Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Conversations in the Living Room
Conversation 1... Three girls and a boy are sitting around waiting to go to the dance. The talk turns to the events of the day. One girls starts to talk about Dylan, a boy she likes that doesn't know she exists. Apparently at school that day two of the girls were chewing on pen caps, (and I thought mom's taught their children to not put things in their mouth except for food) and Dylan made a comment. In the living room, the four were discussing this comment and the boy in the room burst out laughin saying Dylan's comment was right on target, the two girls make a good team, one sucks and one blows...
Conversation 2... Two girls and a boy were hangin out. One of the girls and the boy are "going out". They are sitting together on the couch and the other girl jumps between them saying "push over...what do you, think this is a gang bang or something!"
Conversation 3... Three girls were bored and bugging the mother who was trying to chat online. As they looked over the mom's shoulder they wanted her to write stuff to the person online for them. The mom wrote something to the effect of, "These girls are driving me crazy. One of them is blowing me " (meaning to say blowing ON me) and the three girls immediately start laughing and commenting on how it souded like the mom was talking about blow-jobs.
These are just three of the conversations that have taken place in my living room over the past month or so. These kids are only 12 and 13 years old. Now I know that when I was 12 or 13, although we were interested in boys and "experimentation" and we probably said a few swear words from time to time, I absolutely know that I'd never have conversations like these in the presence of a parent. What is it with kids these days? Don't get me wrong, I love the open relationships of parents and kids that you see today. But I know my mother would have put lye soap in my mouth if I had ever had a conversation like these in her living room...
