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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I think a lot of Boomer parents get competitive with their friends over how much their children and grandchildren dote on them. [/b]Facebook has made this so much worse, because now they can see how some of their friends have (or at least appear to have) really close families who celebrate together a lot, and then they want it too.

The problem for me is that my parents didn't do any of this stuff when I was a kid. They forgot my own birthday on multiple occasions. I guarantee my dad couldn't tell you the month that my birthday is in, much less the day. When I told my mom I was getting married, she said, "Well, hopefully we can make it." So the expectation now that I'm going to make a huge deal out of their anniversary or their milestone birthdays always takes me by surprise. Mostly it makes me feel sorry for them. I think they are seeing now that some of their peers raised their families with love and mutual respect, and that is paying dividends now. I would rather focus on making sure my own kids have a better experience now than catering to my parents' hurt feelings.[/quote]

This! I have come to realize that this is my 72 year old mother’s motivation for almost everything. It’s all about showing up some random ladies from her bridge club. It’s ridiculous.[/quote]

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