Remember When..

Remember when…

curfew was the streetlights
bottled water was the hose
Saturday mornings were for watching cartoons
We rode our bikes literally all day long
We ate lunch wherever we could
Boys AND girls actually played together
school clothes and Christmas presents got put on layaway every year
you ate what was made for dinner, or you didn’t eat
going out to eat was a treat
“fast food” was leftovers
we ate wax bottles and candy cigarettes after walking to the gas station with our $1
we had to change out of our school clothes as soon as we got home from school and put on our play clothes
homework was the first thing you did when you got home from school
school wasn’t optional
you took care of yourself until your parents got home or you went to the neighbor’s house
we ate dinner as a family at the table
getting grounded was the worst thing ever and having to stay inside was pure torture
kids respected their elders and didn’t dare talk back unless they wanted to catch a beating
we memorized everyone’s phone numbers
there were no cell phones
there were no video games
we played outside every day until dark
we straightened up real quick when we got “the look”
we weren’t afraid of anything
we wrote handwritten notes instead of texts, and sent letters to family out of state
someone was always on the house phone
name brands weren’t a thing
we played red rover, jump rope, hopscotch, blew bubbles, and flew kites
we had sleepovers every weekend
our friends came to our birthday parties
we actually knew our neighbors
we played in the rain and swam in puddles