This should be the opening paragraph of a parenting book! I love this, my husband and I both had belly laughs over this. When I broke my ankle skateboarding, my Mom told my worried friends, “tell her to hobble on in.”
This should be the opening paragraph of a parenting book! I love this, my husband and I both had belly laughs over this. When I broke my ankle skateboarding, my Mom told my worried friends, “tell her to hobble on in.”
We all know none of this was even remotely possible without inflicting tremendous FEAR. Those of us who saw through this charade from Day One and/or had no fear of DYING - grew up in these exact generations. The average age of a patient in a doctors office was probably in the vicinity of 80 with one foot in the grave. You wouldn't be seen in a doctors office for fear you'd be considered a hypochondriac! We grinned and bared everything! Practically losing limbs. I think that's the one common denominator that separates us from the rest! The younger folks today have been so coddled - they fear everything.
So true. In my case (born ‘61), my grandmother (born 1894) helped form my world view. I grew up hearing about the Great Flu Epidemic. I knew early in 2020 that these comparisons being made between Covid 19 and Spanish Flu were ridiculous.
This should be the opening paragraph of a parenting book! I love this, my husband and I both had belly laughs over this. When I broke my ankle skateboarding, my Mom told my worried friends, “tell her to hobble on in.”
We all know none of this was even remotely possible without inflicting tremendous FEAR. Those of us who saw through this charade from Day One and/or had no fear of DYING - grew up in these exact generations. The average age of a patient in a doctors office was probably in the vicinity of 80 with one foot in the grave. You wouldn't be seen in a doctors office for fear you'd be considered a hypochondriac! We grinned and bared everything! Practically losing limbs. I think that's the one common denominator that separates us from the rest! The younger folks today have been so coddled - they fear everything.
So true. In my case (born ‘61), my grandmother (born 1894) helped form my world view. I grew up hearing about the Great Flu Epidemic. I knew early in 2020 that these comparisons being made between Covid 19 and Spanish Flu were ridiculous.