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And we thought we adults had problems! Things have certainly changed since we were kids. 🙂
March 18, 2016
Modern Problems
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Sometimes I’m appalled (and a little bit frightened for our culture) when I see the tiny issues our younger people see as problems. Seems few of them have suffered any deprivations in their entire lives! Consequently the have a truly shallow understanding of third world existence.
We tried to make sure Kaitlin wasn’t “under-deprived” when she was a kid. I think that was a good choice. She’s resilient.
I am amazed at the kind of things that my grand nephews and nieces come up with. We are completely out of touch with what modern gadgets and toys can do whereas they are so clued in that they think that we are silly and / or ignorant.
It’s not clear if that’s a blessing or a curse. We probably won’t be around long enough to find out. 🙂
to think…
we never had more than one tv or one phone or one car.
and many early years we shared a bedroom!
with an imaginary line down the middle that “you better NOT cross!”
I never knew we had so many “problems” LOLOL!!
We didn’t get a TV until I was about 12 or 13, and we didn’t have a phone until I was in high school. And my sister and I had to share a bed until I was in high school. Much harder to enforce that imaginary line. 🙂
Tammy is right, how did we ever manage with “just one” of practically everything? 🙂
Or even “none”. 🙂
yep, I see all kinds of new fangled things that the new generation cannot live without…putting things on the credit card is the “must have” and heaven forbid if you have to wait for the latest gadget.
anyone who is official and finds out I don’t now have a TV are shocked…when digital came in here, I purposely didn’t buy one as I wanted to see if I really needed it OR could make do with TV-on-demand through computer. I rarely watch any TV programmes and find myself reading real paper books more, snuggled up in bed usually.
So my couches became almost decorative – and on Friday evening they left home as well 🙂 (reason may be revealed on my blog, but suffice to say the living room looks very spacious right now)
We have a TV and Andy watches the weather almost every day, but that’s only for about 5-10 minutes. I stream programs and movies using Netflix. It’s not very expensive and there are no commercials.
We do use our couch for reading.