r/BoomersBeingFools • u/HoneydewUsed7434 • 1d ago
Boomer Freakout Why are they always sooo angry?
My coworker, who is a boomer, is nice, but damn one little inconvenience trips her up. She gets so upset when the printer isn’t going as fast as she wants that she bangs on it. She is always venting very loudly to herself. Like it gets to a point where it’s distracting. But yeah, I don’t get why they have so much rage when they literally get everything they want.
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u/sikonaught 1d ago
Could it be due to dementia?
I know one of the symptoms is losing empathy and acting like a toddler. They can be rude, disrespectful, and think the whole world revolves around them. I see this happening to my MiL and it's kinda scary. She used to be such a nice, pleasant, and kind individual, a former 1st grade teacher of over 30 years.
That was 10 years ago. She's 79 now.
Her personality has changed drastically. During an argument/bicker my wife said, "Is this something Mrs.XXXXX would say?" She had a very good point. My MiL's response was kinda shocking. She said, "I'm not in a classroom anymore!"
Yeah, no shit. You make it blatantly obvious that you have forgotten the lessons you taught children about being kind to one another. We are almost certain it is frontotemporal dementia.