how we change...

[marysmerrycats]

ally cat's mommy's thread about geeks made me think of this...

I remember when I was about 16, 17.. and my parents would be gone for a few days or week sometimes, and my mother wanted me to take care of her plants... oh what a bother! she had alot of them and I didnt want to be tied down to , wow a whole 10 minutes to water them!
I never did care for them properly of course, anyway one time I remember a friend was at my house and I was telling her this, and we were joking about how... well you know... at their age, thats all they have! now, more than 20 years later, I think sheesh what witches we were! you know when you are that young you think you know it all, and the world is all yours! I used to think of that from time to time, when I was in my mid 30's and had several plants, before I got the cats! (now the plants are gone!)
isn't it funny how we change with time... and the things we made fun of as "kids", we do in later years ourselves?

anyone else have some stories?

[Miss Meow]

Not with animals, as my mum was as bad as me when it came to bringing strays home! But every Saturday we'd have to go shopping with her and bring home armfuls of plants from markets and nurseries and I'd hate it! Now I can't wait for my own garden to fill with plants and vegetables. I even propagated cuttings last summer - mum was graceful enough to not remind me of my earlier attitude!

[IttyBittyKitty]

I'm not that old really, but I remember when I was younger, I thought that sitting at home watching TV or just relaxing was really boring! Mum used to enjoy nothing more after a hard day at work wheras I just wanted to go out and have some fun!

Only a few short years later, I would much rather sit around at home and watch TV or read a book! What is wrong with me, I am only 21? LOL!

[marysmerrycats]

oh, yes popcornbird... hehe just wait 20 years... but don't worry, you will be as horrified at how you were, as you are now when thinking of the future!! did that make sense? hehe, (evil witch cackle) just you wait........time is hiding and waiting to catch up to you... .....

[marysmerrycats]

nothing is wrong with you!

[marysmerrycats]

popcornbird, what things do you hate? just curious...

[IttyBittyKitty]

I'm just "domesticated"!

[marysmerrycats]

lol itty, dont worry, I was pretty tame at 21 too, then in my mid 20's I got un-domesticated again, just like in my teens...! you have many... many good years ahead of you yet

[BastetsMum]

Sigh when you hit 29 and still single ittybitty then you have to worry!

As for being tamed ... nope ... not yet ... maybe not ever

BTW where are you in Brisbane - I live there too!

[moosmom]

There are alot of things my mom did that I swore I would never do. My parents used to LOVE native tomato and onion sandwiches on white bread with salt, pepper and mayonnaise. I thought "UGH!! I'll NEVER eat that!". Well, guess what?? It's my favorite sandwich in the summer.

I also swore I would never de-hair the hair on my uppper lip, like my mom used to do. Again, I do it (I'm 50, whattaya want???).

I used to hate asparagus, broccoli, limabeans. Now I love them.

I think as we get older our tastes change. I know mine did. But mine changed for the better because I eat healthy stuff.

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

Lets's see....what does my 14 year old do that drives me nuts??

Hangs all his dirty washing on the floor

Lunch plates and soda cans under the bed

Terrible music with incomprehensible lyrics

Wears weird clothes

Wants to sleep all day and stay up all night

Wants me to be a moms taxi whenever he goes anywhere

Cant go into a mall without sulking if he doesnt get something


Of course I NEVER did ANY of these things when I was a teenager!!!!! LOL

[IttyBittyKitty]

...I live out in the bayside, in Thorneside

[marysmerrycats]

........."Just don't tell me someday I'm going to like doing chores or like slugs, or like crazy drivers or whatever I don't like 20 years from now.".......


ok I won't tell you, its better if you find out for yourself anyway! hehe just kidding..

unless you grow up to be a weirdo, you still won't like slugs or crazy drivers! (lets hope you won't BE a crazy driver!)
as for chores, they don't get any better, BUT you will find out that once you force yourself to clean the house or whatever, it does make you feel better! (Im such a slob, and I just have to make myself get things done, then I think oh wow why did I put that off?)

[slick]

I'm becoming more and more like my Mother every day...

Yikes!!!! Somebody help me, please!!!!

[All Creatures Great And Small]

Oy, this thread scares me, because my daughter is 15, and about to hit the age that I was when I started giving my mother all her grey hairs! I think back to stuff I did as a teen, and wonder how I'll deal with it if and when my daughter does it! Yes, I remember being a lazy, argumentative, self-centered, totally unmotivated lump of annoyance when I was in high school, but somehow the DNA will have changed and my daughter will NEVER be that way - she'll take after my absolutely perfect husband (well, at least as HE remembers himself).

Things I did: Eventually refused to go to school, and just slept in every morning until my mom would come and whack the bed with a broomstick to try and get me up........Asked if I could take her car to my job (6 miles away), and instead took it about 125 miles north to see my "boyfriend" who had moved away (mom being a smart one, she had written down the mileage before I left - I never drove her car again!).....................Got really mad at her and told her I was moving in with my aunt (her sister), and then asked for the keys to her car so I could take my stuff over there; then a few months later, wanted to move back home but told her she would have to change some of her behaviors before I would (where did I get this chutzpah from??)...............had a good old time at home while mom was working 3rd shift - as long as my dates left by 6 AM, I was safe (until the downstairs neighbors ratted me out ).........

I had a fairly dysfunctional family life though, with mom being bipolar and very bitterly divorced, so I probably did a lot of those things to get attention and act out. My daughter and I seem to have a pretty good relationship already, and we can talk about things that my mother would NEVER have discussed with me. I'm also way more affectionate with my daughter than my mom was with me - I only got hugged when I was getting on a plane or something, never just because. My mom even told me once that I hugged and kissed my own daughter too much, and she was going to turn into a lesbian - at first I thought she was joking but she was dead serious! (And even if she did, so what?) So I'm hoping for the best, but mentally preparing myself for the worst of the teenage years.........

I really have not become like my mother in any way; she's a liberal Democrat, and I think I'm a conservative Republican (I'm not really sure what the symptoms are, but my sister says I am ), she believes in aliens and UFO's, and I don't; she's generally on another planet altogether and I'm very sensible, practical, and responsible. And I got my sense of humor and optimism from my dad, who's always in a good mood! (No wonder they got divorced!)