Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
Millennial attitudes in commercials
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 711964" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>I was waiting for this to come around to me. I figured it would be the laundry thing, not cooking.</p><p></p><p>Did I make Mac and Cheese sometimes, yes. But really that's not fair because after he was 15 or so I often said "do it yourself." And really, if I did make something different for him, it was because I was cooking things I already knew he wouldn't eat - pepper steak or something. What would always set Jabber off was when he'd just be eating at a time we weren't and ask me to make him mac and cheese. Did I? Sure. Sometimes I did. It's not like it was a chore after all, it takes 5 minutes or so, and I was just sitting around anyway. I didn't stop doing something important.</p><p></p><p>And yes, I did laundry. But mostly because there was only 3 of us and it was silly not to toss his things in with ours. We almost never run full loads now that he's gone. </p><p></p><p>But to stop taking things personally...I'll say that I think the commercials are the result of kids moving back in, or delaying moving out, being normalized in our society because of the high cost of living. You know, in many cultures, kids do live at home much longer than they do in the USA. I wonder what that's like...if they manage to treat the kids as adults after a certain age. I've said before, I think it's VERY hard to treat your adult child like a grown-up when they live at home. If our son was not a Difficult Child, but full-functioning and capable and working and living a "typical" life, I think if he were at home I'd still find myself asking if he wanted something to eat or asking if he needed laundry done or worrying if he didn't come in at a decent hour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 711964, member: 17309"] I was waiting for this to come around to me. I figured it would be the laundry thing, not cooking. Did I make Mac and Cheese sometimes, yes. But really that's not fair because after he was 15 or so I often said "do it yourself." And really, if I did make something different for him, it was because I was cooking things I already knew he wouldn't eat - pepper steak or something. What would always set Jabber off was when he'd just be eating at a time we weren't and ask me to make him mac and cheese. Did I? Sure. Sometimes I did. It's not like it was a chore after all, it takes 5 minutes or so, and I was just sitting around anyway. I didn't stop doing something important. And yes, I did laundry. But mostly because there was only 3 of us and it was silly not to toss his things in with ours. We almost never run full loads now that he's gone. But to stop taking things personally...I'll say that I think the commercials are the result of kids moving back in, or delaying moving out, being normalized in our society because of the high cost of living. You know, in many cultures, kids do live at home much longer than they do in the USA. I wonder what that's like...if they manage to treat the kids as adults after a certain age. I've said before, I think it's VERY hard to treat your adult child like a grown-up when they live at home. If our son was not a Difficult Child, but full-functioning and capable and working and living a "typical" life, I think if he were at home I'd still find myself asking if he wanted something to eat or asking if he needed laundry done or worrying if he didn't come in at a decent hour. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Discussions
The Watercooler
Millennial attitudes in commercials
Top