Conversation in the kitchen as I prepared dinner yesterday:
Elias: *runs in out of breath* Mom! I was born in 2002! What year were you born in?
Me: 1976. (that never sounded like a LONG time ago until i JUST said it)
Elias: WOW!!!! That was a looooooooooong time ago!!!!!!
Me: MmHmm.
Elias: What did they have back then?
Me: (thinking- "back then??? really???")
Elias: Did they have houses?
Me: *laughing hysterically now* YES WE HAD HOUSES!
Elias: What else did you have?
Me: Well, we had t.v. But no DVD. We got VCR's when I was a little girl though. (didn't even try to explain BETA vs VHS)
Elias: Did you have a phone?
Me: (how old does this kid think I am????) YES WE HAD PHONES!!!! Only for the house though. We didn't have phones for the car. Actually, we got one when I was a little girl and it was bigger than this house phone.
Elias: What about video games?
Me: We did have a video game. I was probably about your age when we got it. It was an Atari. And then we got a Nintendo a few years later.
Elias: Nintendo DS or Nintendo Wii?
Me: Nope. Just Nintendo. The ORIGINAL.
Elias: Hmm. What games did you play on it?
Me: Super Mario Brothers.
Elias: Oh yeah! Like Mario Cart?
Me: Nope. Just Super Mario Brothers.
Elias: What did the controls look like?
Me: OLD.
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6 comments:
Funny the things they come up with to talk about isn't it. Thanks for sharing your story, glad to know that my kids aren't the only ones that think I am old. LOL :)
That is hilarious, Jen.
I have good memories of Atari and the original Nintendo!
Glad you could give Elias a history lesson; it is wild how much has changed since we were all growing up.
Awesome :) My brothers had Atari growing up and when I was in 5th grade mom and dad got us SEGA. I don't think that is even around any more. hmmm.
I was 10 bwhen my Dad got a Nintendo, and my Mom got the Sega. Remember those wacky things called records...
Wow! You're old.
So, so super funny!!! My kids think I am 100 too. Hannah used to talk about getting to drive or get married or something and say "Well, you'll be dead then", like I am 95 and going to keel over at any time!
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