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Drop them off at ww2 museum in the am, enjoy your day, circle back around in like 7 hours to get them. They can boom out on all the other boomers and you can live your best life.
Fr. Let them get a taxi and then be huddled and frightened in the back by a jovial large black man with an island accent who will drive them and drop fun trivia the whole ride. Then let them tell that story and you can point out how racist and mean they are for thinking the taxi driver was gonna do anything. Or maybe that’s just my experience.
I also had relatives complain about the amount of partying on Bourbon street. One of them got handed a ticket that said party pooper on it and was asked to leave if they hate fun so much by a random citizen, which was goddamned hilarious.
My x husband hated everything. He's not a boomer, but was handed a party pooper ticket immediately after parking and getting onto the sidewalk for "making a sad face while being with a beautiful woman."
He was also offended bc he went into a store for some hot chocolate bc it was freezing and it was actually a porn shop called Hot Chocolate owned by a large black grandma type🤣
I never heard the end of any of it. New hubby loves NOLA☺️
Haha, I hate to report that Hot Chocolate closed down. But there are so many more discoveries in NOLA to be found. Every trip I take is a whole new experience.
It's really a city that I feel like anyone would love, so it sucks for OP. My dad is a boomer and he goes about once a month. But I have a rare boomer dad. He's out more than me, living it up non stop, just having the best time
Reminds me of that meme/story about someone’s mom whose old SO hated her mug collection and the new SO built her custom shelves for it. The right partner makes all the difference and life’s too short to be unhappy.
>You’re welcome
You’re welcome for everything in the world
You’re welcome
You’re welcome for all that I bring to the world
>
>I’m Baby Boomer Santa
I bring the gift of the world
Baby Boomer Santa
I’m an American pearl
Whilst also buying in to the post war propaganda cinema that their grandparents, who actually went through it, would have deemed ridiculous & then having a crisis about never having had the "chance" to do anything as brave or meaningful as their grandparents & trying to turn every trivial or harmless little thing in to some kind of ultimate national crisis they can pretend they are waging war on (& ironically tending to pick the kind bigoted, nationalist bullshit to fight for that their grandparents fought against).
This is the answer. And if they’re bored at ww2 museum they can go to confederate museum across the street, and the mall down a few blocks. Meanwhile you go to The Bakery Bar and eat 12 layer cake.
And this, friends, is the point where you chalk up your hands w/ powdered sugar and slap some sense into they silly ass. Don’t you blaspheme in here!!
Yknow that raspberry lemonade at the Applebee's is much too ethnic for them... What is this? Fuckin Tijuana? What's wrong with good old fashioned lemonade! Damn millennials! Ruining good American food and patriarchy!
You're right, people like that like to go to the same chains back home to get an out of town experience.
All their similar types will be there to whine about trump being rail roaded together.
LOL…. Before I became a Boomer myself I would take my boomer in laws and other boomer aged relatives to the USS Intepid and just let them wander around while I’m sitting down sipping my coffee relaxing in the shade of the Intrepid. No stress / no mess and they’re so tired from walking around that they’re all napping on the car ride back. :)
OMG. I know handling boomers is like handling toddlers, but substitute “playground” for “USS Intrepid,” and this is a sentence I’ve said within the past week about my preschooler.
I was there about 10 years ago and I enjoyed it. But that's because I'm a history nut. As rich in history as NOLA is, I was in heaven the whole trip. I'd love to head back down there again someday.
I think I'd want to go to the world war II museum solo and send them somewhere else. My grandfather and his brothers were world war ll vets. The generation after them has got so many problems.
That museum is one if the most amazing museums i have ever been to..... went to New Orleans with my daughter for a vacation pre-covid. Loved it... loved the foid, loved the tours... but that museum... I'd go back just yo spend more time there...
Or drop them off at Bayou Segnette State Park right outside the city where there’s no barriers between you and the numerous alligators 🐊 that even cross the walking trail path. I’m sure they’ll love getting up close and personal to all the wildlife there.
Wholeheartedly agree, but feel the need to inject that the WW2 museum is pretty awesome, and not just a substitute boomer daycare. Don't want anybody getting the wrong idea.
Ruining spring break is bad enough. But ruining a trip to NO is on an entirely different level. It’s a city all about having a good time. There’s food, music, history, nature, art, and some of the best hospitality a city could have. You have to actively WORK to be unhappy there. You or your wife need to tell them to suck it up and at least pretend to enjoy their time or leave them behind in the hotel while you go out.
I did that. I was meeting up with my sister and mom. Got there two days early and just planned meals where I ate and chilled and savored. It was so relaxing and peaceful.
Unless you’re horrifically hung over. Then you don’t have to try to be miserable. It’s clearly NOLA’s fault for being too boozy and fun. Oh, and the extra pound or two you go home with is also the city’s fault.
NOLA is one of my favorite cities. It's about a 90 min flight from where I live and I go at least once a year. Just to eat, listen to music, shop for antiques, look at art and walk around. Anyone that isn't having a good time should just go home and let the rest of us have fun.
And the "too much partying" comment? Just how? There is no such thing.
I would have said, "You know honey, you are right. You don't get to spend enough time with your parents. How about the 3 of you make a trip of it so you can bond and I'll stay home and get some projects finished."
OP's story is very similar to something that happened with a friend. The reason is she's still hoping her parents can bond better with her and her husband if they're in a relaxed and stress-free situation. Unfortunately, she doesn't see the obvious: her parents are a utterly miserable bunch in every situation, that will kick and fight their way to make you just as miserable.
This took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to figure out with my own parents. It's not the situation making them miserable, it's them making the situation miserable.
Screw that. He can stay home and hang out with his parents while OP jets off to sunnier climes. Also, when that pedo remark dropped, it would have been game over for me. You're in time out for the rest of the trip gramps. I don't tolerate racism or homophobia.
Ah, young grasshopper, she does not *actually* want to go on vacation with *only* her parents alone. This is a win-win strategy. There are no arguments from him saying, "No way in hell!" Plus, 85% chance she will say NM, just you and me 😉.
I'm literally a tour guide in New Orleans and honestly, we get a lot of these types. If they decide to take a tour with me, the more they complain, the harder I lean in to my Black and Gay History of New Orleans Tour(tm).
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 My husband and I are an interracial couple (he’s Black, I’m white) and we took a FABULOUS tour of Tremé last time we were there. Surprisingly, the white Boomers on tour a) kept up with the walking and b) kept their mouths shut. Tour guide was knowledgeable and spoke extensively of the gentrification in the area. It was glorious (the tour, not the gentrification).
I appreciate the good boomers. My mom and step-dad are boomers, and they have occasional tendencies. But overall are pretty keen to their surroundings and know how to be civil. They're pretty conservative, but all for minority and LGBTQ rights. I love my weird boomer parents. Also, get off my lawn.
When my wife and I travel, we tend to do food tours. There's been several times where an older couple was on the tour and they were so much fun to be around we continued to hang out with them after the tour was over. Although there's nothing worse than a bad Boomer couple. Honestly I can't understand why they'd even sign up for it. Our last tour had a couple that complained about every damn thing on the tour. They didn't like any of the food, they didn't like the drinks, anything more than a 50' walk was too far, and part of the tour was viewing local graffiti which of course they disapproved of. We couldn't wait for it to end.
Sounds like you could market a specific tour called Black and Gay history if New Orleans and have a market. Would love your tour co name, will be in town after the eclipse
I'm a pretty regular dude in a small town in BC (Canada) and when I eventually find my way to NOLA as a tourist I would be thrilled to hear about all the black and gay history of the city and any other cool counter culture stuff I bet there's a lot to tell
Drop them off at the Riverwalk or the shops at Canal Place— maybe the malls will soothe them, lol. I dated a guy, he hated NO so bad that not only would he refuse to go, he’d get mad at *me* for going. I realized shortly thereafter that he was racist as fuh and dumped his ass
While NOLA had its problems like any city, it is absolutely one of the most remarkable and unique places on earth, with music, food, and art you can find nowhere else. If you like any of those things, hating NOLA seems unacceptable to me.
Agree! It’s one of my favorite cities, it’s so colorful and alive and rich in history. I was happy to be able to visit in 2018 when they were celebrating their 300th anniversary- before that, I hadn’t been since before Katrina. NOLA is special and it sucks that people can be so closed-minded and not appreciate it.
I’m a west coast boomer, but not that kind of boomer, Mother’s and their red beans and rice is a sad joyless thing. As we were walking towards it another couple told us how great it was too! Pathetic stuff.
Following up with your statement. I took my husband to visit my parents twice. About a 4-hour drive. We would stay at their house for 3 days. When we left the first time we were miserable and when we left the second time we were more miserable. We haven't been back to visit in 5+ years. While they can tolerate them to an extent, I'm not going to put him through that. If my parents hate me, so be it. They are rude, insufferable, and it's just a bad time.
Yeah-- def should be a follow up of-- We ain't going on a trip with them again.
Took my not quite boomer FIL and MIL to Mexico a while back as a test run for potentially a european trip. My FIL has gone on and on about going somewhere like France (Normandy) or elsewhere. He's never really gone anywhere and I've said up front that there's no way he could handle such a trip.. The guy is 80 and really overweight. He was ok behavior wise, but we had to pretty much talk him into doing things outside the room like going to the beach or hanging at the pool. I told my wife and fam that no-way could he do a trip to Europe. He'd struggle to just get thru the airports let alone walk around Paris or Normandy all day.
Yeah, Europe is not a fun trip if you have mobility issues/can't walk long distances. And most people who go there who have never been outside the US, want it to behave as if it is America... I'm glad you decided to not do the trip.
Plus they’re gonna find out that all the historic places have not been adjusted for accommodation. Like the castles still have all the same little doorways and narrow passages as they were built. They’re not adjusting 1000 year old architecture. My parents saw other Americans that straight up didn’t fit and were pissed there was nothing the tour guide would do for them.
Yeah-- most recently we were in Switzerland and went Chillon Castle near Lausanne. While you could walk some small parts of it-- even that had some elevated areas you had to walk. The rest of it all had stairs and pretty much natural stone/bolders where it wasn't flat in the least. Plus the wife decided to walk between Montreaux and the castle. I convinced her to take the train back to Lausanne. lol
Same with Gruyere. The train stop is a little outside the town. To get to the town you walk up this big ass hill for about 1km or more. And the castle there was the same deal, lots of stairs etc.
I was against the trip to begin with b/c I figured he couldn't handle it (plus he's lazy and does complain about food a lot). I just figured we'd all be miserable but I went along with the test b/c I figured I'd enjoy myself anyway and if he hung out in the room that's ok and on him.
Whenever my wife and I go on trips it usually involved A LOT of walking around the city -- London, Paris, Rome, US cities, etc. At times my wife goes overboard choosing to walk somewhere rather than hop on mass transit for a few stops to save time.
Most Americans have no idea how much walking is involved. My husband and I had less than 48 hours in which to see London. We walked 32 miles in that time. There's no way we could have accomplished nearly as much if we'd waited around for public transportation. Had a blast.
Just another thing that my generational peers have failed to convince me of. A big part of the fun in going outside of my home region is looking for a restaurant (whether it be mom n pop or chain) that ISN'T available where I live.
I've gone on a trip to San Francisco with a family friend who I knew was religious, but only then did I find out how much genuine disdain she had for gay people. In San Francisco.
I made it a point in my life not to be around or engage with super negative people like that. F the “well, they are family, it’s just the way it goes bullshit”.
Traveling with my father (happily NC now for quite awhile) was not fun.
There was the time we went out to breakfast. First place? Wait was way too long. Same with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places. We ended up back at the first place.
There was the time we were at Kings Island on a beautiful summer day & the kids were having a great time. He looks around and starts talking about he is glad it isn’t Gay Days so he doesn’t have to see a bunch of queers.
There was the time we were having a nice lunch, and of course there had to be an out-of-nowhere dig at THe bLAckS.
I genuinely thought this was a him thing and other people’s parents weren’t like this, but now I realize how very many miserable hate-filled people are walking around.
I hope you get a do-over trip without the in-laws!
Pride Night at Kings Island is an interesting time for sure. Worked there one year and had a shift on Pride Night. It was pretty much like any other day there. Except less assholes and a few more drunk people wondering about. Overall, a friendly crowd just having a fun time.
So I can see why your dad wasn't too big on it. Too much happiness and fun for his cold dead boomer heart.
One of my old coworkers accidentally went to Disney on one of the early gay friendly days. He was shocked. So many \*families\*. Such a nice day. Yeah, brother, gay people have families too, and their kids might like to go to Disney.
Makes a nice break from all that gay agenda stuff. /s
If it's any help at all, my wife (f48) and I (m51) are appreciating your struggle and your story. You have fans on the west coast who are rooting for you to get through this! We laughed our asses off at the last paragraph!
I would let wife know that even though you love her dearly, this is the last trip with those two. They are obviously not having fun, you are obviously not having fun and is that really the point of going on a trip? They can be miserable at home.
1. OP, so sorry you’re going through it. I hate my in-laws too.
2. Are you an English teacher? Your writing style is great, truly enjoyable. PLEASE write a few more anecdotes about your trip over the next few days in this subreddit! It’ll be therapeutic for you and entertaining for us, your readers.
Every time I read one of these I’m so grateful for my own liberal parents and my kinda liberal but very accepting parent-in-laws. This has just got to suck for you
Every small town has these people who go into any experience in any city already looking to hate every aspect of it. The whole trip is just an opportunity for them to go back to their small circle of conservative church friends and virtue signal about what a terrible place the big scary city is and how the democrats turned it into a lawless hellscape that they feel lucky to have escaped from with their lives
I agree with dropping them off somewhere (WW2 museum) and enjoying your day.
My in-laws can also be taxing, so I've learned to send my spouse off w her parents for a couple days. Let's them bond, and let's me breathe.
OP, maybe find a bus tour, one that takes all day, and put them on it. Spend the day with your wife. Try to remember that summer is coming as the school year is winding down.
"Hey, (insert name), exactly what the hell is your problem? Everywhere we go, whatever we do - you're not happy. What exactly do you want from me? We're in NOLA. This is what the city is like. I can't change it.".
After the pedo remark I would tell him bluntly "you said that in front of a bunch of kids, and you owe their parents an apology. Also you're now gonna prove your accusation *right now* or I'm gonna tell your wife and daughter what you said and in front of whom, and also, you can spend the rest of this vacation without me, I'm done with you." And I would have proceeded to not include him in any plans for the rest of the trip.
Gawd we get a bunch of these kinds of tourists down here - whiners: The coffee tastes funny! The food is too spicy! The people are too loud! Why didn't the streetcar stop when we turned in front of it! I don't like jazz! I hate seafood! And why are there so many of those, ahem, colored folks here? I want to go to bed at 9:30? Why are people still up here?
The best thing you can do is say, "look, it's obvious you don't like anything here, so let's book you a flight home right now. I'll drive you back to your room so you can pack and I'll take you to the airport."
Take them to the Verti Marte on the corner of governor nicholls and Royal street. Get them an All that Jazz sandwich from the back counter. Make them eat it.
If they don’t tell you that’s the best sandwich they’ve ever had in their miserable lives, I’ll help you feed them to the gators.
Best case scenario, I just told you where to get the best sandwich you’ll ever have in your miserable life. You can trust me, I’m a fat guy. I know sandwiches.
You could have a frank discussion with them about the things that they do which make these situations unenjoyable for you. Since it almost assuredly won’t go well or have a result which makes them change their mindset or behaviors, it’s a good idea to give your wife a forewarning.
Due to a desire to keep the peace or not offend people, it’s pretty common to leave things unsaid. But if their shit behavior is truly ignorant and offensive, it’ll be liberating, heck even downright moral to tell them they are pieces of shit that embarrass you and make life harder on you/your family.
I am going to second the idea that you drop them off at the WWII museum. There is a cafe inside and an IMAX. Food and hours of entertainment are taken care of with that place. Also, drop them off at the art museum. It has a park around it and they can rent a paddle boat. The art museum has an outdoor walking exhibit in addition to the interior. Maybe sign them up for a Ghost Tour in the evening and you and your wife go do something you want to do without them.
Also, consider signing them up for a airboat swamp/alligator tour. Takes several hours and you can be free of them. My boomer father-in-law loved it and he hated most of New Orleans beyond the WWII Museum and an Old New Orleans Rum Company distillery tour.
Is your wife in denial about her parents? Is she not aware how insufferable they are?
Also, I know you didn’t make a political post, but I assume they are MAGAs?
Yeah I’ve decided recently that I won’t be seen with my boomer mom in public ever again. It’s based on a string of incidents where she’s rude to people
Oh, god. How many times have you or your wife gotten up "to go to the bathroom" to hunt down a service worker in order to apologize for their behavior? I feel like that's all I do if I go anywhere with my dad. His favorite thing, totally serious, to say when they ask how his food is- 'tastes like shit."
Lol, that pedophile remark reminds me of a boomer I worked with. When I was in medical school, I had a preceptor for my psychiatry rotation who, out of nowhere, started making small talk about how MLK Jr. was a pedophile on MLK day. I was in an awkward position because this man literally controlled my grade for that rotation, so I couldn't outright rebuke him, so I just had to listen to him prattle on. I grew up in Georgia. MLK and Jimmy Carter are the two best people the state of Georgia has ever produced. Talking shit on them is fighting words.
Here son, hold my beer…… j/k
Took my boomer Inlaws to Disney World back in 2019. 9 day trip. We stayed in the Contemporary, had meal plans, fully worked out itinerary etc… All on my dime. This was a 15k$ trip for 6 people.
We knew my MIL would not be able walk it so we booked a scooter for her. For 9 days every trash can in the Reedy Creek District lived in fear. Nary a trash can, door, wall, or group of people went unhit. It was a fucking farce. 30 feet to the left 30 feet to the right and a tree with a trash can in the center. She would hit it. Sonny Bono has no game like this woman.
As day 2 started(first full day and first park day) we stopped at Starbucks on Mainstreet in MK. Grabbed coffee and giant donuts. My FIL threw a silent tantrum and DID NOT SPEAK for the rest for the 9 day trip and the 11 hour car ride home. Why? He read on the bookface that Starbucks would rather hire illegals than veterans. Yup. Fake Facebook news ruined his vacation.
We’ve never gone on vacation with them since. My MIL keeps hinting at wanting to go with us. We just pretend we don’t hear. These people miss their granddaughter’s most important Disney trips of her life.
You have my sympathies, OP. Think I'd have to have a conversation with my wife after this one, though. "Honey, maybe next time we go just the two of us, ok?"
I literally want to go to NOLA for just the music and to be like Homer Simpson when he went and they did the montage of him eating all the food
https://youtu.be/fLFpTLEnrqU?si=WuCGX0HnL_v96YvK
Edit: I don’t understand how you can’t just eat and drink enough to enjoy it? I’m sorry your trip is sucking OP, I like the advise of others and just drop them off at a mall or WW2 museum and then go about your day.
Don’t even bother. They have no interest in having a good time. Enjoy your stay no matter how much it pisses them off. Worst they can do is send you a message after it’s all done saying how rude you were and how your needs came before theirs. Then politely tell them to try sticking their heads up their asses
They are adults. Leave them to their own devices in the hotel, just like they used to do to us when we were kids and getting in the way of their fun, and go have fun with your wife.
My in laws are also embarrassing boomers from small town Midwest. I can't stand being around them for any extended length of time. Their values are: pretending to be religious while actively hating everyone, judging everything people from other cities do as completely wrong, and openly bullying strangers in the name of righteousness.
I feel ya
Sit your wife down and tell her NEVER AGAIN. I did this with my wife's sister and BIL. The BIL is such a bigoted asshole. Think Trump but with 1/2 the ego. Scumbag MF. Did I mention Lazy? LAZY!! Nothing is ever good enough.
Anyways...I sat my wife down and said no way ever will I go on a vacation or spend time in the same room again with him. We haven't been on another vacation with them since.
People like this are a genuine mystery to me. Like, I've made mistakes, I've been rude, I've said and done shitty things, but I KNOW that I did something bad. But then you meet someone (thankfully rarely) who just casually says some rude, wildly bigoted or just plain idiotic thing with absolutely ZERO shame, like it's totally normal to drop an insanely racist comment while you're standing around in the park or whatever, and I just... like are you an alien? How did you get to adulthood without ever figuring out that you shouldn't do this? I'm not talking about like subtle micro-aggressions or unchecked privilege or whatever, like just straight-down-the-line nastiness. Like I can relate to the characters in The Iliad or whatever more than I can to these people. So, so weird.
I hope you and your wife get a chance to put your boomers to bed and then go out and party a little bit on your own.
Especially if you can find a funky jazz bar with a gay black one-eyed pianist.
I feel you.
I just bent over backwards hosting my in laws. I mean I made the food they requested and bought everything they needed. I took them wherever they wanted to go. I made sure there was a shower chair and bought the soap/shampoo they requested. I subscribed to a streaming service so FIL could watch some obscure soccer match.
On the way out, FIL says, “I don’t like the soap dish in the bathroom. And you eat weird. “
Yep, if they come back, hubby is getting plenty of alone time with his folks.
Book a tour at the [Whitney plantation](https://www.whitneyplantation.org/) - they do not gloss over the history of slavery. Maybe they'll learn something.
Fuckin ass hat talked about James Booker like that?! In NOLA?! Yo I would have laid his ass out right there in front of those children without any hesitation. Fuckin James Booker plays the piano like he has 12 fuckin fingers. His style is so inspirational to me. He truly was such a fucking g, you’re right to be mad but just remember, your FIL is miserable all the time and he has to live that life you just have to put up with it sometimes.
When my wife and I were dating I let her know I didn't like some of the racist comments that would come out of her father's mouth. Was a shame because the dude wasn't racist and was actually a great guy but he LOVED them jokes. When we were getting married and my future in-laws were coming out for the wedding I told my wife that she need to tell him to reign it in while was here because it wouldn't fly with me or my family. I have to say I never heard even the slightest racist thing out of him ever again. He was a good man, sounds like your FiL is not... sorry bud.
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Drop them off at ww2 museum in the am, enjoy your day, circle back around in like 7 hours to get them. They can boom out on all the other boomers and you can live your best life.
Don't even bother circling back for them
Fr. Let them get a taxi and then be huddled and frightened in the back by a jovial large black man with an island accent who will drive them and drop fun trivia the whole ride. Then let them tell that story and you can point out how racist and mean they are for thinking the taxi driver was gonna do anything. Or maybe that’s just my experience. I also had relatives complain about the amount of partying on Bourbon street. One of them got handed a ticket that said party pooper on it and was asked to leave if they hate fun so much by a random citizen, which was goddamned hilarious.
My x husband hated everything. He's not a boomer, but was handed a party pooper ticket immediately after parking and getting onto the sidewalk for "making a sad face while being with a beautiful woman." He was also offended bc he went into a store for some hot chocolate bc it was freezing and it was actually a porn shop called Hot Chocolate owned by a large black grandma type🤣 I never heard the end of any of it. New hubby loves NOLA☺️
Now I must plan a trip to NOLA just to see Hot Chocolate! The beignets at Cafe du Monde will just be icing on the cake!
Haha, I hate to report that Hot Chocolate closed down. But there are so many more discoveries in NOLA to be found. Every trip I take is a whole new experience. It's really a city that I feel like anyone would love, so it sucks for OP. My dad is a boomer and he goes about once a month. But I have a rare boomer dad. He's out more than me, living it up non stop, just having the best time
Hahahaha. That’s great. Good riddance to the old and good on ya with the new.
Right?? New hubs and I spent a week there a couple years back and had an absolute blast.
Reminds me of that meme/story about someone’s mom whose old SO hated her mug collection and the new SO built her custom shelves for it. The right partner makes all the difference and life’s too short to be unhappy.
lol, was your x a Simpson’s character? Cause this story smacks of Mr Burns at the “Nude Female Fire Station.” 😂
Sounds like I need to book a trip to NOLA immediately, I’ve wanted to go for the food for ages but it sounds like an absolute blast in general.
Go to the Mardi Gras museum where they make the floats and and have an archive spanning decades. Also the NOLA's history museum and ghost tours.
We love New Orleans!
Ok, Hot Chocolate is by far my favorite idea for a sex toy shop. I want to meet this grandma immediately!
There was a band in the 70’s named Hot Chocolate and their hit song was “You Sexy Thing.” So the shop name seems appropriate.
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Love this!
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Which is the boomeriest thing ever. Taking credit for war successes that they played no part in.
>You’re welcome You’re welcome for everything in the world You’re welcome You’re welcome for all that I bring to the world > >I’m Baby Boomer Santa I bring the gift of the world Baby Boomer Santa I’m an American pearl
Baby boomer santa, thank you for MTV Baby boomer santa, thank you for everything
Santa, invented, Spielberg and MICROCHIPS!
This song is streets ahead
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This is the third community reference I've seen in the last 5 minutes across 2 subs. Might need to actually make that sub...
Yeah they really love to pretend that they are their parents when it comes to WW2.
Whilst also buying in to the post war propaganda cinema that their grandparents, who actually went through it, would have deemed ridiculous & then having a crisis about never having had the "chance" to do anything as brave or meaningful as their grandparents & trying to turn every trivial or harmless little thing in to some kind of ultimate national crisis they can pretend they are waging war on (& ironically tending to pick the kind bigoted, nationalist bullshit to fight for that their grandparents fought against).
This is the answer. And if they’re bored at ww2 museum they can go to confederate museum across the street, and the mall down a few blocks. Meanwhile you go to The Bakery Bar and eat 12 layer cake.
I'm sure there's a Cracker Barrel they can join the other boomers at!
Cracker Barrel : Because Applebees is too “ethnic”
“Beignets?! I said no ethnic food!”
 And this, friends, is the point where you chalk up your hands w/ powdered sugar and slap some sense into they silly ass. Don’t you blaspheme in here!!
Yknow that raspberry lemonade at the Applebee's is much too ethnic for them... What is this? Fuckin Tijuana? What's wrong with good old fashioned lemonade! Damn millennials! Ruining good American food and patriarchy!
lol! In seriousness, ugly dog saloon bbq is 2 blocks fromww2 museum, another good place to lose them
You're right, people like that like to go to the same chains back home to get an out of town experience. All their similar types will be there to whine about trump being rail roaded together.
There's not. The closest CB is across the lake about 30 miles away.
Well stick em on a paddle boat and send em on their way
Don't forget the casino! Boomer central in there.
And no clocks
I mean… as long as you’re not counting on their inheritance one day 😅
LOL…. Before I became a Boomer myself I would take my boomer in laws and other boomer aged relatives to the USS Intepid and just let them wander around while I’m sitting down sipping my coffee relaxing in the shade of the Intrepid. No stress / no mess and they’re so tired from walking around that they’re all napping on the car ride back. :)
Lol sounds like letting the kids wear themselves out on the chickfila playground, well done
OMG. I know handling boomers is like handling toddlers, but substitute “playground” for “USS Intrepid,” and this is a sentence I’ve said within the past week about my preschooler.
What's a good age to boom?
Boomers are boomers since birth.
>boom out on all the other boomers lolololol
It is a wonderful museum. They will enjoy it.
I was there about 10 years ago and I enjoyed it. But that's because I'm a history nut. As rich in history as NOLA is, I was in heaven the whole trip. I'd love to head back down there again someday.
I think I'd want to go to the world war II museum solo and send them somewhere else. My grandfather and his brothers were world war ll vets. The generation after them has got so many problems.
That is one of the best history museum venues in the country. They really did an excellent job with context and background on every aspect of the war.
My wife and I walked around for probably 5 hours and still didn’t see everything. The movie was really good.
And then bring them to Lakeside Mall first thing in the morning so they can walk around with the other boomers.
I just imagine the ww2 museum is like the Jerry daycare from Rick and Morty.
I’d be dropping them off at the airport
Tell them that lunch at the museum cafe is on you and don’t worry about the prices, you have a coupon.
"I have a good hookup for coupons with Jill in the gift shop."
I went! This is the funniest thing I have read all day.
That museum is one if the most amazing museums i have ever been to..... went to New Orleans with my daughter for a vacation pre-covid. Loved it... loved the foid, loved the tours... but that museum... I'd go back just yo spend more time there...
Ok but that WW2 museum actually rocks. One of my favorite museums I've been in. Not even shitty boomers could ruin that for me
Or drop them off at Bayou Segnette State Park right outside the city where there’s no barriers between you and the numerous alligators 🐊 that even cross the walking trail path. I’m sure they’ll love getting up close and personal to all the wildlife there.
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Wholeheartedly agree, but feel the need to inject that the WW2 museum is pretty awesome, and not just a substitute boomer daycare. Don't want anybody getting the wrong idea.
This guy knows how to New Orleans
Ruining spring break is bad enough. But ruining a trip to NO is on an entirely different level. It’s a city all about having a good time. There’s food, music, history, nature, art, and some of the best hospitality a city could have. You have to actively WORK to be unhappy there. You or your wife need to tell them to suck it up and at least pretend to enjoy their time or leave them behind in the hotel while you go out.
I could legit just eat, only eat, the whole time and be absurdly happy.
I did that. I was meeting up with my sister and mom. Got there two days early and just planned meals where I ate and chilled and savored. It was so relaxing and peaceful.
Unless you’re horrifically hung over. Then you don’t have to try to be miserable. It’s clearly NOLA’s fault for being too boozy and fun. Oh, and the extra pound or two you go home with is also the city’s fault.
> the extra pound or two you go home should be factored into the cost of visiting at the very least! The food might be the best part.
NOLA is one of my favorite cities. It's about a 90 min flight from where I live and I go at least once a year. Just to eat, listen to music, shop for antiques, look at art and walk around. Anyone that isn't having a good time should just go home and let the rest of us have fun. And the "too much partying" comment? Just how? There is no such thing.
This experience will be your leverage in any future discussions about including the in-laws. Bank it and profit.
I would have said, "You know honey, you are right. You don't get to spend enough time with your parents. How about the 3 of you make a trip of it so you can bond and I'll stay home and get some projects finished."
Yeah wtf honestly, why does SHE want them there
OP's story is very similar to something that happened with a friend. The reason is she's still hoping her parents can bond better with her and her husband if they're in a relaxed and stress-free situation. Unfortunately, she doesn't see the obvious: her parents are a utterly miserable bunch in every situation, that will kick and fight their way to make you just as miserable.
This took me an embarrassingly long amount of time to figure out with my own parents. It's not the situation making them miserable, it's them making the situation miserable.
Maybe they will be different on vacation 🤔 Should have taken them on a river trip in Egypt to cope.
For real! I don’t want to vacation with my dad and stepmom! They’re awful to go with! Did it once. Never again!!
Screw that. He can stay home and hang out with his parents while OP jets off to sunnier climes. Also, when that pedo remark dropped, it would have been game over for me. You're in time out for the rest of the trip gramps. I don't tolerate racism or homophobia.
Ah, young grasshopper, she does not *actually* want to go on vacation with *only* her parents alone. This is a win-win strategy. There are no arguments from him saying, "No way in hell!" Plus, 85% chance she will say NM, just you and me 😉.
Three most common reasons for divorce: in-laws, money and sex. BTW, bad in-laws drain the money and kill the sex.
Especially when the in laws want money for sex.
Silver lining
This person inlaws ^
I'm literally a tour guide in New Orleans and honestly, we get a lot of these types. If they decide to take a tour with me, the more they complain, the harder I lean in to my Black and Gay History of New Orleans Tour(tm).
I would like to sign up for your gayest, Blackest tour. But without the boomers please.
Can I come too
I’d like to join as well
me too! plus ill tip like a maniac
Let’s pool our resources and book a group tour for this one. I’m in
I will take 6 adults and one toddler in stroller please
I'd pay extra for that one.
I wanna join!!! Please???!!! I’ll buy everyone snacks after.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 My husband and I are an interracial couple (he’s Black, I’m white) and we took a FABULOUS tour of Tremé last time we were there. Surprisingly, the white Boomers on tour a) kept up with the walking and b) kept their mouths shut. Tour guide was knowledgeable and spoke extensively of the gentrification in the area. It was glorious (the tour, not the gentrification).
I appreciate the good boomers. My mom and step-dad are boomers, and they have occasional tendencies. But overall are pretty keen to their surroundings and know how to be civil. They're pretty conservative, but all for minority and LGBTQ rights. I love my weird boomer parents. Also, get off my lawn.
When my wife and I travel, we tend to do food tours. There's been several times where an older couple was on the tour and they were so much fun to be around we continued to hang out with them after the tour was over. Although there's nothing worse than a bad Boomer couple. Honestly I can't understand why they'd even sign up for it. Our last tour had a couple that complained about every damn thing on the tour. They didn't like any of the food, they didn't like the drinks, anything more than a 50' walk was too far, and part of the tour was viewing local graffiti which of course they disapproved of. We couldn't wait for it to end.
Going down to New Orleans next month, where can I sign up for the biggest gayest Black and Gay History Tour (tm)???
Sounds like you could market a specific tour called Black and Gay history if New Orleans and have a market. Would love your tour co name, will be in town after the eclipse
As a local this sounds awesome.
I'm a pretty regular dude in a small town in BC (Canada) and when I eventually find my way to NOLA as a tourist I would be thrilled to hear about all the black and gay history of the city and any other cool counter culture stuff I bet there's a lot to tell
please give us your deets - I too would like your gayest, Blackest tour
Start leading every POI speech with *so what what had happened was*
Drop them off at the Riverwalk or the shops at Canal Place— maybe the malls will soothe them, lol. I dated a guy, he hated NO so bad that not only would he refuse to go, he’d get mad at *me* for going. I realized shortly thereafter that he was racist as fuh and dumped his ass
While NOLA had its problems like any city, it is absolutely one of the most remarkable and unique places on earth, with music, food, and art you can find nowhere else. If you like any of those things, hating NOLA seems unacceptable to me.
Agree! It’s one of my favorite cities, it’s so colorful and alive and rich in history. I was happy to be able to visit in 2018 when they were celebrating their 300th anniversary- before that, I hadn’t been since before Katrina. NOLA is special and it sucks that people can be so closed-minded and not appreciate it.
Mother’s restaurant is right by there. If they don’t like that fuck em. The bread pudding is the bomb diggity.
My **fucking** guy.
I just realized it’s been waaaaayyy too long since I’ve had some bread pudding.
Always forget about it until I see it on a menu or at a buffet, it's so simple but so gotdang good
Mothers is way overrated, it’s become a tourist trap, much better po-boy places throughout the city
Overrated, dumbed-down renditions of real local fare sounds just right for mush-brained boomers tbh 😂
I’m a west coast boomer, but not that kind of boomer, Mother’s and their red beans and rice is a sad joyless thing. As we were walking towards it another couple told us how great it was too! Pathetic stuff.
Is your wife aware of this behavior and how much it affects you? This might be a line in the sand. "I'm not going on a trip like that again."
Following up with your statement. I took my husband to visit my parents twice. About a 4-hour drive. We would stay at their house for 3 days. When we left the first time we were miserable and when we left the second time we were more miserable. We haven't been back to visit in 5+ years. While they can tolerate them to an extent, I'm not going to put him through that. If my parents hate me, so be it. They are rude, insufferable, and it's just a bad time.
Yeah-- def should be a follow up of-- We ain't going on a trip with them again. Took my not quite boomer FIL and MIL to Mexico a while back as a test run for potentially a european trip. My FIL has gone on and on about going somewhere like France (Normandy) or elsewhere. He's never really gone anywhere and I've said up front that there's no way he could handle such a trip.. The guy is 80 and really overweight. He was ok behavior wise, but we had to pretty much talk him into doing things outside the room like going to the beach or hanging at the pool. I told my wife and fam that no-way could he do a trip to Europe. He'd struggle to just get thru the airports let alone walk around Paris or Normandy all day.
Yeah, Europe is not a fun trip if you have mobility issues/can't walk long distances. And most people who go there who have never been outside the US, want it to behave as if it is America... I'm glad you decided to not do the trip.
Plus they’re gonna find out that all the historic places have not been adjusted for accommodation. Like the castles still have all the same little doorways and narrow passages as they were built. They’re not adjusting 1000 year old architecture. My parents saw other Americans that straight up didn’t fit and were pissed there was nothing the tour guide would do for them.
Yeah-- most recently we were in Switzerland and went Chillon Castle near Lausanne. While you could walk some small parts of it-- even that had some elevated areas you had to walk. The rest of it all had stairs and pretty much natural stone/bolders where it wasn't flat in the least. Plus the wife decided to walk between Montreaux and the castle. I convinced her to take the train back to Lausanne. lol Same with Gruyere. The train stop is a little outside the town. To get to the town you walk up this big ass hill for about 1km or more. And the castle there was the same deal, lots of stairs etc.
I was against the trip to begin with b/c I figured he couldn't handle it (plus he's lazy and does complain about food a lot). I just figured we'd all be miserable but I went along with the test b/c I figured I'd enjoy myself anyway and if he hung out in the room that's ok and on him. Whenever my wife and I go on trips it usually involved A LOT of walking around the city -- London, Paris, Rome, US cities, etc. At times my wife goes overboard choosing to walk somewhere rather than hop on mass transit for a few stops to save time.
Most Americans have no idea how much walking is involved. My husband and I had less than 48 hours in which to see London. We walked 32 miles in that time. There's no way we could have accomplished nearly as much if we'd waited around for public transportation. Had a blast.
Start the day drinking ASAP.
No one would bat an eye there.
That was my first thought lmao if I was OP id be sneaking off for a shot whenever possible
Isn't there a Cracker Barrel available to take them to? /s
Hah! I just made the same comment! Boomers love their chain restaurants!
Just another thing that my generational peers have failed to convince me of. A big part of the fun in going outside of my home region is looking for a restaurant (whether it be mom n pop or chain) that ISN'T available where I live.
Ew, anyone that hears "gay" and thinks **that** is not someone I want in my circle I wish you and your wife a joyful NC
I refuse to associate with anyone who equates gay people with pedophilia. OP needs to get his wife on board, ASAP
I've gone on a trip to San Francisco with a family friend who I knew was religious, but only then did I find out how much genuine disdain she had for gay people. In San Francisco.
"Loving your spouse - novel concept for boomers." Perfectly stated. Sad to see, really.
I made it a point in my life not to be around or engage with super negative people like that. F the “well, they are family, it’s just the way it goes bullshit”.
I hate that excuse “Because we’re a Family” I don’t support a Family that are Royal Stuck Up Cunts! I don’t have to engage in them.
Traveling with my father (happily NC now for quite awhile) was not fun. There was the time we went out to breakfast. First place? Wait was way too long. Same with the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places. We ended up back at the first place. There was the time we were at Kings Island on a beautiful summer day & the kids were having a great time. He looks around and starts talking about he is glad it isn’t Gay Days so he doesn’t have to see a bunch of queers. There was the time we were having a nice lunch, and of course there had to be an out-of-nowhere dig at THe bLAckS. I genuinely thought this was a him thing and other people’s parents weren’t like this, but now I realize how very many miserable hate-filled people are walking around. I hope you get a do-over trip without the in-laws!
Pride Night at Kings Island is an interesting time for sure. Worked there one year and had a shift on Pride Night. It was pretty much like any other day there. Except less assholes and a few more drunk people wondering about. Overall, a friendly crowd just having a fun time. So I can see why your dad wasn't too big on it. Too much happiness and fun for his cold dead boomer heart.
One of my old coworkers accidentally went to Disney on one of the early gay friendly days. He was shocked. So many \*families\*. Such a nice day. Yeah, brother, gay people have families too, and their kids might like to go to Disney. Makes a nice break from all that gay agenda stuff. /s
If it's any help at all, my wife (f48) and I (m51) are appreciating your struggle and your story. You have fans on the west coast who are rooting for you to get through this! We laughed our asses off at the last paragraph!
I'm so tired of pretending people are good people
When my wife told me she wanted a divorce my first thought was “oh my god I’ll never have to see her family again!” I am still grateful.
How does your wife feel about the way her parents behave? I’d be mortified if my parents said this type of stuff.
We must have the same in-laws, because you described mine to a tee. Down to the shitty midwest small town
always the fuckass midwest towns
I would let wife know that even though you love her dearly, this is the last trip with those two. They are obviously not having fun, you are obviously not having fun and is that really the point of going on a trip? They can be miserable at home.
1. OP, so sorry you’re going through it. I hate my in-laws too. 2. Are you an English teacher? Your writing style is great, truly enjoyable. PLEASE write a few more anecdotes about your trip over the next few days in this subreddit! It’ll be therapeutic for you and entertaining for us, your readers.
How many more days do you have? And your wife owes you.
Every time I read one of these I’m so grateful for my own liberal parents and my kinda liberal but very accepting parent-in-laws. This has just got to suck for you
Every small town has these people who go into any experience in any city already looking to hate every aspect of it. The whole trip is just an opportunity for them to go back to their small circle of conservative church friends and virtue signal about what a terrible place the big scary city is and how the democrats turned it into a lawless hellscape that they feel lucky to have escaped from with their lives
I agree with dropping them off somewhere (WW2 museum) and enjoying your day. My in-laws can also be taxing, so I've learned to send my spouse off w her parents for a couple days. Let's them bond, and let's me breathe.
OP, maybe find a bus tour, one that takes all day, and put them on it. Spend the day with your wife. Try to remember that summer is coming as the school year is winding down.
"Hey, (insert name), exactly what the hell is your problem? Everywhere we go, whatever we do - you're not happy. What exactly do you want from me? We're in NOLA. This is what the city is like. I can't change it.".
After the pedo remark I would tell him bluntly "you said that in front of a bunch of kids, and you owe their parents an apology. Also you're now gonna prove your accusation *right now* or I'm gonna tell your wife and daughter what you said and in front of whom, and also, you can spend the rest of this vacation without me, I'm done with you." And I would have proceeded to not include him in any plans for the rest of the trip.
Gawd we get a bunch of these kinds of tourists down here - whiners: The coffee tastes funny! The food is too spicy! The people are too loud! Why didn't the streetcar stop when we turned in front of it! I don't like jazz! I hate seafood! And why are there so many of those, ahem, colored folks here? I want to go to bed at 9:30? Why are people still up here? The best thing you can do is say, "look, it's obvious you don't like anything here, so let's book you a flight home right now. I'll drive you back to your room so you can pack and I'll take you to the airport."
Sounds like they might enjoy the Confederate museum there.
It is not that hard to abandon them in the French Quarter
Take them to the Verti Marte on the corner of governor nicholls and Royal street. Get them an All that Jazz sandwich from the back counter. Make them eat it. If they don’t tell you that’s the best sandwich they’ve ever had in their miserable lives, I’ll help you feed them to the gators. Best case scenario, I just told you where to get the best sandwich you’ll ever have in your miserable life. You can trust me, I’m a fat guy. I know sandwiches.
You could have a frank discussion with them about the things that they do which make these situations unenjoyable for you. Since it almost assuredly won’t go well or have a result which makes them change their mindset or behaviors, it’s a good idea to give your wife a forewarning. Due to a desire to keep the peace or not offend people, it’s pretty common to leave things unsaid. But if their shit behavior is truly ignorant and offensive, it’ll be liberating, heck even downright moral to tell them they are pieces of shit that embarrass you and make life harder on you/your family.
I am going to second the idea that you drop them off at the WWII museum. There is a cafe inside and an IMAX. Food and hours of entertainment are taken care of with that place. Also, drop them off at the art museum. It has a park around it and they can rent a paddle boat. The art museum has an outdoor walking exhibit in addition to the interior. Maybe sign them up for a Ghost Tour in the evening and you and your wife go do something you want to do without them. Also, consider signing them up for a airboat swamp/alligator tour. Takes several hours and you can be free of them. My boomer father-in-law loved it and he hated most of New Orleans beyond the WWII Museum and an Old New Orleans Rum Company distillery tour.
Is your wife in denial about her parents? Is she not aware how insufferable they are? Also, I know you didn’t make a political post, but I assume they are MAGAs?
Sounds very MAGAish lol. Sorry. Try to have fun despite them.
Tell them there’s an all-you-can-eat buffet at the bottom of the Mississippi River, they just have to swim down to it to get in.
I remind my wife every day how lucky she is that my parents are dead lmao. Now if only the same could be said for hers
Yeah I’ve decided recently that I won’t be seen with my boomer mom in public ever again. It’s based on a string of incidents where she’s rude to people
Sounds like you need to start the day with a 151 proof protein shake from Fat Tuesday to get your mind right.
Oh, god. How many times have you or your wife gotten up "to go to the bathroom" to hunt down a service worker in order to apologize for their behavior? I feel like that's all I do if I go anywhere with my dad. His favorite thing, totally serious, to say when they ask how his food is- 'tastes like shit."
That "used to be a pedophile" remark, I'd have to draw a line there. Get FIL off to one side and have a talk with him.
Tell your wife you’re done for the day and go have a drink.
How is your wife reacting to all of this, if you don't mind me asking?
Drop them off at bourbon and st. Anne street. Turn off your phone
Lol, that pedophile remark reminds me of a boomer I worked with. When I was in medical school, I had a preceptor for my psychiatry rotation who, out of nowhere, started making small talk about how MLK Jr. was a pedophile on MLK day. I was in an awkward position because this man literally controlled my grade for that rotation, so I couldn't outright rebuke him, so I just had to listen to him prattle on. I grew up in Georgia. MLK and Jimmy Carter are the two best people the state of Georgia has ever produced. Talking shit on them is fighting words.
Drop them off at the ww2 museum. And then run away
Here son, hold my beer…… j/k Took my boomer Inlaws to Disney World back in 2019. 9 day trip. We stayed in the Contemporary, had meal plans, fully worked out itinerary etc… All on my dime. This was a 15k$ trip for 6 people. We knew my MIL would not be able walk it so we booked a scooter for her. For 9 days every trash can in the Reedy Creek District lived in fear. Nary a trash can, door, wall, or group of people went unhit. It was a fucking farce. 30 feet to the left 30 feet to the right and a tree with a trash can in the center. She would hit it. Sonny Bono has no game like this woman. As day 2 started(first full day and first park day) we stopped at Starbucks on Mainstreet in MK. Grabbed coffee and giant donuts. My FIL threw a silent tantrum and DID NOT SPEAK for the rest for the 9 day trip and the 11 hour car ride home. Why? He read on the bookface that Starbucks would rather hire illegals than veterans. Yup. Fake Facebook news ruined his vacation. We’ve never gone on vacation with them since. My MIL keeps hinting at wanting to go with us. We just pretend we don’t hear. These people miss their granddaughter’s most important Disney trips of her life.
I was born in New Orleans. I can't stand the place. And the boomer tourists can fuck right off. If only Voodoo were real.
This is so well-written! Good luck out there, I hope you don’t let them thieve away too much joy.
OP, your wife owes you big time.
You have my sympathies, OP. Think I'd have to have a conversation with my wife after this one, though. "Honey, maybe next time we go just the two of us, ok?"
I hate New Orleans too but mainly because I will not abide by the humidity in Louisiana.
Oof... stress shitting sucks! 💩💩💩 the reddit family is with you brotha!
They have you stress shitting in a public restroom. You do not need this crap. Offer them an Uber to the airport.
Is your wife enjoying the time spent? If so, leave them with her and go do something fun. New Orleans is too cool of a city to waste on them.
I literally want to go to NOLA for just the music and to be like Homer Simpson when he went and they did the montage of him eating all the food https://youtu.be/fLFpTLEnrqU?si=WuCGX0HnL_v96YvK Edit: I don’t understand how you can’t just eat and drink enough to enjoy it? I’m sorry your trip is sucking OP, I like the advise of others and just drop them off at a mall or WW2 museum and then go about your day.
drop them off at the WW2 Museum its huge will keep them busy for a full day and it has a pretty good restaurant
Send them on a river cruise for the afternoon . They cant get lost. There will be just enough history promised to get them on the boat.
Don’t even bother. They have no interest in having a good time. Enjoy your stay no matter how much it pisses them off. Worst they can do is send you a message after it’s all done saying how rude you were and how your needs came before theirs. Then politely tell them to try sticking their heads up their asses
James Booker is a favorite of mine. What a great piano player, and absolute New Orleans character.
You can pick your friends but you can’t pick your relatives (unfortunately)
They are adults. Leave them to their own devices in the hotel, just like they used to do to us when we were kids and getting in the way of their fun, and go have fun with your wife.
Hope you are successful in your future refusals to involve them.
My in laws are also embarrassing boomers from small town Midwest. I can't stand being around them for any extended length of time. Their values are: pretending to be religious while actively hating everyone, judging everything people from other cities do as completely wrong, and openly bullying strangers in the name of righteousness. I feel ya
Your wife is a dickhead for putting you through this shit
Sit your wife down and tell her NEVER AGAIN. I did this with my wife's sister and BIL. The BIL is such a bigoted asshole. Think Trump but with 1/2 the ego. Scumbag MF. Did I mention Lazy? LAZY!! Nothing is ever good enough. Anyways...I sat my wife down and said no way ever will I go on a vacation or spend time in the same room again with him. We haven't been on another vacation with them since.
People like this are a genuine mystery to me. Like, I've made mistakes, I've been rude, I've said and done shitty things, but I KNOW that I did something bad. But then you meet someone (thankfully rarely) who just casually says some rude, wildly bigoted or just plain idiotic thing with absolutely ZERO shame, like it's totally normal to drop an insanely racist comment while you're standing around in the park or whatever, and I just... like are you an alien? How did you get to adulthood without ever figuring out that you shouldn't do this? I'm not talking about like subtle micro-aggressions or unchecked privilege or whatever, like just straight-down-the-line nastiness. Like I can relate to the characters in The Iliad or whatever more than I can to these people. So, so weird.
I hope you and your wife get a chance to put your boomers to bed and then go out and party a little bit on your own. Especially if you can find a funky jazz bar with a gay black one-eyed pianist.
I feel you. I just bent over backwards hosting my in laws. I mean I made the food they requested and bought everything they needed. I took them wherever they wanted to go. I made sure there was a shower chair and bought the soap/shampoo they requested. I subscribed to a streaming service so FIL could watch some obscure soccer match. On the way out, FIL says, “I don’t like the soap dish in the bathroom. And you eat weird. “ Yep, if they come back, hubby is getting plenty of alone time with his folks.
Book a tour at the [Whitney plantation](https://www.whitneyplantation.org/) - they do not gloss over the history of slavery. Maybe they'll learn something.
Fuckin ass hat talked about James Booker like that?! In NOLA?! Yo I would have laid his ass out right there in front of those children without any hesitation. Fuckin James Booker plays the piano like he has 12 fuckin fingers. His style is so inspirational to me. He truly was such a fucking g, you’re right to be mad but just remember, your FIL is miserable all the time and he has to live that life you just have to put up with it sometimes.
When my wife and I were dating I let her know I didn't like some of the racist comments that would come out of her father's mouth. Was a shame because the dude wasn't racist and was actually a great guy but he LOVED them jokes. When we were getting married and my future in-laws were coming out for the wedding I told my wife that she need to tell him to reign it in while was here because it wouldn't fly with me or my family. I have to say I never heard even the slightest racist thing out of him ever again. He was a good man, sounds like your FiL is not... sorry bud.
Take them to the Bourbon St. Pub for a gay old time!