'Where is he going that he can't politely ask a child to move?': Dad demands entitled Boomer apologize after pushing a 4-year-old over for being in his way

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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - r/BoomersBeing Fools hadriantheteshlor I snapped today...
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - Was out for a hike with my son and dog. It's rainy, slightly windy, just a lovely day to be in the woods. Bright green needles and leaves against a grey sky, wildflowers bursting up through it all. My son finds
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - a snail on a tree, he's stoked. We're looking at it, talking about it's shell, it's slime, what it's doing, etc. It's a narrow section of the trail, so we're over on the side, my dog has her face buried in the bushes.
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - I see Mr. Boomer coming up with his dog. My son sees the big chocolate lab, so he gets all excited about the big dog, and invites both of them to see the snail. My son is standing in
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - the middle of the trail now. "Come on come on, look at the snail! It's got a….." II shell I'm sure he was going to say, but this dude PUSHES MY SON OUT OF THE WAY. A four
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - year old. Who is asking him to see a snail. On a trail. On Sunday morning. I immediately block his way. "Yo, you need to apologize to my son. Now."
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - "He can't just be standing in the middle of the trail!" When I say I saw red, I'm dead serious. "You. Pushed. My. Son. Apologize. Now."
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - He was not ready for this level of confrontation, let me assure you. Immediately backs down, mumbles an apology, then takes off as fast as his little osteoporitic legs can move.
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - He owns the trail? Where is he going that he can't politely ask a child to move? What is so pressing that he can't wait for the child to move? The entitlement.
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - MaleficentCoconut458 3d ago Awww. Tell your son that I think snails are so cool. Here is a cool snail fact for him...snails have the most teeth of any creature alive! The common garden snail has about 12000 but some species can have as many as 20000 teeth!
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - I hope he keeps that sense of wonder & interest in our natural world & good on you for fostering that. You sound like a great Dad (I am assuming Dad by how quickly boomer backed down when you go mad but apologies if you are Mum).
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - threefeetoffun • 3d ago Children are the last people their old can physically dominate. They are starting to see the videos of their own kind just being wrecked by millennials on down the line. As you said, once they saw a real confrontation coming they back down.
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - beth216.2d ago I'm. FOR you. There's something crazy about that rage that comes out for your kid... Glad you got him to apologize and hope it didn't dim your little guys excitement.
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - Cultural_Pack3618 • 3d ago Way more patient than me. Once someone lays hands on my kid, that's it.
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - Green-Krush • 2d ago What a that person was. Probably too old for remember that your son is doing something AGE- APPROPRIATE. Some of the Boomers are.... Real pieces of work. I'm a jaded 34 year old, but children still make me smile, and I would for sure look at that snail
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - Frankheimer351351 • 2d ago Tell your son that us adults think his love of nature and exploring is great, and most kids these days don't want to do that so that makes him pretty cool. When he's older you can take him geocaching, my girls love that. Most of all I hope he is ok and understands that not all humans are like that.
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - Full_Visit_5862 • 2d ago Old people are the epitome of acting hard until someone decides they don't want to let grandpa be an inconsiderate and backs their punk down.
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - chappersyo • 2d ago Am ii the only one that thinks if a random four year old invited you to look at a snail then you're looking and a snail no matter what you're doing?
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - thatsonehandsomecat 2d ago Many people raised in the boomer generation were taught children should not speak, and should be kept out of the way. I'm sure part of why he was so bewildered by your reaction was because you demanded he treat your son like a person, not a piece of furniture. I'm sure pushing a child aside didn't even seem to him
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/ - Ok_Lengthiness_8405 • 2d ago Like... if you're not into kids, just walk around. No need to be aggressive Wondering if this boomer is the "kids these days being raised on tablets!! [Rage]" type. Probably, but can't stand to see kids outside appreciating nature either. Everything everyone other than them is doing is HORRIBLE
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    u/Ok_Lengthiness_8405 https://www.reddit.com/r/BoomersBeingFools/comments/1cl69h1/i_snapped_today/

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