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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Millennial with boomer parents here. I think my parents would describe themselves the way you describe yourself… but here’s what it’s actually like:

- They announce that they are coming to visit, even when we have plans to see then less than a month later. They don’t ask, the announce, and lay on the guilt if I say no. 
- When we do visit, they just go about their daily lives—lunches with friends that we aren’t invited to, work, etc., meaning that I have given up my weekend as a full-time non-WFH working parent with a demanding job just so they can tell their friends I visited without actually maximizing the time together. 
- My dad is a yeller who lectures as a grown-ass adult me in front of my own child.
- I’m financially independent, but my parents like to throw around that they’ll pay for whatever it is I say I’m planning to spend money on (swim lessons, other activities). I never take them up on their offer, but it makes them feel like they’re paying for it so they can give themselves a pat on the back. 
- My mother complains that I don’t talk to her, but whenever I have tried to tell her about my life, she interrupts and starts talking about her. I have given up trying to have a meaningful relationship.

I know I probably don’t always say or do the right thing, but I’m exhausted from balancing everything, and I just don’t have time for the exhaustion they create in my life.

I could go on, but really examine your own behavior. I’m sure it’s you and them.[/quot

I can relate to above and the constant guilt trip!
Frankly, I'm too old, and too tired to care.[/quote]

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