Anonymous
Post 12/26/2023 14:04     Subject: Boomer Parents Loud Home
Anonymous wrote:Yeah, I walk in to the house and turn off the TV . It goes back on eventually but everyone knows that I come in and look for the remote while giving out hugs.

My parents are in a new house and I’m nervous about going there on Tuesday since the TV is in a very central place in a smaller home.


I’m not a big fan of tv on all the time, but this strikes me as pretty rude.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2023 11:08     Subject: Boomer Parents Loud Home
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yes! The overly hot, overly loud house. And the parents shiffle around baffled why we are so uncomfortable after I say, Mom,it's hot in here and I can't hear you over all the TVs that are turned on.

It's almost funny when I'm not there.


I don’t understand how people change so much. Were they this way when you lived at home? My parents (early 70s) are similar to how they were decades ago. Similar habits, similar preferences, similar sensibilities.


Pp here. Yes. My mom was loud when I lived at home, but now she keeps all the TVs on 24 hours a day (I guess for backgroynd noise) and the volume is ridiculous. It's like her idiosyncrasies have leveled up as she's aged.
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2023 10:27     Subject: Boomer Parents Loud Home
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I’ve been at my parents house for half an hour. The TV is SO loud. It is SO hot. Every light is on. My teenager and I are both in sensory overload already.

My dad keeps trying to join in the conversation but can’t hear us over the freaking loud football game he’s also watching.


We did ask him to turn it down and he did just a tiny bit.


Your parents need hearing aids



+ 1 - My parents TV was always so loud I had to leave the room. When the got hearing aides it is now at an appropriate level for all.