A condition wherein a parent wants to be seen as “cool” by their child/ren and/or their child/ren’s friends, especially if their child/ren is/are teenaged, and they try way too hard and
just come off as
desperate. Additionally, any pathetic adult who wants to impress kids/teens, or any older person wanting to impress younger people and be thought of as “cool” has dadabetes. The current trend of Gen Xers
trying to gain “cred” by listing all the (supposedly) hardcore things they went through is a perfect example of dadabetes in action
All these aging
pretentious Gen Xers on Tik Tok saying they’re the toughest
generation because they drank from the
garden hose, is a desperate attempt for them to be seen as cool by Gens Z and Alpha; pure dadabetes