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Reality of our age...I'm always behind it seems.
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<blockquote data-quote="Hanging-On" data-source="post: 32663" data-attributes="member: 2325"><p>Thanks everyone. I will say this is the first time, I've talked to people like me with older parents. Most people have young parents, or the normal age; and my parents seems like their grandparents. It's basically pointless to talk to these people because they have no clue what life is like with older parents. They can't relate to knowing the music of Big Band generation, Lawrence Welk, The Boston Pops, Ethel Merman, etc. They don't relate to stories of the depression, how soap operas were on the radio, stories of listening to "Only the Shadow Knows", etc., the different wars, and how much has changed in the last 70 years from when they were kids. They can't relate to the idea of "dressing up" for going out to dinner on a Friday night to the restraunt around the corner, because "That's what you do". And they can't really relate to your mom cringing and fighting with you when you wear holes in your jeans, because in their time that meant you were so poor....not cool. Even today when I hear a song, and I can name it my dad say's, "I didn't know you knew who that was"? I always look at him and tell him that every Friday night you and mom went dancing, and took me with you....remember. Then he remembers and smiles.....the things that rub off on us even when we don't know it. It's nice to talk with people who have that experience, instead of getting the "who sang what?", "they did what when?". "Huhh??"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hanging-On, post: 32663, member: 2325"] Thanks everyone. I will say this is the first time, I've talked to people like me with older parents. Most people have young parents, or the normal age; and my parents seems like their grandparents. It's basically pointless to talk to these people because they have no clue what life is like with older parents. They can't relate to knowing the music of Big Band generation, Lawrence Welk, The Boston Pops, Ethel Merman, etc. They don't relate to stories of the depression, how soap operas were on the radio, stories of listening to "Only the Shadow Knows", etc., the different wars, and how much has changed in the last 70 years from when they were kids. They can't relate to the idea of "dressing up" for going out to dinner on a Friday night to the restraunt around the corner, because "That's what you do". And they can't really relate to your mom cringing and fighting with you when you wear holes in your jeans, because in their time that meant you were so poor....not cool. Even today when I hear a song, and I can name it my dad say's, "I didn't know you knew who that was"? I always look at him and tell him that every Friday night you and mom went dancing, and took me with you....remember. Then he remembers and smiles.....the things that rub off on us even when we don't know it. It's nice to talk with people who have that experience, instead of getting the "who sang what?", "they did what when?". "Huhh??" [/QUOTE]
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