I give up....

[rodmonster]

With all the goofiness and ignorance in the world today - it just makes me shale my head and say....fine ...i give up......
I miss the days of innocence and i guess naivety. The days when sitcoms were the norm for the family to sit down as a family to watch...the days when going out to eat with the family was a good thing - not a forced thing....the days when kids listened to parents because we respected them - not feared them....the days when a movie with a happy ending made people smile and feel good about the world instead of making them sigh - groan - and say- Oh Brother - Whatever.....the days when lessons could be learned from cartoons/TV shows/movies.......the days when getting up early on Saturday morning to watch 5 hours of cartoons while you ate a sugary cereal with an awesome toy in the bottom was at the top of your list of things to do for the weekend.
Yeah - i know i am on a rant......just tired of everyone being so freaking politically correct, fake, and non emaotional.....its just sad....
Oh well...bring me back to the 70s and 80s...heck...take me back to the 50s and 60s......the 2000s just bite!

[ballcoach]

those were some good times!

[dvdelf]

Bad day?

[CharlestonNole]

dude, don't get me started............

[dvdelf]

good thing we have the dvd's & all that other stuff so we dont have to watch crap

[Annette1990]

I know what you mean Rodmonster. Makes me sad too how things have changed and not necessarily for the better. I guess the only thing we can do is try and live the best life we can. Do what's right, teach our children what is right..be kind to one another. It's a tough world out there but life is really what we make it. Although, somedays it doesn't seem possible. I used to say it seems the world is spinning faster than I care to keep up with...*L* Hang in there!!

[made582]

I agree I wish things would go back to how they where when I was a kid.

[Snow-in-Texas]

I know what you mean, it also seems people are a lot more rude these days. I was driving home from taking my wife to work yesterday, and some kid was walking their dog right down the middle of the street. There was a car in front of me and they were honking and stuff and the kid just stayed in the way, didn't even speed up or anything. I couldn't see the kid when the car was honking she was probably flipping the driver off. Rudeness is a big one with me along with respect. There's just no respect out there anymore.

[George Broderick, Jr.]

On the other hand, if they had had the advances in cancer research in the 70's that they have today, my Mom might still be alive... just a thought...

Unless you were abused or bullied in some profound way, everyone remembers their childhood much more fondly than it probably was... still, I do concede the PACE of life was slower in the 60's and early 70's and the only twitter was from the birds in the trees...

[Snow-in-Texas]

I also sometimes wonder if it really was better when we were kids, or do we just remember it that way. We lived in my grandmother's (father's mother) house, and she lived with us. She wasn't the nice old lady type of grandmother, she was the most bitter, mean and racist person I ever met. She hated my mother and me and my brother for no reason. My father died when I was 15 and she actually blamed me for his death, said that (according to her) I was such a bad kid that I caused so much stress in his life that it eventually killed him. I remember when I heard that she died years later, it didn't even faze me, that's how miserable of a person she was.

So I guess in some ways it may have been better overall in those days, but personal experiences might overshadow it too. I am not contradicting what I said before, I still believe that, just adding about personal stuff too.

[rodmonster]

George Broderick, Jr. - Yes and no... i grew up with beatings from my dad almost everyday with a belt or what ever he could find (one of the reasons my kids will not be spanked - ever) and fights most days at school until i learned to stand up for myself and all of my friends...of course back then the worst you worried about was a busted face - not a gunshot to the chest.....
So yeah perspective and experience does have a lot to do with it....but in general....things were slower...there was more respect for one another...we allowed more to roll off our backs and could laugh with each other and ourselves....and this country was just a much better place to live........
I say we all go back for a few weeks to the 70s and 80s and see if we are all right!
Ya ll can just leave me there...=)

[George Broderick, Jr.]

Ya ll can just leave me there...=)

But, you have a good life with wonderful kids now... and, if your youth was riddled with daily beatings (sorry to hear about that, BTW), WHY would you want to stay there..?

Share what you love about the 80's with your kids... make TODAY the new 80's... you have the power, Grasshopper..!

[Christmas-A-Holic]

the days when getting up early on Saturday morning to watch 5 hours of cartoons while you ate a sugary cereal with an awesome toy in the bottom was at the top of your list of things to do for the weekend.

This part makes me laugh because when my kids were little (early 90's), I made the comment about them watching, "Saturday Morning Cartoons." They looked at me funny and asked, "what is that?" I forgot that we had to wait until Saturday for a marathon of cartoons when they have the luxury of 24/7 cartoons and if they didn't like what was on they would put in a vhs tape! :lol:

Speaking of generations, I feel there is good and bad in all generations. Sometimes I feel things have gotten worse then see other things as an improvement. I guess as long as we bring up our own kids right maybe our kids can make a difference in the world for the better! Let's congratulate ourselves on a job well done being good parents! cheesy

[rodmonster]

Oh i plan to gert them all to fit in the Time Machine.... take the whole family back.
;)

But, you have a good life with wonderful kids now... and, if your youth was riddled with daily beatings (sorry to hear about that, BTW), WHY would you want to stay there..?

Share what you love about the 80's with your kids... make TODAY the new 80's... you have the power, Grasshopper..!

[Snow-in-Texas]

You mention the beatings. My father used to beat me when I did something wrong. But I would not consider it abuse. He didn't beat me just for the heck of it or because he was in a bad mood, I gave him plenty of reasons. Also he never broke anything or ever made me bleed or sent me to the hospital. I understand how parents today don't want to beat their kids, but I feel they have gone too far the other way, and don't discipline their kids enough, and I feel that is a big part on why things are the way they are today. I don't include you in that rodmonster, I just mean in general. Kids aren't taught respect and manners anymore.

And you mentioned guns, it seems like everybody here owns guns. I work one guy that has an arsenal, he showed me pictures of them on his cell phone. And no he isn't a hunter. It seems we can't get through a week here without hearing gunshots in our neighborhood. It scares me with how people are so obsessed with guns these days, and how random some of these shootings are.

[Christmas-A-Holic]

And you mentioned guns, it seems like everybody here owns guns. I work one guy that has an arsenal, he showed me pictures of them on his cell phone. And no he isn't a hunter. It seems we can't get through a week here without hearing gunshots in our neighborhood. It scares me with how people are so obsessed with guns these days, and how random some of these shootings are.
Speaking of the gunshots we hear. I grew up in this neighborhood as a child and it was nice. In the past 7 years since being in this house we hear gunshots but no one has been injured, YET. It just seems it's people playing with guns. When we report it to the police there seems to be no crime committed and they never figure out who did it. Those gunshots I just heard but didn't see the person shooting it. On another night I actually witnessed kids playing with a gun and shooting in the air! This is a busy city and you just can't play around like that. I never seen that in my neighborhood as a child. Other than that my neighbors on my block our great and overall I feel safe. I just wish people would stop playing with weapons and respect them.

[rodmonster]

Well some were deserved and most were not. He was and still is just a very over the top militant type of man...Was very tough. But you are very right - people have swung the other way - WAYYYYYY to far to the point that this no tolerance rule really means no no intelligence.....
As for the guns.. My dad was a cop before he was a lawyer and then later a minister...we don't want to go there right now....but he had guns and taught me at an early age what they were and how to use one and that they killed. He taught me and my brother that they were for defense only and never to touch unless he was there etc...and we respected that. He also kept them locked up with key locks.....so we were all safe.
I have a few as well and my kids know they are for defense not fun.
Why kids today cant have a good ol fist fight to settle things and then maybe even be friends after - i don't know. It just seems they go home - find a gun and come back and shoot. Just totally confuses me... I just do not get it. I would have been terrified to to try and take my dads gun or anyone elses.....more less to school...and even more less consider shoot a person.....
I just do not get it...

[Christmasstar]

I know there are times when I miss just going to school and letting my daddy worry about the bills and where the food was coming from. When mom made sure the house was clean and laundry done. When my biggest worry was which guy to go to the dance with!