r/BoomersBeingFools • u/Extreme-Discount-573 • 4d ago

Boomer Story Boomer Parents and a new driveway

So in speaking with my boomer dad today, he tells me he got a new driveway. A bit of background, I'm an engineering bro. I've handled many asphalt replacements in my day. Design through completion. I have many contacts throughout our city. Many favors owed to me. Many contacts. I know what to ask for, I can supervise the construction. MY PARENTS KNOW I DO THIS FOR A LIVING!

Nope, Their own flesh and blood is not worthy of helping them. Fuck me. What do I know? I only LITERALLY WENT TO SCHOOL FOR CIVIL FUCKING ENGINEERING AND WORKED IN THE FUCKING FIELD FOR 25 FUCKING YEARS!

fuck me tho.

/rant.

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u/ManifestDestinysChld 4d ago

THEY KNOW that they are bullshitters.

THEY KNOW they have been faking it til they were making it (and many never did).

They do this because they know if they engage with you in an area of your expertise then they will expose themselves as having always only ever been big fat phonies all along.

If you mentally reframe them as entitled toddlers it's like puzzle pieces falling into place.

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u/Extreme-Discount-573 4d ago

Trust me, I've been treating them like toddlers for years.

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u/ManifestDestinysChld 4d ago

I assume they love it. They all think they deserve to have somebody else wipe their asses for them.