Anyone else find their adult dc a bit boring?

Not at all boring! I love hearing about them and their lives and I have two dils and one sil as well. It's like a window into other worlds to hear them talk about their work.

Love to hear about their work, we have a good moan and swap stories. Usually ending up in fits of laughter putting things into perspective.

Ours only talk about work if we ask them how it's going.

They're loads of fun and talk about anything and everything.

Boring? Never!

Boring?? my three never in a million years and when they are all together I would be glad of a pair of ear defenders sometimes, they chatter away so much.

Another 3 non boring ACs here. If we are all together or just me and any one of them we seem to find so much to chat about and each one shares particular interests. I know I am very fortunate.

Far from boring! I like to hear about what's going on in their lives. And we do get onto the topic of politics on which we broadly agree! My DiLs are both interesting - very different careers: one is deputy head of a comp and the other a supermarket manager.

My son can occasionally be boring when he gets on one of his pet subjects (work included), but he quickly gets told ?.

Yep. I find my kids to be extremely boring. In fact, a few days before I see them i have to write down a little list of topics to talk about with them so that we can have some sort of interesting interaction. They are very 'normal' middle of the road types.
I dunno where we went wrong

We're a very loving family but very different. I have high hopes for the grandkids though!

Definitely not!

My mum (aged 93) thinks I'm boring because I'm not constantly banging on about religion. That's her only interest. My needlework, gardening, books, crafts, cats... none of them interest her! "Boring" is a subjective term, I suppose.

No - my DS is a computer games designer and writing his first novel, so he uses us as feedback - we share his interest and I'm trained as a proof-reader/editor and software tester, so feel useful. What's more, he's got a wicked SOH, so keeps us smiling, if not always laughing out loud!

If I'm really honest, yes sometimes, not often. One can drone on about football and how his team are doing, he does share this with his father, they support the same team. I wish I could care slightly about sport, the Olympics being an exception, but I just don't. He also moans constantly about his ex, her extended family and the endless arguments they have over the children. The other one gets on pet subjects, which can range from music, emails at work, work colleagues. A favourite one, he was in his teens at the time, were rock stars who died at 27 Kurt Cobain etc., how they died, their mental state at the time. We were in a hotel restaurant in America and he managed to keep a conversation on this subject going for an hour, well we were just listening really. My husband was wearing a very glazed expression, when son asked permission to go up to watch tv in his room, we said in unison with a sigh of relief "please do". Having said all that, they also entertain me and make me laugh a hell of a lot too.

Definitely not boring. All very different with their own interests but I can happily chat for a good couple of hours with each one of them.
I really appreciate the fact that, at the moment, they all live locally and I see them 2/3 times a week.
We're never short of conversation - from kids to cocktails, jobs and plans, shopping and diy, politics and dogs!!!

Terribull

It's hard when you've not a lot of common ground (local knowledge, people etc). Work tends to be the default position. My mum used to tell me stories of people I was at school with, they always were at school with one of my sisters; she never believed me! Try and put together a list of topics interesting to both of you. When your children are with you, just enjoy them enjoying each other's company.

It can get worse than dead rock stars roses, that son thinks Jeremy Corbyn would make a good PM yes really! We never fall out about politics though.

Good job we love them eh Terribull

I use different technology from them, am not an Apple person. So my eyes glaze over when they go on about apps. I would expect theirs would glaze over if I started nattering about my 3D modelling programmes, too.

FaceBook, Tweets..... and silly videos on phones. I just tell my younger stepson not to bother!

bee63 I bet you wish you had never asked!

My 28 year old and 25 year old are hilarious and entertaining. When they were little I deliberately did not let them become stupid, ignorant, ill read or self obsessed as I thought that would make for tedious company. It's paid off.

I only have 1 DD but meeting up with her & her OH is always entertaining especially if DGS is at school. I am often crying with laughter at their tales. Still enjoyable when DGS is there but conversation tends to be dominated by football, luckily we're all passionate about it

I don't think they find me boring either (at least I hope not). My DM is great company at 88 she has varied interests

They are very 'normal' middle of the road types.I dunno where we went wrong. We're a very loving family but very different. I have high hopes for the grandkids though!

That did make me laugh NellD.

When DS1(37) was about 19 he mumbled something about having spent Sunday evening .......mumble, mumble, ... 'church'. I nearly fainted and thought he'd joined the Alpha course or something!

He'd spent the time playing pool in a former church hall. Sigh of relief!

No mine aren't boring .We always ate together and encouraged meal time conversation ,which I think helps .
I don't really understand what DD1 does (research) and much of what DD2 does is confidential (NHS) so we don't actually talk much about work (we are retired)

I think what we find boring depends in our own interests. Personally I glaze over if anyone drones on about sport or about cookery & recipes!

My daughter does talk about work but she doesn't obsess over. Often tells me things that have gone on, some are quite funny and then there are the sad things. She does love her job, and I think that's so nice to know how many of us had a job they really enjoyed. Anyway be thankful they have a job.