Was speaking to my mum the other day and she was saying how she can’t get back to sleep after waking up at around 6 am now. She said they go downstairs and put the radio on the tv and listens to hits from the 60/70’s with a cup of coffee/tea.
Sounds a nice thing to do, but I remember my Grandparents doing similar, i don’t know, I guess I’ve become very aware of their age all of a sudden…mum 69, dad, 73
AIBU?
Parents have started doing what Grandparents do
Bringbackthe90s · 05/08/2022 10:06
Am I being unreasonable?
400 votes. Final results.
POLLCaterina99 · 05/08/2022 11:50
Also yes to the “just a tiny portion for me please”
ShadowPuppets · 05/08/2022 13:05
It’s interesting, there’s 9 years between my parents, they’re currently 63 and 72. Mum has recently said to me that the age gap felt big when they got together (at 24 and 33), but slowly disappeared - yet all of a sudden it feels like it’s opened up again, because he is at this point and she isn’t. It’s strange.
2bazookas · 05/08/2022 14:02
I'm 75. I'm always up at 6am.
I've got up at 6am since I was about 14.
HTH
IncompleteSenten · 05/08/2022 13:27
I was so determined to never turn into my mother that I accidentally turned into my dad.
Beer belly, dad jokes and luxurious beard included. 😭
ItsDangerousInKingsmarkham · 05/08/2022 13:21
I also agree about the retirement thing to be honest. My parents still both work a bit, are involved in various charities and societies, are very involved with grandchildren etc. My PIL retired early and have now been retired for 20 years. They do absolutely nothing with their time and are not involved in anything at all. They seem like they are in a completely different generation to my parents despite being close in age.
My DH wants to retire in his 50s and I don't really understand that way of thinking. I feel like my career will only just be getting going in my 50s as the kids will be a bit older!
RainyDays22 · 05/08/2022 10:07
I do the same I'm in my thirties. certainly no where near grand parent age. 😂
EternalPoinsettia · 05/08/2022 13:26
Yep, the small portions or asking to share a sandwich with me if we're out has been going on since mid 60s. Used to think it was mad, now start to agree! I am just shy of 40!. Both parents and in laws are really acting their age, all 70s, it's disconcerting to see
JingsMahBucket · 05/08/2022 13:22
@Laquila
Absolutely. My mum complained the other day that "Everything's so fast nowadays...everyone speaks so fast" and it was a real sort of paradigm shift for me (is that the right term?!)
Your mum's totally right though. People genuinely have started speaking more quickly in the past couple of decades, especially in media.
katseyes7 · 05/08/2022 12:51
She won't change the day of the week she food shops. 'Can't that day, that's my food shopping'.
This was my mam! She HAD to go food shopping at 9am on a Tuesday.
I worked shifts. So l'd was either at work, been at work til midnight the night before, or was still in bed because it was my day off.
She had literally nothing else to do (she told me that every time l saw her) but no, it had to be 9am on a Tuesday morning.
My cousin ended up taking her. Bless her.
DoingJustFine · 05/08/2022 14:27
I wish I'd spent more time just hanging out with my mum and dad. Dad died suddenly, at home, 2 weeks ago, so now I'm round at mum's all the time. I'm wondering why I didn't do that before.
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xogossipgirlxo · 05/08/2022 12:34
Dear god, this thread is so depressing. I don't want to turn into my mother.
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