Boomer VS kids on vacation: who’s the most obnoxious?

Have you thought about resting this summer? And to achieve this, have you thought about crouching quietly on your parents’ deck chair while they take the opportunity to take care of your children and create unforgettable memories together? What candor.

In a house full of boomers and kids, the only reasonable and responsible adult here is you. Believe my experience. And to prove it to you, I’ve compared the behavior of babies VS that of boomers in every situation, and believe me, there’s level.

So who are the most insufferable? Babies or boomers? It’s your turn to judge!

Activities and visits

The children: For children’s activities, the rule is simple: the more the planned outing is appropriate for their age and their interests, the more ungrateful and unbearable they will be. It’s a strange rule that I don’t quite understand. If many of my mother friends regret the same phenomenon, during guided tours, it is only my children who roll over on the ground. Perhaps because the other boys present didn’t come with disapproving grandparents and therefore have no one to ridicule their mother in front of.

Boomers: By definition, boomers’ favorite activities aren’t suitable for children. Either they involve visiting a ruined site located on the edge of a cliff, or they include rides, animals or dinosaurs. If necessary, the children then spend the day crying, asking for cartoons.
Basically, it doesn’t matter much, boomers are flexible. Provided they can walk around, enter all the shops selling fragile objects that are arriving and stop to drink good wine in starred restaurants before getting back behind the wheel.

The rhythm of the children VS that of the boomers

The children: When my daughter was little, I relied on the rolling of her stroller to secure my nap. I took the opportunity to twirl entire days in the open air, with my spontaneity as the only horizon. I felt a lot of pity for all these darons who sacrificed adventure and joie de vivre on the altar of lunch at a set time. But believe me, you should never judge your neighbor. But no, not because it’s bad, after all. It’s just that karma exists, I have proof of that. Between a firstborn who suddenly became a slippery grandmother after entering kindergarten, and a little brother who stops sleeping at the slightest unexpected moment, I established a military routine. It doesn’t matter that Faustine Bollaert (because I love her) is sitting on the terrace in front of my house, it’s 1:04 pm and my son has to take a nap in her bed.

Boomers: Boomers are no longer there to annoy each other. They screwed themselves for years raising kids and working like idiots. From now on, the constraints are over. They also invite me to follow their example by imposing my rhythm on that of my children, and not the other way around. I take advantage of this little free advice to clear up a big misunderstanding. My kids would love to pick up my pace, as it involves going to bed after 8pm and munching on chocolate between meals. Unfortunately, as my two boomers have noted, forced to give up their second dessert, the child who is disturbed in his routine is not a free or spontaneous child. He is a child who screams all the misery in the world, struck by the furious gaze of the customers of the gourmet restaurant.

What Kids Eat VS What Boomers Eat

The children: Much of my children’s lives are devoted to ice cream extortion, with a success rate of about 30% outside of school hours. Luckily grandparents are less difficult to convince and, as soon as the child asks for his candy, it’s already in her hand (then in mine, chewed and drooling, five minutes later).

Surprise, they are no longer hungry at lunch, especially since we want them to taste the sausage. After three days of fasting, interspersed only with strawberries and ice cream, I take matters into my own hands and decide to prepare a suitable meal. They ask me for fries, which I subtly substitute for corn, green beans, and knackis.

Boomers: Boomers also want to eat french fries and swear because they’re not home anymore and it’s still crazy to have to let their kids dictate their behavior. In their day, children ate like adults, whether they liked it or not. This is how they became gourmet adults who eat everything. I note that the food open-mindedness mentioned mainly concerns cured meats, biscuits for appetizers and pies, but much less corn and beans.

Just off the table, I see the two boomers hovering very close to the refrigerator where the cheese is. Suddenly their bodies stiffened. They just overheard my daughter asking for ice cream. Before she has time to refuse, the boomers intervene. Five minutes later, everyone is sitting on the terrace of the ice cream parlor and my mother, who is watching my daughter feast, whispers in my ear: ” I find you eat a lot of junk food, watch your weight, huh? »

The sleep of the boomers VS the sleep of children

Kids: Writing parenting chronicles sometimes means having to repeat yourself. Often in this specific case. Children are creatures sent from heaven to test our strength and resilience in anticipation of the Last Judgment. It happens that my parents sleep well, but only in their bed, which this week is 1000 km from our current place of residence. I still have the ability to enjoy six hours of sleep daily, tri-folded in a double bed. I can even enjoy a rejuvenating facial massage on my twenty toes. Unfortunately I am ordered to evacuate this luxury suite at five in the morning sharp, which is when my son gives him the signal to start the day.

Boomers: Around 9:30, the boomers emerge and stare furiously at my kids. ” They still make a lot of noise, we hear them screaming from 7:30! I tell them I’m very relieved that they still managed to fall asleep again. Without it, they would have come down to help me, right? Very interested in a pigeon hopping on the terrace, the two boomers rush there to drink their coffee. From the window I watch them yawn. The night before they tasted good wine until 1 in the morning. I know because their happy giggles kept me awake.

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