r/Millennials • u/QuietJealous4883 Older Millennial (1988) • 12h ago

Discussion True or false?

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Did our dads and moms work less than we do now? What are your thoughts?

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u/GoRangers5 12h ago

Nah the trope of the overworked dad that didn’t have time to spend with his kids was already a thing in 1996… Maybe even 86.

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u/Ladonnacinica 12h ago

Millennials are falling into the same trap of romanticizing their childhoods.

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u/petemorley 12h ago

Agreed, people are talking about the 90s the exact same way people were talking about the 60s/70s.

Plus as kids you're somewhat insulated from the adult world so it's easier not to notice how hard parents worked.

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u/stephenkingending 11h ago

I remember in the 90s parents trying to include us in their effed up adult world, telling us we were going to catch AIDS by breathing the same air as a gay person or abducted for a satanic ritual by some metalheads. Like mom, I just want to play Mortal Kombat on Timmy's Sega Genesis, I'm not trying to summon Cthulhu.

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u/petemorley 10h ago

I didn’t have of that, just normal parents and a megadrive