Old people love nark and bitch about the kids. But, y’know… I don’t think a lot of our kids are alright. I don’t think it’s curmudgeonly orneriness or obsolescence. I think our kids are in serious, deep trouble.
100 years ago my in laws felt the same way and they’d get into the middle of our affairs and stir up shit and make the problems even worse. To this day I hate and curse them but … they meant well. Mostly. But… when they intervened and things blew up they’d sit and stare at each other stupidly and wonder how it happened. A lot of it was that they’d gotten old and stupid, and none of us realized it at the time.
If I had grandkids today - I’d keep my bloody nose as far out of their affairs as I could. I might do grandfather stuff, maybe I’d baby sit, go for the walks and talks… but I would NEVER get in between the little ones and their parents. I wouldn’t know what to do about the issues they face today, and gawd… I HATE drama that stars stupid people. The ones where everyone talks and no one listens are the worst. After what I went through with my idiot in-laws… i wouldn’t want to inadvertently do that to my kids.
That was what legends looked like in my day. Our parents would clean us off with the garden hose, then we’d go inside for soap and a rinse, and any dings got iodined and bandaided. I wonder what little legends look like today?
merthiolate and i go waaay back, it was moms go to cure of choice for everything bleading. the stuff really works!!
ReplyDeletekids today rarely go outside, they just don't know what they are missing.
many kids are in our area but i never see them outside. bicycle sales have probably plummeted for games and cell phones.
for us it was all about freedom.
Chances are, the "little legends" of today are emojis on a phone screen to their "friends." The only time they see themselves is if they decide to actually bathe and pass by a mirror. You're right, Glen. The kids now are in deep doo-doo. They don't have a CLUE as to how to function in a cohesive "actual reality" group. I drive around my town and NEVER see kids playing together in the streets. They exist in a two-dimensional world world online. Even when they ARE in a group, their noses are buried in their phones.
ReplyDeleteI've often said that girls have instincts that will get them through. Put a baby in a girl's hand, and she knows just what to do. If they're hungry all they need to do is bat their eyelashes at a boy and dinner is served. It's in their DNA. Boys have instincts as well. They will NATURALLY want to hunt. They will NATURALLY learn how to "fight and "make war." A stick in the hands of a boy becomes a sword, club, or gun. Thing is, they have to LEARN to be MEN. They have to LEARN how to hunt, fight, and build as a part of a GROUP of other fighting-age males. They can't do this alone or while glued to their screens. It's my take that this is why so many of the young "men" of today are soy boy quasi-queers who wear skinny jeans, submit to she-bosses, and think that a la crosse stick is sufficient to do battle in a civil war... It's sad, actually...
The "in-law thing; I try to live by the credo "Unsolicited advice is called "nagging." My wife and my mom got along GREAT for DECADES. My wife and I were going through a rough patch because on one of my #@*&!! kids, and my mom decided to put in her two cents. ...In a handwritten letter, no less. You probably heard the low rumble of what happened afterward all the way up thee in A-a-a-dmonton. They haven't spoken since.
I guess this is why God made bars, basements, and garages...
No wife, no kids (that I know of), and fewer migraines. In fact, my old ice pick in the eye, Migraine One, cashed in her chips and got turned into ashes. Literally. Her kids weren't speaking to her, I think one took out a restraining order because she stirred up so much trouble within his wife and kids.
ReplyDeleteNow I think it's time for a quick trip to the liquor store, then - Happy Hour!