re: Boomers and banking apps

My nearly 80 year old inlaws are moving in next to me soon. I set it up to where I would be gone a month working before and during the move in, then on vacation the week after they move in. I made friends with the Spectrum rep that will set everything up for them, and the installer. Hopefully they're settled by the time I get home. But I already know it's gonna be all day, every day with some of their shite.

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It is a strange thing. My mom tells me she doesn't know computers. I'm like, you taught me how to use the damn computer and used to play the Nintendo with us.

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A lot of that is legitimate memory loss and slowing of cognitive function.

But it's hard to tell, because my parents also suddenly don't know how to do anything that they want me to do. And suddenly forget anything about local geography if I explain where I am when she wants me to pick something up from the store for her.

I used to be tech forward. I enjoyed getting a new gadget, a new app and fooling around with it until I knew it backwards and forwards. If somebody was having a tech issue I would gladly spend a few hours helping them with it.

Now I have better things to do with my time. All the new features, all the extra layers of security are are just a pain in the arse that don't add anything to my quality of life.

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somehow when they hit 50's & 60's, it's their first day on the planet every single day. Interesting generation.

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Maybe one of your young friends will explain how stupid this comment is.