My son and I had the following conversation recently.
(My apologies to any of my FB or Twitter friends that already saw this.)
Son: Mom? What Wii games did you play when you were little?
Me: I didn't have Wii when I was little.
Son: Really? What DID you do when you were little?
Me: I played outside.
Son: [horrified gasp] ALL DAY?!? [walks away disgusted, mumbling under his breath] I'm glad I wasn't born in the 1900's!
I am going to assume he just thinks the 1900's must be the years just before the 2000's -when he was born, and not that he thinks I was born a hundred years ago. Though I'm not holding my breath.
I'm totally giggling! I've had similar conversations with my kids! I managed to redeem myself by telling my son that I used to play Mario Brothers on Nintendo when I was growing up - he loves Mario Games! Recently, my daughter has decided that the 80's were the epitome of bad taste and everything was totally cheesy all the time! Geez!
ReplyDeleteLove it, my daughter wanted to know what games I had on my mobile phone when I was a kid.... uhhhh I'm so old they still had rotary dial phones then!
ReplyDeleteToo funny! The looks of incomprehension on the faces of my 2 monkeys when I tell them we had no mobile phones, no dvds, & no ipods when I was a girl. Bloody hell, I'm not even 50...
ReplyDeleteHahahah, the 1900s! That kid is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteHey! It's even more scary when you see household artefacts you had as a kid in antique shops!! No, I'm not THAT old ...
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funny - I tried explaining to my kids that when I was their age we (In Britain) only actually had 3 television channels - really we did - and that they only showed kids programs at certain times of the day, not all day.
ReplyDeleteThe look of confusion on their face was amazing. I was asked how we coped? I answered similarly to your answer, but having thought about it, the real question is how did my parents cope?
LOL. Imagine if that be the case for them and us, what would the world see in another 20 years. I still say 80s must have been some time!
ReplyDeleteLol - I love it when they're so shocked by our "terrible" childhoods. Fancy having to play outside. And all day, as well!
ReplyDeleteI had a whole conversation with my son the other day about how we didn't have cable when I was growing up. He was horrified and even told my mom as such when she called to talk to him.
ReplyDeleteI once teased my father about riding to school on a dinosaur.
ReplyDeleteHe loves to tell me he walked to school. Barefoot. In the snow. Uphill. Both ways.
Too funny and sounds very familiar to conversations we've had with our kids. What do they know anyway?
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute! I was at the zoo with my son today standing under a replica of an African hut. I told him kids actually live in those things and don't have Wii. He could hardly believe it. He's 6.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter asked me what TV I watched when I was a child, I live in South Africa and TV only came here when I was 16 and then for an hour a day.......... how do I explain that, next she'll be asking me if I had cars and planes............ I still think that playing outside is the best thing for our children, keeps us communication skills, exercise and good old vitamin D
ReplyDeleteBwahhhahahaaa.
ReplyDeleteGlad my child isn't the only one handing out complexes.
:)
My cousin (7) was upset when a game I use to play as a kid didn't have continues or save points. He called it a ripoff.
ReplyDeleteSome of the things I have to look forward too....
I just spit mountain dew everywhere while reading this haha
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