Is anyone else's nparent(s) jealous of their youth?

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Mine had me in their 40s and overall they are obsessed with being healthy, living long and not being sick. Most parents who have kids my age are barely 50 while mine are close to 70. It's funny how they always tell me I'm getting older and they exaggerate my age by 5-6 years "by accident" when talking about it. And when I talk about a symptom like getting the flu or having stomach pain and bloating they keep feeling me "if you have these now what are you going to have later in life?". They are very keen on being "strong and healthy".

Also they lost their teeth in their late teens to mid 20s cause back in their times it was not very known that people have to brush teeth - in turn they didn't teach me either when I was a kid- and when we went to the dentist for fillings my mother said it'd be better to be removing any teeth that have cavities, even when I was in high school. The dentist freaked out and told her "no, no, no! We don't remove teeth that easily".

Posted Dec 10, 2025, 3:07 PM UTC

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