"I'm Excited to Have TUMS When We Get Home."
And other reminders we're getting older.
THIS WEEK:
Act your age
Back to the Drawing Board:
“Where Are They Now?” Annual Colonoscopy County Fair
BEHIND THE PAY WALL: Like Snow on the Beach
DiPerri here. We were driving back from a mini vacation last weekend and you know how when you’re in the car for a long ride and you start thinking of all the things you want to do when you get home?
“I’m excited to have TUMS when we get home.”
Yeah. Can’t wait.
I’ve become keenly aware of how often I’ve been saying “You know, when I was a kid…” and “When I was your age…” lately. Sorry to rag on Gen Z again, but what will they say?
“When I was a kid, I was on my phone all day and my parents did everything for me!”
In all seriousness, they might end up being great parents because those with whom I’ve spoken are well aware of the toll social media, phones, and the Internet in general has had on their development — and they’re even more weary of the parenting choices Millennials have made with Gen Alpha when it comes to technology. Maybe * just maybe * Gen Z will end up being great parents to Generation Beta. You can do it!! The entire world/society/the human race is counting on you.
Here are a few more old man yells at cloud moments I’ve had in recent weeks…
“When mom and dad were kids, we had to watch a lot of commercials and we couldn’t fast forward them either.”
Explaining “television” in the network cable sense to a generation that has only ever known commerical-free streaming is difficult.
“I went to bed without supper multiple times. And the threshold to getting to the point of going to bed without supper was a lot smaller.”
“Tell me you’re a parent without telling me you’re a parent.” -said regarding someone’s inquiry into the Skye from Paw Patrol Band-Aid on my thumb. I know, this isn’t an old man moment but definitely a parent moment.
“You know, I’m noticing a pattern lately… boy gets a new toy; boy throws a FIT and cries over the toy he was lucky to even get in the first place; and then boy calms down and plays with the toy. Do you notice that pattern? It keeps happening. How about this for a pattern? Boy gets nothing; boy is grateful for what he has.”
This week, let’s attempt to act our age…
Our family enjoys coloring and crossword puzzles while waiting at the restaurant. When I took a girl to a restaurant for our first ever in our lives date, I was chagrined when the waitress brought us both crayons. In the waitresses’ defense, we were 12.
Bring your friends!
A GIF from May 2015 announcing the arrival of Buddy and Romeo.
“Coming Soon” meant September 2015 in daily newspaper self-syndication and on Tumblr.
Does Tumblr still exist…? I thought I deleted my accounts after Yahoo bought them but apparently that was in 2013 so if Mates and Dates started in 2015, I was obviously still there. More than likely, I probably deleted Tumblr in 2016 when Buddy and Romeo started on Twitter (Ha.) .
Here’s one of the cartoons in our CartoonStock library…
It originated as a Mates and Dates comic and was originally published in the October 15, 2015 edition of the Sentinel & Enterprise newspaper.
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