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I should rephrase the question asked in the title - what can possibly cause a parent to harbor hatred for their own offspring?

I'm in my mid 30's now. I'm a veteran of the American armed forces. Single father to a boy who lives with me. I understand how money works. I own a single family home in an average neighborhood, and I keep the place looking sharp. I have a disposable income, a modern muscle car, and I spend my days lifting at a good gym.

My father at the same age was more prosperous than I am, but he resented me for existing. Until I was 18, I was unknowingly the product of his choices - scrawny, fearful of the world, too timid to talk to women, and my clothes looked like my family could only afford to shop at Goodwill. I confronted him when I was successful at 30, and he defended himself by saying I had a sense of entitlement.

I believe I have narcissistic abuse syndrome, and he thinks it's funny.

I know I'm not the only millennial with this story, and I want to know why.

I should rephrase the question asked in the title - what can possibly cause a parent to harbor hatred for their own offspring? I'm in my mid 30's now. I'm a veteran of the American armed forces. Single father to a boy who lives with me. I understand how money works. I own a single family home in an average neighborhood, and I keep the place looking sharp. I have a disposable income, a modern muscle car, and I spend my days lifting at a good gym. My father at the same age was more prosperous than I am, but he resented me for existing. Until I was 18, I was unknowingly the product of his choices - scrawny, fearful of the world, too timid to talk to women, and my clothes looked like my family could only afford to shop at Goodwill. I confronted him when I was successful at 30, and he defended himself by saying I had a sense of entitlement. I believe I have *narcissistic abuse syndrome*, and he thinks it's funny. I know I'm not the only millennial with this story, and I want to know why.

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Well what the fuck are you?

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Gen X bitches.

Boomers = born anytime >1969 Gen X = 1970 - 1989 Gen Z = 90's through 2010's Millennials = late 2010s - present (this is sort of disputed)

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What? I though late 80s was millenial.

Wait no your shits all fucked. Thats not how it goes.

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Hmm, maybe you're right, my shits all 'tarded:

Millennials, also known as Generation Y or Gen Y, are the demographic cohort following Generation X and preceding Generation Z. Researchers and popular media use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years, with 1981 to 1996 being a widely accepted defining range for the generation.[1] Most Millennials are the children of baby boomers and early Gen Xers;[2] Millennials are often the parents of Generation Alpha.[3]

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Yep. All those little "ok boomer" millennial and zoomer faggots have no idea that Generation X exists.

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That’s cause generation x is full of homosexuals

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You are way off.

Baby boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. Gen X was born between 1965 and 1979/80 Gen Y, or Millennials, were born between 1981 and 1994/6 Gen Z is the newest generation, born between 1997 and 2012

Making me suspect you are a Millenial and you are crying about your GRANPARENTS.

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I made the correction on a later post.

I'm Gen X, always have been regardless of date mapping.

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You're incorrect:

Boomers -> 1940 to 1960 Gen X -> 1965 to1980 Millennials -> 1980 to 1995 Zoomers -> 1995 to 2010 or 2020

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Yes yes, I posted a correction on another comment. I'll ETU this one.

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Wrong son. Millineials are Gen Y.

The children of Gen x.

Born at the end of the millennium. Those born after are Gen z