The last three months have been quite eventful for me. Get-togethers, reunions, parties and of course, events. I haven’t been out like this in a loooong time. My social life these past couple of years have been largely limited to lunch dates, chats over coffee and dinner. I feel like I’m back in college again! Party and dance ‘til the morning light, OMG!
The thing is, my kids and their friends also go hang in pretty much the same strip where we go to, so when we go around, we kind of bump into each other. And NOT really to their delight. Iloilo is still a small place even with all these new places popping up like mushrooms. My friends and I sometimes bring our kids with us when we go out so they could all have their time together while us parents do our thing. This is the scenario: we’re upstairs and they’re downstairs, having iced coffees and sweets while fiddling with their I-pods and i-pads. And once in a while they would burst upstairs to ask, “Are we going home yet?” Most of our kids are in their early teens and the usual answer they would get is “NOT!” It’s like when they were small and when we would go on long drives they would keep asking “ Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” Now, that’s funny!
Oh, there are definitely big changes between the then and now. When we used to go to Tivoli (that’s the “IN” disco place then), we would drink and dance ‘til we drop and puke all over. Now, we would have a couple of watered down drinks – meaning with lots of ice in it – and tons of bottled water after that. Then feel that we are already dead drunk. And they don’t call it discos now. They’re clubs.
I sometimes get that look from my kids when I’m all hyped-up and dancing to ‘80s music. That look that could be a lot of things which I don’t feel like mentioning (LOL) but I’m sure a lot of parents could relate to what I’m trying to say here.
Is it wrong to be having fun at this age? Wrong to poke through the past and relive the fun we had when we were also in our teens? NOT!!!!
The thing is, my kids and their friends also go hang in pretty much the same strip where we go to, so when we go around, we kind of bump into each other. And NOT really to their delight. Iloilo is still a small place even with all these new places popping up like mushrooms. My friends and I sometimes bring our kids with us when we go out so they could all have their time together while us parents do our thing. This is the scenario: we’re upstairs and they’re downstairs, having iced coffees and sweets while fiddling with their I-pods and i-pads. And once in a while they would burst upstairs to ask, “Are we going home yet?” Most of our kids are in their early teens and the usual answer they would get is “NOT!” It’s like when they were small and when we would go on long drives they would keep asking “ Are we there yet? Are we there yet?” Now, that’s funny!
Oh, there are definitely big changes between the then and now. When we used to go to Tivoli (that’s the “IN” disco place then), we would drink and dance ‘til we drop and puke all over. Now, we would have a couple of watered down drinks – meaning with lots of ice in it – and tons of bottled water after that. Then feel that we are already dead drunk. And they don’t call it discos now. They’re clubs.
I sometimes get that look from my kids when I’m all hyped-up and dancing to ‘80s music. That look that could be a lot of things which I don’t feel like mentioning (LOL) but I’m sure a lot of parents could relate to what I’m trying to say here.
Is it wrong to be having fun at this age? Wrong to poke through the past and relive the fun we had when we were also in our teens? NOT!!!!
