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⌈ Secret Post #6851 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Advice column: Help! My Parents Retired and Became Unrecognizable Divas.

[(Anonymous)]

I have a theory that our society doesn’t give older adults a lot of reverence or ask for their wisdom, so in an attempt to claw back some of the respect they wish they were given, some find themselves trying to harangue retail workers and customer service representatives into treating them better."

Idk about this either. I go to my dad for advice about buying cars or cooking and my mom for crafting or leadership tips but they're still getting cruel. Part of it is Fox News brain rot "Homeless people should be locked up" stuff, but I'm worried there's more that I'm not seeing. Luckily for everyone they rarely go out for more than pickleball/swimming so the average retail worker isn't handling them.

Slate is almost rage!baiting with their constant doormat advice. If they were on a third party site I'd assume they just wanted comments to feed the algorithm but maybe they just want us to make accounts to leave the comments themselves.

Actually, fun story, adding /comments to the advice articles urls is the most technically savvy I feel most days.

Back to the main topic - I'm sorry your dad is such a pill. Thank you for tying to connect him to reality.

Re: Advice column: Help! My Parents Retired and Became Unrecognizable Divas.

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I think it's just... really hard to combat the effects of ageing, both the cognitive issues and the feeling left out/left behind issues. I'm getting older myself and am already aware of how NOT in touch I am with pop culture and the younger generation, new technological developments, stuff like that. I was never really very up to date even when I was young, or I suppose I'd feel worse about it? But there's time yet.

Personally, I think my dad has been used to being in a position of authority for most of his life, being one of the most knowledgeable people in any social circle, and having people defer to him. Feeling isolated and out of the loop must be scary, and I empathize... but not when he lashes out and treats people like crap because he feels like he's losing control.

Slate and Dear Prudence are usually pretty good about advising people to NOT be doormats that this column took me by surprise. It's out of character for them, IMO. I don't know if they were having a vulnerable moment or allowing personal baggage to get in the way, but that wasn't good advice at all.