Lydia Mulvey: I'm outside at a cafe and there's a young woman nearby who's clearly seeing her elder Gen X parents for the first time in a while and the dad just asked her if she's seen her sister and she said no and he said 'too busy?' and the passive aggression is oozing off him

I'm outside at a cafe and there's a young woman nearby who's clearly seeing her elder Gen X parents for the first time in a while and the dad just asked her if she's seen her sister and she said no and he said 'too busy?' and the passive aggression is oozing off him

He asked her how work was going and she said it was good and he said 'it must be nice to have a paycheck again' and i...

Now he's telling her she needs to go to the dentist...

The mother hasn't said a single word

I get the feeling she's possibly living away from home for the first time, possibly after a difficult time, but dad needs to lay off the little digs

Those don't sound so little. I wish her the best in staying away from them. They don't deserve her.

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