Cringe & Facepalm

We drove 6 hours to visit her family. All weekend long she was talking about inflation and how much it costs to feed a family. When were giving our goodbye hugs she asked if we don’t mind pitching into the costs of the weekend. I asked her how much she thinks is fair and she said $250. I handed her cash a said goodbye. Has anything similar ever happened to you?

We need to buy a new car after ours was totalled, and I was talking about how expensive it is to my Boomer mom. She said she found a 10 year old Rav 4 with only 35k miles for $4,000 at a dealership about 30 miles away.

I told her absolutely not. Not possible.

After arguing with me, she huffily grabbed her phone to "prove me wrong." The car in question's actual price?

$16,000.

Bonus story: Mom told me that she was happy our car was totalled because she never liked the car we had.

We bought it in desperation. About a year ago, husband and I were on our way to date night. While sitting at a red light, some car slammed into the back of us and sent us into the car in front of us. Totalled our car. At the time, we were under contract to buy a house, so we couldn't dip into our savings nor take on more debt, and we were extremely limited in our choice of car. The plan was to buy one and just drive it for a few years then get a better one once we felt more financially secure.

Why do we we need to get in.a car now? Well, last week, husband and I were on our way to date night. While sitting at a red light, some car slammed into the back of us and sent us into the car in front of us. Seriously, same damn thing, 1/2 mile and one year apart. I don't think we will ever attempt a date night again. We are ok, but What. A. Headache.

And mom said she was glad we were in the car accident because she wanted us to get a new car.

Thanks mom.

My teenage son wanted to bleach his hair. I did it for him. Not thrilled but certainly not the most out there thing he could do. Also it’s only going to last until it grows out, so it’s fine. My boomer parents come over. They aren’t even in the door. He is coming downstairs, excited to see his grandma and grandpa. Mom says, “I really hate your hair”before she even says hello to anyone. Zero filter and doesn’t care. I am still mad. My son is sweet and said not to be mad at her because she is old and it’s ok if she doesn’t like it. She is lucky he is more mature than she is.

I can't put a picture but imagine a chewy abomination of a squished piece of meat, covered in the most random spices out of the cabinet. Now I'm the ungrateful one for being mad that something i looked forward to is ruined. This woman should stay the fuck away from any kitchen or grill 😓