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I remember one time in first grade my mom was late picking me up from school so I decided Los Angeles was a great place for a little girl to walk home alone and worry the heck out of her parents. I honestly have no idea how I made it home. I suck at directions 😂3
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This is a hard one because it shows me being a little *kitten*. I’m not sure if I’ve told the story before but I doubt I told it in its entire truth
Walking home from elementary school. Almost 10 blocks. My book bag was so heavy that less than a block from home I put it down and sat on it intending to rest a few minutes. I was probably also dreading going home to an empty apartment.
I happened to be across the street from the high school. My mother had often warned me to stay away from the high school kids, implying they could do bad things to me so when a teenage girl crossed the street and approached me to see if I was ok I spat at her and ran home. She chased me but didn’t catch me.
This is complicated and made even worse by the fact that I am white and she was black and there was an element of racism in my fear.
I have thought about this and regretted it for 40 years. I’m so sorry.5 -
crazyhorse8 wrote: »I remember landlines, nobody had a phone of their own, it was just 'the phone' in every house.
I remember in the early internet days, Yahoo and Lycos dominated search engines. Google didn't exist yet.
I remember MSN messenger being a thing
That land line phone was awesome! No cell phones yet and people actually talked to each other on the phone or in person...now that is a concept. This dates me doesn't it.
If this dates you, then it dates me too. Then again, so does my username.
It's kinda mindblowing that in the 90s it was perfectly normal for children of 10 years old to go into the city with their friends without any way of their parents contacting them. Also you're right, people did talk to each other more - and we weren't so constantly saturated with digital media.
I'm not going to be a boomer and go on a rant about it all being better in the old days - after all, mobile phones must have saved millions of lives by now, but I do have a strange nostalgia for a time before they were mainstream.
I agree with the City comment and kids! My biggest issue with younger people now, is they don't look you in the eye when speaking...always looking at there phone instead! Just want to yell "eyes up here now" please. Ok, so I just had a boomer rant.
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I remember when I was 13 I got in a fight with my moms drunk boyfriend.
Every weekend when I was younger my aunts and uncles would come over to party and get drunk while the kids were basically left to fend for themselves. Dickhead, I mean my mom's bf, was being mean to my then 3 year old cousin when I stood up to him and told him to stop. He then proceeded to try and kick me in the side of the head and then the fight ensued. Thankfully he was a drunk, smaller than average man and I was an adrenaline pumped larger than average 13 year old so I held my own and had him shoved against a wall with my hands around his throat. Then my mom broke us up and told us to stop wrestling in the house 🤷♂️
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Oof. Painful. I’m sorry that happened.I remember when I was 13 I got in a fight with my moms drunk boyfriend.
Every weekend when I was younger my aunts and uncles would come over to party and get drunk while the kids were basically left to fend for themselves. Dickhead, I mean my mom's bf, was being mean to my then 3 year old cousin when I stood up to him and told him to stop. He then proceeded to try and kick me in the side of the head and then the fight ensued. Thankfully he was a drunk, smaller than average man and I was an adrenaline pumped larger than average 13 year old so I held my own and had him shoved against a wall with my hands around his throat. Then my mom broke us up and told us to stop wrestling in the house 🤷♂️
I once got beat with the piece of wood I had thrown at my mother‘s boyfriend.
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I remember when I was 13 I got in a fight with my moms drunk boyfriend.
Every weekend when I was younger my aunts and uncles would come over to party and get drunk while the kids were basically left to fend for themselves. Dickhead, I mean my mom's bf, was being mean to my then 3 year old cousin when I stood up to him and told him to stop. He then proceeded to try and kick me in the side of the head and then the fight ensued. Thankfully he was a drunk, smaller than average man and I was an adrenaline pumped larger than average 13 year old so I held my own and had him shoved against a wall with my hands around his throat. Then my mom broke us up and told us to stop wrestling in the house 🤷♂️
i feel this, the cognitive dissonance was strong with my mom too2 -
TwitchyMagee wrote: »
Oof. Painful. I’m sorry that happened.I remember when I was 13 I got in a fight with my moms drunk boyfriend.
Every weekend when I was younger my aunts and uncles would come over to party and get drunk while the kids were basically left to fend for themselves. Dickhead, I mean my mom's bf, was being mean to my then 3 year old cousin when I stood up to him and told him to stop. He then proceeded to try and kick me in the side of the head and then the fight ensued. Thankfully he was a drunk, smaller than average man and I was an adrenaline pumped larger than average 13 year old so I held my own and had him shoved against a wall with my hands around his throat. Then my mom broke us up and told us to stop wrestling in the house 🤷♂️
I once got beat with the piece of wood I threw at my mother‘s boyfriend.
It's crazy how some adults can be mean to kids for no reason. Thankfully I turned out mostly OK, but my heart breaks for the ones that didn't and the ones that are going through it right now.
You didn't deserve that at all ❤️3 -
ermengarde22 wrote: »I remember when I was 13 I got in a fight with my moms drunk boyfriend.
Every weekend when I was younger my aunts and uncles would come over to party and get drunk while the kids were basically left to fend for themselves. Dickhead, I mean my mom's bf, was being mean to my then 3 year old cousin when I stood up to him and told him to stop. He then proceeded to try and kick me in the side of the head and then the fight ensued. Thankfully he was a drunk, smaller than average man and I was an adrenaline pumped larger than average 13 year old so I held my own and had him shoved against a wall with my hands around his throat. Then my mom broke us up and told us to stop wrestling in the house 🤷♂️
i feel this, the cognitive dissonance was strong with my mom too
Honestly I believe my mom really did the best she knew to do. She grew up being abused and in a house where her mom was high and doing whatever she could to get pills. My mom worked hard and would eat mayonnaise sandwiches just so her kids had food. My mom wasn't perfect but I love her for doing her best5 -
I remember when I was 13 I got in a fight with my moms drunk boyfriend.
Every weekend when I was younger my aunts and uncles would come over to party and get drunk while the kids were basically left to fend for themselves. Dickhead, I mean my mom's bf, was being mean to my then 3 year old cousin when I stood up to him and told him to stop. He then proceeded to try and kick me in the side of the head and then the fight ensued. Thankfully he was a drunk, smaller than average man and I was an adrenaline pumped larger than average 13 year old so I held my own and had him shoved against a wall with my hands around his throat. Then my mom broke us up and told us to stop wrestling in the house 🤷♂️
All of us need a special someone like you to defend us!2 -
I remember when I watched my parents VHS movies and had to rewind them to where it was when I started playing it so they wouldn't know I watched it.3
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CoffeeNstilettos wrote: »I remember when I watched my parents VHS movies and had to rewind them to where it was when I started playing it so they wouldn't know I watched it.
That made me remember about going to blockbuster and renting movies every Friday with my dad. They always had the rewind before you return sticker inside of the cases at the one we went to3 -
I remember waiting for my Dad's truck to pull up in the driveway after work. My brother's and I would race out to his truck, the first one who got to him was the one that got to take off his work boots.
When my Dad passed away a few years ago, it was the one thing I couldn't let go of...so I kept them.5 -
hCoffeeNstilettos wrote: »I remember when I watched my parents VHS movies and had to rewind them to where it was when I started playing it so they wouldn't know I watched it.
That made me remember about going to blockbuster and renting movies every Friday with my dad. They always had the rewind before you return sticker inside of the cases at the one we went to
What movies?CoffeeNstilettos wrote: »I remember when I watched my parents VHS movies and had to rewind them to where it was when I started playing it so they wouldn't know I watched it.
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TwitchyMagee wrote: »hCoffeeNstilettos wrote: »I remember when I watched my parents VHS movies and had to rewind them to where it was when I started playing it so they wouldn't know I watched it.
That made me remember about going to blockbuster and renting movies every Friday with my dad. They always had the rewind before you return sticker inside of the cases at the one we went to
What movies?CoffeeNstilettos wrote: »I remember when I watched my parents VHS movies and had to rewind them to where it was when I started playing it so they wouldn't know I watched it.
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I remember when I was 13 I got in a fight with my moms drunk boyfriend.
Every weekend when I was younger my aunts and uncles would come over to party and get drunk while the kids were basically left to fend for themselves. Dickhead, I mean my mom's bf, was being mean to my then 3 year old cousin when I stood up to him and told him to stop. He then proceeded to try and kick me in the side of the head and then the fight ensued. Thankfully he was a drunk, smaller than average man and I was an adrenaline pumped larger than average 13 year old so I held my own and had him shoved against a wall with my hands around his throat. Then my mom broke us up and told us to stop wrestling in the house 🤷♂️
What happened to him in the end? Is he still around?
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I remember when I was 13 I got in a fight with my moms drunk boyfriend.
Every weekend when I was younger my aunts and uncles would come over to party and get drunk while the kids were basically left to fend for themselves. Dickhead, I mean my mom's bf, was being mean to my then 3 year old cousin when I stood up to him and told him to stop. He then proceeded to try and kick me in the side of the head and then the fight ensued. Thankfully he was a drunk, smaller than average man and I was an adrenaline pumped larger than average 13 year old so I held my own and had him shoved against a wall with my hands around his throat. Then my mom broke us up and told us to stop wrestling in the house 🤷♂️
What happened to him in the end? Is he still around?
Well from what I understand he ended up cheating on my mom and they broke up a few years later. Funny enough I applied to a fab shop where he was an engineer at years later and the reason why I didn't get hired is because he told the owner he was afraid I'd beat him up. Granted I'm 6 inches and around 70lbs heavier than he was back then, but I let go of it a long time ago. Life's too short2 -
I remember when I was 13 I got in a fight with my moms drunk boyfriend.
Every weekend when I was younger my aunts and uncles would come over to party and get drunk while the kids were basically left to fend for themselves. Dickhead, I mean my mom's bf, was being mean to my then 3 year old cousin when I stood up to him and told him to stop. He then proceeded to try and kick me in the side of the head and then the fight ensued. Thankfully he was a drunk, smaller than average man and I was an adrenaline pumped larger than average 13 year old so I held my own and had him shoved against a wall with my hands around his throat. Then my mom broke us up and told us to stop wrestling in the house 🤷♂️
What happened to him in the end? Is he still around?
Well from what I understand he ended up cheating on my mom and they broke up a few years later. Funny enough I applied to a fab shop where he was an engineer at years later and the reason why I didn't get hired is because he told the owner he was afraid I'd beat him up. Granted I'm 6 inches and around 70lbs heavier than he was back then, but I let go of it a long time ago. Life's too short
That's a really healthy attitude, your cousin is/was lucky to have you. I'm glad he's gone though. Also, might have been a touch awkward working with him at the fab shop 0 -
Peachesnstuff wrote: »I remember waiting for my Dad's truck to pull up in the driveway after work. My brother's and I would race out to his truck, the first one who got to him was the one that got to take off his work boots.
When my Dad passed away a few years ago, it was the one thing I couldn't let go of...so I kept them.
- this mad me think of when my girls were young when I’d come home I’d always sit in my chair and take off my shoes and they’d race to bring me my slides - good times4 -
I remember when I was 13 I got in a fight with my moms drunk boyfriend.
Every weekend when I was younger my aunts and uncles would come over to party and get drunk while the kids were basically left to fend for themselves. Dickhead, I mean my mom's bf, was being mean to my then 3 year old cousin when I stood up to him and told him to stop. He then proceeded to try and kick me in the side of the head and then the fight ensued. Thankfully he was a drunk, smaller than average man and I was an adrenaline pumped larger than average 13 year old so I held my own and had him shoved against a wall with my hands around his throat. Then my mom broke us up and told us to stop wrestling in the house 🤷♂️
What happened to him in the end? Is he still around?
Well from what I understand he ended up cheating on my mom and they broke up a few years later. Funny enough I applied to a fab shop where he was an engineer at years later and the reason why I didn't get hired is because he told the owner he was afraid I'd beat him up. Granted I'm 6 inches and around 70lbs heavier than he was back then, but I let go of it a long time ago. Life's too short
That's a really healthy attitude, your cousin is/was lucky to have you. I'm glad he's gone though. Also, might have been a touch awkward working with him at the fab shop
Well it wouldn't have bothered me cause I would just ignore the guy but it worked out cause I have an amazing job now1 -
Peachesnstuff wrote: »I remember waiting for my Dad's truck to pull up in the driveway after work. My brother's and I would race out to his truck, the first one who got to him was the one that got to take off his work boots.
When my Dad passed away a few years ago, it was the one thing I couldn't let go of...so I kept them.
- this mad me think of when my girls were young when I’d come home I’d always sit in my chair and take off my shoes and they’d race to bring me my slides - good times
Nothing can beat coming home from work and seeing your kids sprint to you to love on you. I'm lucky enough that my 8 and 9 year old still do this but I know the day is coming where they'll think they're too cool for me 🥲2
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