I’ve been wondering the same thing. The cord’s been cut. However, when faced with Uncle Harry’s dentures and he says things like “This will happen to you if you don’t keep your teeth clean and floss,” it’s worse than starring in a horror movie, so Mom’s lap looks really good 🙂 If you go outside, the adults might be in there deciding your destiny and messing with Kool-Aid.
Wanda! It’s true! My daughter does this and it drives me flippin battyy! Not like she wants to sit by me to express her love, no. She sits there moping and complaining to me! Uggghhhh!
Strange party indeed. My thought is that the men hung around their wives so they could hopefully impress someone else’s wife with all their bravado. And the teenagers all hung around close either so they could learn how to impress the other sex or because they were terrified of the possibility that they might have to try to impress each other all on their own. Then again, there’s this tiny hope that they might be hanging around in order to learn what NOT to do. hahaha
It’s all because of the 70’s. Kids got programmed and relegated to supervised activities only. No backyard baseball…must have rules, umpires, uniforms, schedules, and parents wearing shirts that say “Cayden’s Mom”, “Cayden’s Dad”, “Cayden’s Little Sis”, “Cayden’s little Bro”, “Cayden’s Twin”
I’ve noticed that too. However, if you make them the topic of conversation and start to question them about school, boyfriends, weekend activities they suddenly remember something else they have to do!
Aargh! After all my years of teaching high schoolers, that would be reason to kill. By the time I made it home, I didn’t even want to see anyone under the age of thirty. It’s a strange world, after all…
LOL!!!! Hemorhoid cream! I can’t imagine why the men and teenagers would act like that. At our parties the women are trying to keep close tabs on the men so that our husbands will remember that they have wives, and the teenagers are seeking out dark closets and our medicine cabinets.
When did it change?
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I’ve been wondering the same thing. The cord’s been cut. However, when faced with Uncle Harry’s dentures and he says things like “This will happen to you if you don’t keep your teeth clean and floss,” it’s worse than starring in a horror movie, so Mom’s lap looks really good 🙂 If you go outside, the adults might be in there deciding your destiny and messing with Kool-Aid.
Wanda! It’s true! My daughter does this and it drives me flippin battyy! Not like she wants to sit by me to express her love, no. She sits there moping and complaining to me! Uggghhhh!
Strange party indeed. My thought is that the men hung around their wives so they could hopefully impress someone else’s wife with all their bravado. And the teenagers all hung around close either so they could learn how to impress the other sex or because they were terrified of the possibility that they might have to try to impress each other all on their own. Then again, there’s this tiny hope that they might be hanging around in order to learn what NOT to do. hahaha
Next time have watermelon for the men to dribble all over their chins.Don’t buy the seedless kind then they will have to stay outside.
It’s all because of the 70’s. Kids got programmed and relegated to supervised activities only. No backyard baseball…must have rules, umpires, uniforms, schedules, and parents wearing shirts that say “Cayden’s Mom”, “Cayden’s Dad”, “Cayden’s Little Sis”, “Cayden’s little Bro”, “Cayden’s Twin”
I like Jay’s response. But, add to that a watermelon seed spitting contest. It’ll get everyone outside.
Back in the 80s my son acted like the rest of us were out to crash his cool. The girls stuck close.
These days. who knows?
I’ve noticed that too. However, if you make them the topic of conversation and start to question them about school, boyfriends, weekend activities they suddenly remember something else they have to do!
Aargh! After all my years of teaching high schoolers, that would be reason to kill. By the time I made it home, I didn’t even want to see anyone under the age of thirty. It’s a strange world, after all…
LOL!!!! Hemorhoid cream! I can’t imagine why the men and teenagers would act like that. At our parties the women are trying to keep close tabs on the men so that our husbands will remember that they have wives, and the teenagers are seeking out dark closets and our medicine cabinets.