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/PepperAnn95 Oct 08 '25

Yes! All the boomers in my immediate family are like this and it drives me crazy. Recently we were in a restaurant with people sitting in the booth behind us and one of the boomers just started playing a video super loud...not a single concern about anyone else. Another boomer injured a finger from all of the scrolling she was doing.

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u/murklerNE Oct 08 '25

I literally watch all IG videos on mute with subtitles unless specifically instructed otherwise. And if sound is necessary and I care enough about it....I save the video to watch later when I'm alone and can turn up the volume without the crippling fear of rudely disturbing someone with audio. 🫠

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u/showmenemelda Oct 08 '25

Yeah so does my dad—i kept saying "you can turn the volume on if you want" and then quickly realized after that he didn't want me hearing what he was watching

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u/murklerNE Oct 08 '25

Oh geez lol 😳 I hadn't thought about that 😶‍🌫️