mortgage as a portion of household income was less.

Makes a change from the posts complaining that awful, selfish, insensitive boomer GPs have dared to refuse childcare, followed by threats to never visit them in their care homes.

I do hope they're not going to leave you anything in their will OP.

I was working in mortgage debt recovery when interest rates were 15%. Most people I spoke to had £100k plus mortgages. My salary was £8,800 pa. I had to wait til interest rates dropped and I earned £14k pa for my first mortgage. It is all relative and you cut your cloth accordingly. Everything is way more disposable now, wasted money.

Not sure why these posts that generalise everyone who was born in certain years are allowed.
Any other ....ism would be deleted.

But I also agree with pp who can't understand why you would tell them how much your holidays cost, when you know what your parents (as opposed to anyone born in those years) are like.

Nope, my parents are not like that. I can't stand sterotyping or generalising so refuse to narrow people down to generations/gender etc. I saw a post the other day where a "gen z" was complaining about "millenials" being past it, boring and judgemental. Then it will be "Gen Alpha" doing the same to "Gen Z" and so on and on and on. Just stop being ageists and see people as individuals.

@Freesamples it depends how much their income was and whether they were eligible for working tax credits, etc. I struggled with 7% of 250% but then realised you meant £250,000.

Don't forget we also paid 60% tax in the 80s. In the 90s there were no working tax credits, no free nursery hours, mat leave was 6 months.

It's swings and roundabouts.

Oh look, another post stereotyping people who just happened to be born during an arbitrary period of time. Bloody sick of hearing the word 'boomer'. It's never anything nice. Are you exactly the same as every other person from your generation OP?

I'm not going to let that go. When we bought our first house, it took my entire monthly take home teachers salary to pay the mortgage.

Times are way harder for my kids when it comes to actually getting the deposit together and qualifying for the mortgage they need. But the actual monthly payments are significantly less.

My youngest and I found my first domestic account book the other day. It has mine and DH's salaries and our bills and purchases in it, and she was genuinely shocked

I reported a blatantly ageist and insulting post earlier today. It was left up and I was told I should just address it in the thread. Yet in the past, Mumsnet HQ has advised us to report.

Me too. And my dc would never talk about me like this. I help them as much as l can.

In laws are exactly like this. We were talking about the price of a pint the other day and it was a painful conversation.

Bingo! 😂

If the cost of a house anywhere near your job is 15-20 times your salary, what are you supposed to do exactly?

Ageism

The last Ism that is somehow acceptable

Err this! I am sick of pointing out the basic maths that a lot of people can’t grasp

Not the point of the thread. But where did you get your holiday? It’s a great deal!

@directiontoperfection well DS got a job hundreds of miles away in the North of England where house prices aren't 15 x his salary. Not that it matters because his bastardy boomer parents helped in advance of the move.

Not the point of the thread. But where did you get your holiday? It’s a great deal!

I was wondering this, too. Does sound like a great deal.