How do you deal with uneducated boomers being afraid on your behalf? It's fucking annoying as hell. My mom does this every time I go somewhere as if I'm going to a war zone.
Boomer parents afraid of travel
How do you deal with uneducated boomers being afraid on your behalf? It's fucking annoying as hell. My mom does this every time I go somewhere as if I'm going to a war zone.
Man you sound like a dick OP your mom was just telling you to be careful
She read a fucking scare story and thinks now it's dangerous to travel
She didn't tell you not to travel so why are you doing such a fuss you spoiled brat.
this
and? she's a woman. just tell her "ok i'll be safe!". you are a shitty son
that fucking pic LMFAO
exactly what an ungrateful cunt.
oh the absolute horror of it all
saw the first message and my brain was 95% sure the next one was going to be about drugs planted on a suitcase...
It's the 'I'm trans btw' guy
Took him 4 years to think of another joke.
>mfw still not laughing
That is not the way to talk to your mother.
>"Don't worry, mom. I'll be careful and I won't be going to any bars."
This is bait right? Surely you don't actually talk to your mom like that
You sound like a fucking gay OP, she's only telling you to be careful. Don't worry, I'll keep her occupied whilst you're away 😉
if we assume for one moment that is true
jeez anon you sound like a cunt
also if you're still bitching about your mother on sighsee it is unlikely you actually "know what you're doing"
also charge your phone
Please have a nice day OP
it's not too late to say you're sorry. don't be an asshole, she seems nice
Your mother cares about you. Appreciate her whilst you can.
Rio has a shit load of crime, even people who have lived there their entire lives get mugged, let alone an American tourist that you can tell from 100m.
I hope you get drugged and raped and your mom can say "I told you so"
Holy fuck you're a gargantuan bitch. Fuck sort out that rancid attitude you got you sound unbearable.
Imagine having a mom that cares about your safety while you visit Brazil, where the US travel safety guide tells you to be extremely cautious while traveling there and to not even travel to certain cities and zones at all.
Are you trolling? She is not wrong. Cover your fucking drinks, never leave it out of sight and if a random girl is hitting on you 50% chance she might be trying to rob you.
Your mom seems sensible. My mom on the other hand sent me 100s of messages about how I would be raped and beheaded every day in Japan.
I'm cringing so hard dude.
>Thanks mom, I love you. I will be careful, you're right. No plans on going on a bar anyways.
Jesus dude. I feel sorry for you. Bums like you shouldn't be allowed to travel.
a lot of 60something year old boomer women are absolutely horrified at the thought of taking a plane. my mother was like that, and my father-in-law’s wife is like that, just off the top of my head. they would rather drive across all of america then ever take a plane, all out of abject fear
my parents were like this post 9/11 (dad was a first responder and worked in the clean up) but now that they're retired they just do boomer cruises all over the world and spam our family whatsapp group with pictures from their vacations
My parents got all sorts of upset when I told them I was visiting Sri Lanka a few years ago. By the way they reacted you would have thought I was personally going to fight the Tamil Tigers... even though the civil war ended in 2009. I think it's just them trying to show they care, which is kind but grating
Ungrateful piece of shit. I hope you do actually go to Rio and wander around like the tourist retard you are. You probably wouldn’t be able to point to Mogadishu on a map.
Anyone who actually falls for this shit should be b& forever
God I hate you fucks
You deserve to be drugged and mugged and raped and murdered, except for the fact that it would hurt your poor loving mother
You absolute moron. Sage.
Newsflash: OP is a phaggoto (that's Brazilian for gay)
you sound like an edgy gay, I hope you get beheaded in a favella
Newsflash: OP pic is of a person with a cunty attitude
OP is a cunt and Rio isn’t the safest place to be. Hopefully he gets killed.
>live in a foreign country
>parents daily send me the most basic fucking ticktocks of the absolute most tourist trap trendy bullshit imaginable
>anon you should definitely go! tell us how it is!
They're gonna die soon
>ree my parents are taking an interest in where I am and want me to tell them about it
My parents are highly educated, well-informed, pretty well-traveled “boomers” (as a middle-aged [Gen X] man who gets ‘OK boomered’ all the time by my sarcastic kids, I will never not be annoyed by the expansion of this term—my parents are actually a little too old to be boomers, but genuine boomers are far older than most of this board’s parents), and they still worry about me. This is what parents do.
My parents lived and worked in South Africa and Pakistan, and they still told me to watch my back in Nairobi, Mexico City, etc. They even warned me to watch out for pickpockets in Barcelona. Because the risks, however avoidable, aren’t imaginary, and, again, parents worry, because they (now I should say we) have no choice.
I told them (and tell them), “Don’t worry, I’ll be careful!” and leave it at that.
Rio’s dangers sometimes get sensationalized and exaggerated, obviously. But they’re not fictional. I would (or will) tell my kid to be careful there too (and I’ve been there).
I hope and assume I’ve just taken bait and OP’s text exchange isn’t real. If it is, OP, you just sound like a dick.
Rio has terrible crime by pretty much any metric. They actually have more murders than any city on earth. 3,000+ homicides in 2022 for a city with a population of 6 million.
Compare that to Madrid Spain, a city some people on here have said is dangerous. They have a population of 3 million and they had 22 murders in 2022.
If you're comparing Rio to Madrid, I think it's fair to say Rio is fucking dangerous.
Surely. I said that Rio/s dangers are real, even if they do sometimes get exaggerated, not that Rio is perfectly safe. It's the sort of place one needs to be a bit more careful than average. But most people who visit (including me, twice so far) get out unscathed.
The murder rate is indeed terrifying, but lost in that statistic is the fact that very few of those victims were random tourists (although a few unlucky people were). It's mostly unfortunate locals, by a wide margin, in Rio as everywhere..
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She's just being a mom, so be grateful that someone cares. Idk if you're American, but our culture is obsessed with 100% safety and regulations over everything the past few decades.
Hey gay.
Say "thanks mom, I'll be careful. I love you. Give dad a hug for me"
>retard taking a trip to the most dangerous city in Brazil
>tells his mom to fuck off because of her concern
You gotta be wishing your mom was there when you in the hospital sipping dinner out of a straw gay
Your mum loves you, you fucking gay. Have a day off.
How can you talk to your mom like that you insufferable little brat
I hope this is bait, go tell people in Rio that you talk to your mother with that mouth and see what they think about it, tough guy. Apologize to her right now.
Why are you talking to her like such a fucking cunt?
don't announce your travel plans to your parents if you don't want them giving you shit for it
whatever you do, don't tell your parents how you fund travel (crypto)
actively have a nice day. i hate cunts who speak like that to their parents.
7/10
the "newsflash" made it a bit too obvious
OP is just reminding all of us to treat our parents a little bit better by showcasing an example of made up terrible behavior. High level do-gooding
>mom reasonably worried
>tells you to be safe
>explode as if she insulted you gravely
>Rio
Lmao. Be kind to your mother, she’s worried about you because she loves you, retard. Once I got to the rio part I started to think this may be bait.
Do you realize Rio is incredibly dangerous by first world standards and telling you to be careful there is an understatement.
My boomer parents keep being scared on my behalf because of natural disasters in Japan. Sure a big earthquake would suck, but
it's like they don't understand the odds/risk.
Every parent tends to do that. Whenever I travel, my parents end up calling me constantly, and honestly, it gets on my nerves. I'm still trying to figure out how to ask them to ease up on the calls without coming across as ungrateful. I know it's because they care and love me, but it's a bit overwhelming. BTW, which fintech company would you recommend for making payments in Japan?
Can't really give advice on that other than own experience.
Since I,m from Europe I just withdrew yen with my debit card, topped up an IC card and paid everything with that.
US has all kinds of credit card reward programmes, so they probably have better options.
Okay
I use PayPal, Revolut, and Tap for most payments, depending on the location. I heard that Paidy allows consumers in Japan to make online purchases without needing a credit card or pre-registration. will look into that.
Your mom is concerned cause she cares about you. Just let her know you'll be safe and call her when you get home from your trip.
i'll smack you white boy
Fucking autist you don't deserve a mother.
I went to Rio amongst other places in brazil and met three people on separate occasions that were robbed at gun point. I was even chased down the main strip after leaving a bar. it is far from safe there and you sound like a right cunt to your mum. I hope you get your organs stolen.
You are a fucking douchebag dude. Your mom is worried for you in a cute loving motherly way, but still wishes you good luck and doesn't try to stop you from going in any way. Reiterates that she loves you like 10 times. Your mom seems like a Saint on earth and you should treasure her instead of talking shit about her on a Siberian pigeon enthusiast forum, you absolute autist.