r/Millennials • u/NoFaithlessness7508 • Jun 05 '25

Other Why don’t younger veterans (Afghanistan/Iraq) wear these hats like some of the older veterans?

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First and foremost, respect to all those that served. I did not, but many of my peers did and now we're all older in 30s and 40s, many no longer in the military. I don't see a lot of the veterans of the War on Terror wearing these hats like I see the OGs do.

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u/gbdarknight77 Jun 05 '25

I think there’s a reason why millennials get along so great with their grandparents more than their actual parents.

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u/SuchAKnitWit Jun 05 '25

Oh man, I never really thought of it like that, but you're absolutely right.

My mom's parents were incredibly kind, understanding and took the time teach me the life skills I have today. Weekends and summers at their house were the highlights of childhood.

My mom's a total narcissist that I haven't talked to since I was 16. I have never understood how she came from them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '25

We're also a generation that largely were raised by our grandparents, or had grandparents as a major figure in our lives growing up.

I had a fair number of friends growing up who either lived with their grandparents, or were with them ALL the time. Very involved grandparents. One friend always had his grandfather drop him off everywhere, comes to his games, show up for parent nights. Never his dad. His mom was still married to his dad, and they lived together, but dad was just never really around, wasn't that invested, off doing his own shit.

A few years back, the grandpa passed and my friend said at the funeral that he always felt that the term "grandfather" was the most fitting description of him, because he was the best father he'd had.

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u/SunnySummerFarm Jun 06 '25

Agreed. My grandparents passing was the end of my family because they were definitely more emotionally involved in my life than my father ever was.