YES! My daughter is a young adult now, and I recently said to my husband that one day I must have picked her up and carried her like I’d done a million times before, but this time when I put her down I didn’t know it would be the last time I’d ever hold her like that. I wasn’t expecting to burst into tears when I said that, but I did! She’s bigger than me now 🙂
My daughter just turned 6 and went to read a bedtime story about butterflies. She said "no daddy I want to read it to you". She pronounced "Chrysalis". 😳 And that is when I realized I can no longer get away with her not knowing what something says. Even my 9 yo son was like "how did you know that's what it says?". "Because I read it". Children are the biggest joy in life.
My life has been an utter rollercoaster. I had a son when I was 22 with a crazy college ex. He is now 20 and have a pretty good relationship now that he is out from his mom's house. I have a 6 and almost 9 yo from my exwife. Unfortunately, we didn't work out, but I've found we get along better as separate parents. We live close and I'm intimately involved in their lives. They are here 1/3 of the time and sorta have an open schedule. Me and my GF live together, both of us are divorced and in our eyes we are married, just not legally. Maybe on day, we both lost to much in our perspective divorces, plus there are policies that we work together. She never had children and is pregnant. So this will be my 4th and last. We are very happy and blessed. I know it's not the traditional family, but it's mine and I love them all.
How many people told you when they were little, “enjoy this time - it goes quick”? You thought the diapers, the throwing up, the fighting with the siblings, etc… would never end. As a kid, it seemed like growing up was taking forever…
But you know what; “They” knew what they were talking about.
The late Norm MacDonald said this in the final chapter of his autobiography:
"The only thing an old man can tell a young man is that it goes fast, real fast, and if you're not careful it's too late. Of course, the young man will never understand this truth."
Every neighborhood had 1 Robbie Knievel. If it didn’t, there were at least a dozen who did their best to be. We have the scars to prove it, don’t we lads?
I used to stay out until 10 every night. We’d build ramps in the woods for our bike and have a blast. We’d play with fake guns in the woods to and have war games with paint balls. (We owned the woods area) dozen kids just living life. Smashing hot wheels with rocks and racing rc cars around the block. It was good times. I’m 36 now and I’m afraid to let my kids go outside by themselves in our own yard because of the crazy people walking around like a scene from the walking dead. There’s a nice beautiful park but every time you go there’s needles. Every morning a park and rec employee goes and cleans it sure. I looked on the pedo tracker website and there’s red dots everywhere on almost every blood. You’d be surprised how many are women to.
Maybe it’s always been like this and I’m more aware now. But holy shit this world is fucking crazy. Just yesterday there was a fight between the Mexicans and the Asians that took place over a entire block by my house. It’s included white people and I think it centers around who’s kid was dating who I dunno. It was mad. It was hilarious to see the white skinny boy take his shirt off and try to intimidate the Mexicans. By my god I don’t know what the hell was going on but my kids don’t need to be apart of that.
I do feel like they’re gonna miss out on something special. They run around the house everyday wears my table I wanna play a game. I have to take them to my moms house to play at the park that has security and is right next to a 24:7 neighborhood office.
My question exactly. My wife and I moved out to the country a year and a half ago. Best thing ever. I feel like I can just sit back and watch the rest of world burn down and it wouldn't bother me one bit.
We had a Mexican (? I guess, I really don't know what they were, other than here illegally) family move in to the house next to us in our relatively quiet suburban neighborhood. We were constantly asking them to turn down music - the teenage boy was the worst. We had to get the hell out of there, so we bought a few acres of woods out in the country and built our forever home. Best thing ever.
I wouldn't care how much it cost, how inconvenient, how much my way of living would change, I don't think I could raise my family in an explosive environment like that. That guy needs to move.
As a kid we built dens out of pallets tree houses the whole shabang ramps to jump and fall snap a couple of wrists then be egged on to make the jump again as soon as the plaster came off and we did and fucking nailed it, showing off playing rugby with the school hotties watching on NEVER FORGIVE NEVER FORGET
Note the houses are smallish, and close together.
Houses used.to be affordable for younger families. You can still find them, but so many new homes are ADA code compliant, large halls, large doors, and just larger...and less kids in spread out neighborhoods.
Ya childhoods completely changed somewhere around 2000. I think probably it was Gen X that had the last real American childhood. Or maybe older millennials.
But you could see the change happen. I remember numerous people suddenly saying, "Why don't you ever see kids outside anymore? What the hell is going on?" Neighborhoods that always had kids everywhere suddenly looked like ghost towns. The change happened quickly.
And now those same kids are cutting their dicks off...
In '76, my dad used part of a Western Auto swing set to elongate the forks of my Western Flier and made me a chopper. Goddam, I miss him.
Thats awesome!
When I was a kid, one day my friends and I got together and went for a bike ride.
At the time I had no idea that it would be the last time we ever did that.
Dude… got me in the tendies with that one.
Here's another one for you:
When you were little, one day your mother put you down and she never picked you up again.
YES! My daughter is a young adult now, and I recently said to my husband that one day I must have picked her up and carried her like I’d done a million times before, but this time when I put her down I didn’t know it would be the last time I’d ever hold her like that. I wasn’t expecting to burst into tears when I said that, but I did! She’s bigger than me now 🙂
My daughter just turned 6 and went to read a bedtime story about butterflies. She said "no daddy I want to read it to you". She pronounced "Chrysalis". 😳 And that is when I realized I can no longer get away with her not knowing what something says. Even my 9 yo son was like "how did you know that's what it says?". "Because I read it". Children are the biggest joy in life.
My biggest regret is not making more of them
My life has been an utter rollercoaster. I had a son when I was 22 with a crazy college ex. He is now 20 and have a pretty good relationship now that he is out from his mom's house. I have a 6 and almost 9 yo from my exwife. Unfortunately, we didn't work out, but I've found we get along better as separate parents. We live close and I'm intimately involved in their lives. They are here 1/3 of the time and sorta have an open schedule. Me and my GF live together, both of us are divorced and in our eyes we are married, just not legally. Maybe on day, we both lost to much in our perspective divorces, plus there are policies that we work together. She never had children and is pregnant. So this will be my 4th and last. We are very happy and blessed. I know it's not the traditional family, but it's mine and I love them all.
How many people told you when they were little, “enjoy this time - it goes quick”? You thought the diapers, the throwing up, the fighting with the siblings, etc… would never end. As a kid, it seemed like growing up was taking forever…
But you know what; “They” knew what they were talking about.
The late Norm MacDonald said this in the final chapter of his autobiography:
"The only thing an old man can tell a young man is that it goes fast, real fast, and if you're not careful it's too late. Of course, the young man will never understand this truth."
One of the many reasons we miss Notm.
Half of them look like they are John Cougar Mellencamp's children.
5 are John's.
1 is Robby Knievel
Every neighborhood had 1 Robbie Knievel. If it didn’t, there were at least a dozen who did their best to be. We have the scars to prove it, don’t we lads?
Yes we do. I was that guy that drew a crowd when I jumped a canal by the graveyard and made it 😜 I was Legendary for a week 😆😁good times
They have stolen a number of bikes from me. I'll never forget.
The Dirty Underwear Gang Rides again!
And a banana seat.
...and sissy bars.
They're called hangers or apes now. Sissy bars are for the fruits now, totally different meaning in these time. So much was stolen
Should have known the meaning would have been changed now. Ugh.
A sissy bar is the tall back rest bar that supports the banana seat
Exactly.
3 cub scouts too. This was a properly appointed neighborhood.
Came to say this. Incredibly based, and now I kinda miss cub scouts...
I liked the uniform until somewhere in middle school they started calling kids who wore those uniforms fags. Somewhere after webelows and boy scouts.
And then, about every 20 years, a spider in the sewer turns itself in to a clown and ate them.
Except these days, the clowns got bold enough to swarm out of the sewers and turn our world into Clownworld.
LOL
A fuckin' Huffy with a Bannana Seat...
...
Fuckin' A peter... Fuckin A
Could be me. I grew up in this era/generation.
Didn’t have any money, but always managed to eat.
Banana seats are the bomb, so were Keds.
This is so Old School Cool!...love it.
I used to stay out until 10 every night. We’d build ramps in the woods for our bike and have a blast. We’d play with fake guns in the woods to and have war games with paint balls. (We owned the woods area) dozen kids just living life. Smashing hot wheels with rocks and racing rc cars around the block. It was good times. I’m 36 now and I’m afraid to let my kids go outside by themselves in our own yard because of the crazy people walking around like a scene from the walking dead. There’s a nice beautiful park but every time you go there’s needles. Every morning a park and rec employee goes and cleans it sure. I looked on the pedo tracker website and there’s red dots everywhere on almost every blood. You’d be surprised how many are women to.
Maybe it’s always been like this and I’m more aware now. But holy shit this world is fucking crazy. Just yesterday there was a fight between the Mexicans and the Asians that took place over a entire block by my house. It’s included white people and I think it centers around who’s kid was dating who I dunno. It was mad. It was hilarious to see the white skinny boy take his shirt off and try to intimidate the Mexicans. By my god I don’t know what the hell was going on but my kids don’t need to be apart of that.
I do feel like they’re gonna miss out on something special. They run around the house everyday wears my table I wanna play a game. I have to take them to my moms house to play at the park that has security and is right next to a 24:7 neighborhood office.
Why are you still living there and subjecting your children to that enviroment?
My question exactly. My wife and I moved out to the country a year and a half ago. Best thing ever. I feel like I can just sit back and watch the rest of world burn down and it wouldn't bother me one bit.
We had a Mexican (? I guess, I really don't know what they were, other than here illegally) family move in to the house next to us in our relatively quiet suburban neighborhood. We were constantly asking them to turn down music - the teenage boy was the worst. We had to get the hell out of there, so we bought a few acres of woods out in the country and built our forever home. Best thing ever.
I wouldn't care how much it cost, how inconvenient, how much my way of living would change, I don't think I could raise my family in an explosive environment like that. That guy needs to move.
Can't always move. Sometimes your networks are where the people are.
This pretty much looks like the life we've made for our family. Except the photo quality is better.
I was a Boy Scout.
In 2023 im embarrassed to tell anyone.
Don’t be. Those of us who know… know.
Be home before dark!
Stolen? It should be written "never forget what you didn't defend"
Dindu nuffin! I found that bike on the side of his house!
Don’t you mean “what we gave then without a fight”
I bet they did okay with themselves.
I'm sure I went to school with that kid that's 2nd from the right...or maybe most boys looked that way. IDK.
Poor kids are so screwed
My bike?
Muh reparations n sheit
My bike got stolen. . . I wonder by who?
Probably the guy in the back of the pic whose parents bought him a 3 speed instead of the cool banana seat bike everyone else had.
Those poor kids look miserable from the lack of forced diversity.
I had the Bruce Jenner banana seat bike with mag rims.
https://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=798768
The second from the right is feeling the Need for Speed! :0)
As a kid we built dens out of pallets tree houses the whole shabang ramps to jump and fall snap a couple of wrists then be egged on to make the jump again as soon as the plaster came off and we did and fucking nailed it, showing off playing rugby with the school hotties watching on NEVER FORGIVE NEVER FORGET
God damn bike thief’s ruining everything. Scott was right!
Note the houses are smallish, and close together. Houses used.to be affordable for younger families. You can still find them, but so many new homes are ADA code compliant, large halls, large doors, and just larger...and less kids in spread out neighborhoods.
Ya childhoods completely changed somewhere around 2000. I think probably it was Gen X that had the last real American childhood. Or maybe older millennials.
But you could see the change happen. I remember numerous people suddenly saying, "Why don't you ever see kids outside anymore? What the hell is going on?" Neighborhoods that always had kids everywhere suddenly looked like ghost towns. The change happened quickly.
And now those same kids are cutting their dicks off...
Fun times. Kids have no idea what they are missing.