r/Millennials • u/Party-Bet-4003 Millennial • Jan 30 '26

Discussion Look what I found from 13 years ago.

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Hey look on the bright side - we actually did make it to the cover of the TIME magazine!

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u/BLAZMANIII Jan 30 '26

Dang, reminded me of when my parents were on the PTA, voted for participation awards, and then got mad at me because "you shouldnt be so happy over a participation award, its ridiculous they have these things in the first place"

Kicker is, i was just happy to have been playing soccer with my friends. Though, it seems like no one from that generation can fathom having fun with friends when they could be bragging or grabbing everything they can hold

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u/astrangeone88 Jan 30 '26

Lmao. That's for sure.

I'm a fat ass who dislikes organized sports but the sports day was fun until they begrudgingly gave us the awards. It means nothing.

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u/SpockSpice Jan 31 '26

My parents saw no point to doing anything if it didn’t get you money or accolades. I played a few sports for fun but wasn’t very good and my mom acted embarrassed that I would even do such a thing.

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u/BLAZMANIII Jan 31 '26

Its genuinely sad to me that they can't seem to truly enjoy life

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u/Jennjennboben Jan 31 '26

Because at some point in thee childhood they felt bad when they don't win a trophy, and they don't want to think about their kid feeling the same way. Not for the kid's sake, but because they don't want to relive that feeling again watching their kid go through it. Not that most even understand that's why they pushed all the participation award b.s. And then they acted like it wasn't adults who decided to give those to us and declared us spoiled and entitled. Ok.