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Things Millenials like: (1 Viewer)

Pipes said:
Gender reveal parties - Other than immediate family no one gives a #### if you're having a boy or girl even then doesn't everyone general just hope for a healthy happy baby?

Couples showers (as in parties) - Give me the old days of letting the women get together while the guys hit the casino or a bar.  Don't drag me to a party to open strollers and diaper bags.
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Never done a couples shower. Diaper parties though. Done a lot of those. Guys all get together and do things we want to do (casino, bars, golf, etc.) and everyone brings a pack of diapers. Unlike all of the garbage that gets brought to shower's it's something you actually need too.

 
Pipes said:
Gender reveal parties - Other than immediate family no one gives a #### if you're having a boy or girl even then doesn't everyone general just hope for a healthy happy baby?

Couples showers (as in parties) - Give me the old days of letting the women get together while the guys hit the casino or a bar.  Don't drag me to a party to open strollers and diaper bags.
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Solid Gen Xer here, and couples showers were definitely a thing when my friends were getting married in their 20s (mid to late 90s).

Maybe the distiction here is that you are implying the millenial guys like these parties.  If that is the case, then there is a big distinction.  The guys definitely did not like that back in the day.

 
Pipes said:
Couples showers (as in parties) - Give me the old days of letting the women get together while the guys hit the casino or a bar.  Don't drag me to a party to open strollers and diaper bags.
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My former friend who moved to Texas and abandoned his kids actually told me that he was upset that I didn’t attend the baby shower for his new wife and family. 

I didn’t know they were a thing. 

 
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STEADYMOBBIN 22 said:
My former friend who moved to Texas and abandoned his kids actually told me that he was upset that I didn’t attend the baby shower for his new wife and family. 

I didn’t know they were a thing. 
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Mrs Dallas: Liz is having a baby shower this weekend.

Me (in my head): Sweet, some PS4 time.

Mrs Dallas: We need to be there by noon.

Me: We???

Mrs Dallas: Yea, Mr. Liz invited us both.

Me: 🤬

Full disclosure: My wife is Hispanic and I guess this is common in that culture. I, as a caucasian, had no idea.

 
nirad3 said:
I dunno about this.  I've been going to "Ugly Christmas Sweater" parties for probably 15-20 years so I don't think it was the Mil's that brought this on.  Maybe they're perpetuating it?
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What I mean is that 20 years ago, you actually had to find an ugly sweater by going to Goodwill or something.  Now they make intentionally ugly ones and the millenials thing it's great.

 
Destination Weddings and Bachelor/Bachelorette  parties.  I even know of a millennial that had a destination proposal!

 
Godsbrother said:
Destination Weddings and Bachelor/Bachelorette  parties.  I even know of a millennial that had a destination proposal!
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How is that different from going on vacation and proposing?   Does there need to be a group of people to witness this even?

 
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KarmaPolice said:
How is that different from going on vacation and proposing?   Does there need to be a group of people to witness this even?
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It was my nephew's friend.   He was telling me he was going to Utah with a bunch of friends for a party where a college buddy was going to propose to his girlfriend.  The girlfriend supposedly thought it was just a short skiing trip and didn't know that he was going to propose.  Both sets of parents and their siblings went, all for the surprise. 

 It would have been great if she turned him down.

 
Godsbrother said:
It was my nephew's friend.   He was telling me he was going to Utah with a bunch of friends for a party where a college buddy was going to propose to his girlfriend.  The girlfriend supposedly thought it was just a short skiing trip and didn't know that he was going to propose.  Both sets of parents and their siblings went, all for the surprise. 

 It would have been great if she turned him down.
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That's a little obnoxious.  

 
Godsbrother said:
Agreed.   These destination events, gender reveals, coed showers are all a bit ridiculous IMO.    
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Coed showers?  I don't think that means what I wish it meant.  

I think it's just unfortunately online "look at me" culture spilling over into real life.  It's like people can't have a nice quiet personal moment to themselves and loved ones - it must me a full on event.  

 
KarmaPolice said:
Coed showers?  I don't think that means what I wish it meant.  

I think it's just unfortunately online "look at me" culture spilling over into real life.  It's like people can't have a nice quiet personal moment to themselves and loved ones - it must me a full on event.  
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Yep.  It is also difficult to go to a wedding where the wedding party doesn't have some scripted entrance into the reception.   It was cute the first couple of times but now just end it.  And while I am on the subject it used to be the best man's job to give the toast.   I have been to weddings where bridesmaids, parents, siblings, etc. have to stand up and bore everyone with their funny little stories about the happy couple.   I am not kidding I seen toasts that go on for 30 minutes.

 
Godsbrother said:
Yep.  It is also difficult to go to a wedding where the wedding party doesn't have some scripted entrance into the reception.   It was cute the first couple of times but now just end it.  And while I am on the subject it used to be the best man's job to give the toast.   I have been to weddings where bridesmaids, parents, siblings, etc. have to stand up and bore everyone with their funny little stories about the happy couple.   I am not kidding I seen toasts that go on for 30 minutes.
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Father of the bride usually gives a toast as well, but it is usually short and sweet.  The last wedding I was at, the father of the bride had multiple pages of notes and went through some elaborate timeline of events.  It was so long I lost track of if it was about his daughter as a kid, or what she was going to go through as a parent.  What I can tell you is that I couldn't have cared less.

The wedding before that I was at, the groom had three brothers.  All shared the "best man" role, so all three gave a speech.  Yeesh.

 
Bull Dozier said:
Father of the bride usually gives a toast as well, but it is usually short and sweet.  The last wedding I was at, the father of the bride had multiple pages of notes and went through some elaborate timeline of events.  It was so long I lost track of if it was about his daughter as a kid, or what she was going to go through as a parent.  What I can tell you is that I couldn't have cared less.

The wedding before that I was at, the groom had three brothers.  All shared the "best man" role, so all three gave a speech.  Yeesh.
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I was at wedding where the father of the bride said a few words and then the bride's two sisters and one brother all did a speech followed by the best man toast.  It was ridiculous.   I was finished with my drink 1/4 of the way through and was toasting water by the end of it.

 
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Godsbrother said:
Yep.  It is also difficult to go to a wedding where the wedding party doesn't have some scripted entrance into the reception.   It was cute the first couple of times but now just end it.  And while I am on the subject it used to be the best man's job to give the toast.   I have been to weddings where bridesmaids, parents, siblings, etc. have to stand up and bore everyone with their funny little stories about the happy couple.   I am not kidding I seen toasts that go on for 30 minutes.
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avocado toasts?

 
Some of y’all sound really angry about things you don’t need to be angry about. Don’t want a gender reveal party? Don’t have one! Who gives a ####. If you don’t want to go to one, don’t. The world is indifferent to your participation I assure you. 

We had one. I smoked brisket and ribs, my wife made dessert, there was plenty of booze and football was on the tv. About 40 people came over and the actual reveal was about 90 seconds long and then we got back to drinking (well except preggo). It was a fun day. 

 
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Sheik mentioned this earlier...

Blaming others.  I don't think it's that they really believe others are to blame.  But they certainly want to deflect any criticism, be it self criticism or that of others.  They don't seem to get the concept that people may say negative things about them, and sometimes those are valuable things to hear.  If you aren't telling them how good they are, they don't want to hear it.  They could all use a good 6 weeks of Marine Bootcamp to kick them in the ###.

 
Capella said:
Some of y’all sound really angry about things you don’t need to be angry about. Don’t want a gender reveal party? Don’t have one! Who gives a ####. If you don’t want to go to one, don’t. The world is indifferent to your participation I assure you. 

We had one. I smoked brisket and ribs, my wife made dessert, there was plenty of booze and football was on the tv. About 40 people came over and the actual reveal was about 90 seconds long and then we got back to drinking (well except preggo). It was a fun day. 
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There's a difference between being angry and just not getting something.  Sounds like you have some suppressed anger about having to host a gender reveal party.  

 
So I assume coed showers are where the dude is suckered into having a baby shower and unwrapping a bunch of blankets and crap? 

 
KarmaPolice said:
There's a difference between being angry and just not getting something.  Sounds like you have some suppressed anger about having to host a gender reveal party.  
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You seem more angry that time is passing you by, people do different things and the hourglass is running out. 

 
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Brunell4MVP said:
Sheik mentioned this earlier...

Blaming others.  I don't think it's that they really believe others are to blame.  But they certainly want to deflect any criticism, be it self criticism or that of others.  They don't seem to get the concept that people may say negative things about them, and sometimes those are valuable things to hear.  If you aren't telling them how good they are, they don't want to hear it.  They could all use a good 6 weeks of Marine Bootcamp to kick them in the ###.
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Their whole life they been told they are great and they've never lost at anything.  When they get their first taste of failure, there's obviously no way it could be their fault.

 
TheIronSheik said:
Ouch.  That seems worse.  

Not gonna lie.  That one stings a little.  
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Lol. I didn’t really mean offense, sorry about that. You just seem a little more serious than you used to. Maybe my perception is off, it’s all good. You seem like an A+ dude. 

 
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shuke said:
Job titles that are ridiculous for their age/experience
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I swear to god I had to participate in a 90 minute meeting to set our job titles.  I sat and listened for about 15 minutes and when they finally asked me for my input I said, “I don’t care what my title is - unless you are going to pay me more or change my role and responsibilities then I don’t give a ####”

 
Brunell4MVP said:
Sheik mentioned this earlier...

Blaming others.  I don't think it's that they really believe others are to blame.  But they certainly want to deflect any criticism, be it self criticism or that of others.  They don't seem to get the concept that people may say negative things about them, and sometimes those are valuable things to hear.  If you aren't telling them how good they are, they don't want to hear it.  They could all use a good 6 weeks of Marine Bootcamp to kick them in the ###.
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May not be what you were getting at, but blaming others isn't a millenial thing either. It's societal. It's no longer about doing the right thing. It's about CYA. It's no longer about being informed. It's about hearing what you want to hear and telling yourself that is truth because you want it to be. But reading your whole post I got more participation trophy out of it than blaming others.

 
AAABatteries said:
I swear to god I had to participate in a 90 minute meeting to set our job titles.  I sat and listened for about 15 minutes and when they finally asked me for my input I said, “I don’t care what my title is - unless you are going to pay me more or change my role and responsibilities then I don’t give a ####”
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Current boss came to me when we were working on a promotion and said our proposal for job title X was rejected and they countered with Y. I asked her if my responsibilities and pay would be the same as we originally discussed. She said yes.

(signed on the dotted line)

 
Capella said:
Lol. I didn’t really mean offense, sorry about that. You just seem a little more serious than you used to. Maybe my perception is off, it’s all good. You seem like an A+ dude. 
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No worries, GB.  I haven't taken offense to anything you've said.  It's all good.

 
Capella said:
Some of y’all sound really angry about things you don’t need to be angry about. Don’t want a gender reveal party? Don’t have one! Who gives a ####. If you don’t want to go to one, don’t. The world is indifferent to your participation I assure you. 

We had one. I smoked brisket and ribs, my wife made dessert, there was plenty of booze and football was on the tv. About 40 people came over and the actual reveal was about 90 seconds long and then we got back to drinking (well except preggo). It was a fun day. 
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Someone sounds defensive.

 
Putting periods after each word in a sentence to emphasize.

Example:

Every.  Single.  Time.

Fairly certain this is a millennial thing.  Maybe this just belongs in the pet peeve thread.  Maybe both.  

 
Capella said:
I just see this as a bunch of cranks complaining about the next generation doing things that don’t involve them. The never ending story. 
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Yep, old people always complain about things young people are doing. Some because the kids are stupid. Others because old people are stupid. But always because it's different.

 
Wearing socks with sandals.  I started to do this once, because it's comfortable, and my wife wouldn't leave the house with me wearing that.

 
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