>2/3 of conversations with my parents turns to them having to state how they had it worse and how better they are than me
Should I just stop talking to them? Getting real sick of this shit

>>33274378 (OP)
It depends. Your post lacks detail, but it's easy to assume that you brought up some sensitive topic and your emotions/opinions got invalidated or something like that. If that's the case then I suggest that you stop and find someone else to talk to (not on 4chan, if possible). At some point when I was around 10 or 12 I concluded that I couldn't talk to my parents about anything other than unavoidable topics ("I need X", "I'm sick", etc.) otherwise it would be an unnecessary stress and a waste of time.

>>33274409
Yeah, you're right about the lack of detail, sorry. I actually meant conversations about small things - like imagine for example you're trying to talk with your buddy after work, normal stuff you know, but instead he almost always decides to dickmeasure about shit that you don't even care. Now imagine how insufferable that is when that is someone you know for life. Although I will admit, the stuff you mentioned about more serious talk also rang somewhat close to home.

>>33274378 (OP)
My parents are exactly like this. You cannot have a conversation with them, without them going
>You guys have it easy nowadays, back in my days...

Gen Xers and Boomers are fucking unbearable. They are incredibly selfish, self absorbed and truly believe they had a harder upbringing, but actually grew up in a generation where it was much easier to obtain a job, house, relationship, friends, etc.

Most of them honestly believe that since people post late 90s had access to the internet and better technology, that life was automatically easier.

There ain't much you can do. Avoid asking them for advice or for their view on things, they're not there to help.

I barely speak with my parents about real problems, only casual BS.

>>33274495
It is pretty crazy though to think how much the world has changed in the last 60 years. My mom (born 1955) told me that in high school there was a typewriter typing class she wanted to take, but her mom said "dont learn how to type or all youll ever be is a secretary"

>>33274378 (OP)
I won't read obvious solution is obvious threads.

>>33274378 (OP)
My parents are way worse than yours, dude. You would never be able yo handle my folks.

>>33274495
The weird thing is that it is just boomers and some Gen Xers. I talk to my 90 y/o neighbor sometimes, born in the 1930s, and she is chill af. "You kids sure seem to have it hard.", "We had polio, but other things were cheaper and easier". Getting born during the best time period really seems to have warped boomers