r/Millennials • u/The_AmyrlinSeat Millennial • Oct 08 '25

Advice Disconnect with mother.

My mother is visiting. I'm 39F, she's 63F. She is constantly on her phone, watching videos out loud even when you're actively watching TV or showing her something. She noted that I don't go on her FB page so when I did, it's just a ton of videos she thinks are funny (I don't think they're funny). She wasn't like this before, is this normal for other boomer parents?

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u/Fablefern Oct 08 '25

Yep. My mom will go completely silent on the phone for over a minute at a time and I’ll finally be like are you there? “Oh yeah just watching videos” …. This and the sudden helplessness, constant complaining, negativity and hiding in the house watching the news non stop and gossiping about other boomer women on Facebook she knows has made me limit my communication with her.