Heck back in the day if your parents were on nodding terms with an adult that gave the adult permission not only to skold you but tan your hide. Then when your mom or dad found out what happened they'd say thanks then spank your butt for doing something wrong, causing another adult to punish you and for the embarrassment you caused your parents.
@@kristacompton4119 They are but we only have ourselves to blame. I remember so many of my family, friends and people in general born to Gen X saying how they weren't going to raise their kids like their parents raised them. That they were going to be better, more loving, more caring, more in their child's life and so on. Well our generation did and look what it got us. Nothing good. Maybe those preaching tough love were onto something. Maybe a little less caring and a little more independence is needed. Maybe a little less giving the child everything you didn't get a a child is the way to go. Oh well what do I know.
Do you all remember when you would put the key in the ignition and click it backwards instead of forwards? It would turn on the radio but not the engine. Basically, “kids in the car” mode.
I'm 39 when I was 6 I climbed into the front seat and put the car in gear an drove over the bushes in front of the car. Got my butt busted and that was that. I didn't listen about staying in my seat, I didn't do that again... lessons were learned by doing the things we were told not to. My sis didn't do it because she saw what happened to me. We learned common sense by actually having chances to have bad things happen.
@@jamespooler8809 😂😂😂 I did the same thing when I was 12 ..... I had 6 heart attacks, 4 strokes and a brain aneurysm 😆😆 because I knew that beat down was coming 😁
Yea, but back then you could rol down the window. These new cars are electronic. without the keys in the car, the windows wouldn't roll down plus the new cars will selflock and the back door has a child lock.
Who remembers their mom locking the door and making us stay outside all day during the summer, it we got thirsty we drank out the water hose!! My mom came outside at lunch time to put our lunch ok the picnic table!! I MISS those days!!! Being born in the 70's rocked!! 😊
Hell, I was born in the 80s and that still happened to me. The sun came out out with the kids and don’t you dare come back until those street lights come on
I really have fond memories of those summers. For some weird reason I loved drinking from the hose. I remember thinking it tastes soo good! Then we would dash after the ice-cream truck when we heard it (sometimes barefooted in the hot concrete) just to buy Fun Dip. It was the best thing ever!
That happened to my mum when she was younger. It was 45° Celsius and they had no water. Her sister ended up with blisters on her face and neck from the sunburn. Sounds like good times.
I remember that! I also remember gasping for air in the back seat as my dad smoked Chesterfield King unfiltered cigarettes with the windows down going 70mph on the freeway. No seatbelts.
Remember the little triangle window that supposedly in myths could be opened and closed but never was. Those damn latches on those things would pinch an inch of flesh off right to the bone!!!
@@terencemcgeown2358 ohhhhh that struck terror in me like nothing else. I am the oldest & was the scapegoat for so much. Dad didn't mind putting a hurting on me. 😬
@tkori4687.... Yes! I used to say, "We're right here, stupid", because I could not imagine that parents DIDN'T KNOW where their children were at that time. Who knew?
Yes, I remember that! You must be from the East coast. "It's 4 o'clock, have you hugged your child today?" or "It's 10 PM, do you know where your children are?" Shoot, my but was always in bed after watching the Six Million Dollar Man on Sundays at 8 PM.
With us it was street lights....if we weren't in by then .....we slept on the porch. Unless the weather was really really bad , we were never in the house .
I once got in trouble in the store. My mom told me to go sit in the car. So I went to the car, got in the car, looked over, and there was a black lady sitting in the driver's seat. I'm not black 😂. Her car was identical to my mom's. The funniest thing was that she didn't say a word to me. She just sat there looking at me with a smile on her face. I hope that made her day.
That happened me and my brother when we were kids, except she got into our car while our mom wS shopping and she was a hot mess . She was drunk. The look on my mothers face when she got to the car was a kodak moment
My aunt accidentally grabbed the wrong boy and put him in her car. He never said a word and turned to look at him! Lol-She was the children’s librarian there! She got him back out and told him to go find his mom and she looked around the corner-there was her boy-same size same coloring same haircut!
My mom's warning (said with her jaw clenched) taking us into the store "you don't touch shit, you don't want shit, you don't need shit, and you're not getting shit" 😂
So true!! My dad did that while he went on an interview. My 4 yr brother decided to pretend he was driving. Threw the car into neutral. There we were, rolling down hill while cars were swirling to avoid us. I'm screaming, and we hit the centers divider. My dad came running and jumped in the car and drove off. Yes he got the job. Lol
My little brother did that too, in the days you didn't need a key to unlock the shift lever. Rolled the car into traffic. Another time he and his friend threw out all the important papers from the glove box, on a windy day. It took some time for my parents to replace everything. There are good reasons that you shouldn't leave four year olds alone in a car.
1966 here. I spent hours in the car waiting and playing! The fun really began when you were left long enough to have to pee and prayed that you made it back before she did! Always take the keys with you so she couldn't leave!
Geez I remember at about 10 years old Grandpa would let us drive from the airport all the way to his house right through town, no one would bat an eye. Never got pulled over, those were the days. 88 model here
I let my 2 year old do this now, just cause the internet acts like noone does something, doesn't mean noone does it. The internet is isolating you all.
Private roads are a great thing nowadays And what I mean?Is roads out on a ranch? Not like some rich person who has their Own thirty thousand foot driveway
I'm a millennial and this is how we grew up as well. I liked waiting in the car. I hated walking around stores. Putting the radio on was entertainment enough for me. If it was my grandads care he always had a lot of books in his car as well, from second-hand stores, and I loved reading. God, there was even a relative that drove us around when he had been drinking 😂
Thing is people born between like 55 to 65 are valley years - too young to be a proper boomer. I mean where do you think gen x got their ideas from? It wasn't a gen x'er that came up with punk rock or hip hop.
"Oh so your gonna cry are you? I'll give you something to cry about." a line that I'll never forget and found out quickly actions do have consequences.
Omg, 😂!! Mid seventies, I am 8 and my sister an infant as we were left in a locked, running van in front of the grocery store. Cops came and told me to open the door, I refused (more afraid of mom than cops) and when they finally found my mom they complimented her on how well I listened to her!😂😂 Not one word about safety, temp, or runts in running vehicles!😂😂😂
@@danielh3719 I heard a story once where this guy was driving home drunk and ran into an old oak in the ditch. Not much damage as the steel on those cars back then were solid. The cops stopped, checked on the driver, helped him get the car back on the road and proceeded to follow him the rest of the way home to make sure he got home safe. No DWI, no arrest...just made sure he got home safe.
@@pikehunter23750 Yup. I remember they would bring my next door neighbors dad home every once in a while. But he was always in the police car, not driving. They had to go get their car the next day and I think it was left on the side of the road. Roads were different back then to and almost no traffic.
Lol. My sister and I talked about this recently. Our mom would leave us in the car with our crazy grandma, who had Alzheimer's disease. She would try to get out of the car and didn't know who we were. She would try to open the car door and would yell to people for them to come help her. Since we lived in a country town there was a lot of good ol boys that would come to help. Then it was a game of who do you believe, the little old lady begging you for help or the six and eight year olds holding her in by each holding part of her seatbelt telling you she is crazy and please leave her alone. Mom would talk with her church friend Peggy that worked in the store. She would take FOREVER. Fun times. Such fun times. This was early 90s. We finally got her to let us stay home to watch grandma at home because we could just lock the whole house up and watch tv. If anyone asked we were supposed to say grandma was watching us. Lol.
How many of your friends have passed? How many have sore bodies? How many are starting to get dementia symptoms, have lung cancer, or any other health issue that is not necessarily age-related? Because just about everybody I know over the age of 50 is suffering or something that can be directly related to their childhood, teen or early adulthood. " we never had seat belts or helmets. We didn't have safety features. If we got a concussion we dealt with it" Now we understand that just one serious concussion can increase your likelihood of dementia drastically. And so many older people talking about cigarettes as if all the cigarette smokers aren't suffering serious health repercussions. Not to mention the stats of children that dehydrated and died in hot cars is so high that of course they made it a law not to do that. "I survived" and literally tens of thousands didn't. I don't know how anybody can advocate for the death of a child because they didn't die. I onde jumpped off a four-storey building and got no injuries, everybody should give it a go. See how stupid that sounds? And that is a real story but I wouldn't advocate for anybody to do that because it's still hurt and its still incredibly stupid.
@-Gax- You can blame the kids dying in hot cars on climate change. Even the hottest summers of my childhood were no where near what they are today. I remember when it was noteworthy that a day was gonna be in the 100s now it feels like 100s is common place.
@@-Gax-Somebody simply says they enjoyed their childhood and what time they lived in and you come up with a whole essay, as to why he/she shouldn't be proud. What's wrong with you?
@@-Gax- Actually none. I'm 57, and have none of those issues. Neither do any of my childhood friends (those I still keep in touch with). Maybe it's that we all have a good sense of humor...
As a 90s baby, im now seeing things labeled as abuse and neglect that i actually experienced a lot during my childhood. Times were different. I wouldnt change a thing. My mom wasnt perfect, but she was perfect to me. And when she became a grandma, she would get upset and speak of all the mistakes she made as a young parent and how she wish she could've given us a better life. So she was the most kind and gentle grandmother i have ever witnessed. She told me she couldnt undo the past, but she could try to make up for it through the way she treats my daughter. And she kept that promise for 11 whole years. I miss her so much.
90s kid her as well. Same exact thing happened to me. I tell my mom all the time that no she wasn’t perfect but she did her best and she kept out of the hospital which was an accomplishment at the time. She gives her whole self to be a grandma and literally has to to take a week recovering after we visit.
Ferreal !! 97 baby here lol and my mom was allowed to leave me in the car ...take me to work at Walmart with her, so many other small things like that 😂 and it wasn't even THAT long ago
My mom has never apologized for how she raised her 4 kids. And she has no reason or need to! We all grew up well, none of us smoke or do drugs, and none of us have ever been in trouble with the police.
Your experience has swelled my eyes with tears. Grandparents have the gift of reflection and the pain that comes with it. We should listen to them, they may have wise words.
It’s kind a like when you know better you do better - signed GenXer who was left in the hot car and locked out of the house all day. And… I’m gainfully employed, college educated, own a home, don’t do drugs and have never been arrested. I would never parent the way my parents did especially my mother. I am who I am despite them.
I burnt a few holes in the carpet on the floorboard. Fortunately I knew to cover them with the floormats. It was the 70’s in the South so nobody noticed the burning smell.
She is spot on! Plus, when we were old enough to learn how to drive (13), we were taught in a stick shift or ya didn’t get a license. Just the way it was… glorious! Everyone should be able to drive a stick and learn to shift by ear (revs); never redlining.
I was the only one in a group of #6 siblings that could drive a stick. Learned at 10 ish off the steering wheel stick type. Drove 18 wheelers for a minute TOO!!! Manuels are awesome 😎👍
My dad taught me how to drive stick and my first car was a 5-speed. It saved me a lot of headaches in college because none of my housemates knew how to drive stick, so they couldn't ask to borrow my car! 😂
OMG! I had forgotten about this. I grew up like this, and we knew we better not do the opposite of what mom said. We also knew she loved and cared for us with NO doubt. I miss my momma. She was the real deal. I learned control and discipline and how to respect myself and others. Another thing, we were teachable. Makes the difference. We COULD be corrected and did not become offended, but when we were wrong learned to adjust or self correct. There was a genuine desire to make our parents proud.
My mom left me in the car when I was 6. She went in the gas station to pay for the fuel. An old man watched my mom walk off, stopped by the car and said he had a box of puppies in his truck behind the store. So I went with him. He seemed so nice. But when I took the puppy to my mom to see if I could keep her, the man took off. And that's how we ended up with Cricket, the most beautiful bouncy mutt I've ever seen. Boy my mom was mad. 😂
You are so insanely lucky he actually had puppies. You were a dumbass for going with him cuz I know your mom told you not to do shit like that 😂😂😂😂 so glad you got a puppy out of it and that youre not sex trafficked and dead.
As a Gen Xer.....I totally approve this message..my brother did something stupid in a store and Mom whipped has ass in front of everybody ..it was so hilarious.... Dad never left the keys in the car ...we spent ridiculous amounts of time sitting in the car...we once spent 2 and a half hours sitting in a bank parking lot while the folks got a loan to remodel the house ...when they came out there we were hanging half out the windows lol.....what they didnt know was that my little brother had pissed out the window because he couldn't hold it . .the spot had evaporated by the time they came out.... Mom's first question was "does anybody have to use the bathroom"..."nope" ...we didn't say "not now" because she would have caught on right there...
She makes an excellent point. parents really do need a break from their kids. When I was growing up our mother threw us out of the house during the day, 'go play, go make some friends, be home before dark'.
Yep me - my bro & my sis all had to wait for over an hour in the Hot or Cold . They turned the car off. One time we were scufeling in the car & a random stranger said "Stop it, our I am gonna tell your Dad". It worked - we Stopped. But as an adult, looking back - that guy had No Idea who my Father was. Lol 😂😅
EVERY time I thought they didn't know my mother... WRONG they ALWAYS did. ☠️🤦♀️🤣 She'd get status reports on us all day every day no matter WHERE we were. 🤦♀️🤷♀️🤣 The downside of your parents fostering for 50 YEARS. You can't get away with SH!T. 🤦♀️😭🤷♀️🤣
I love this woman Thank you for some reality. This short clip actually took my anxiety away. I'm not facing any child endangerment charges or anything like that. In fact all my kids are grown. Thank you❤
Those vinyl seats got HOT in the middle of summer, but we knew better than to get out of the car because that was an automatic ass whoopin right in the parking lot 🤣
😂 I burned my finger. My daddy let me Cause I was so mesmerized & aggravated ts outta him about it. Then he bought me a Coke to cool my burned finger. I learned a valuable lesson & I never annoyed my dad about it again. Win Win for all... except my burnt finger😂
That just means you were part of the problem. You are the reason fewer Gen x survived to adulthood than millennials Vehicle accidents and fatalities were more common in the 1960s and 1970s compared to modern times. This was primarily due to several factors, including fewer safety regulations, advancements in technology, and changes in road infrastructure. In the 1960s and 1970s, seat belts and other safety features were not mandatory in vehicles. This lack of safety measures contributed to a higher number of fatalities in accidents during that time period. Additionally, drunk driving laws were not as strict as they are today, leading to more alcohol-related accidents. Furthermore, road infrastructure in the 1960s and 1970s was not as developed as it is now. Roads were narrower, and there were fewer safety features such as guardrails and barriers. This lack of infrastructure made accidents more likely and more severe. In contrast, in modern times, there have been significant advancements in vehicle safety technology. Seat belts, airbags, anti-lock brakes, and other safety features are now standard in vehicles, reducing the likelihood of fatalities in accidents. Additionally, there are stricter laws and enforcement regarding drunk driving, further decreasing the number of alcohol-related accidents.
I was also born in 62 and so much of this and the comments being back so many memories. My fav is riding in the back seat of the station wagon so you could see the faces of those in the car behind you... Right before they rear-ended you. Lol!
I was born in the early 60's. We used to ring doorbells on our street and then run and hide close enough to watch when the door was answered lol. We played outside all day, sometimes in the car pretending to drive. My mom didn't drive, so she sent me to the store with a small cart, grocery list and money. It was a 20 minute walk...i was 7 years old. Had 3 younger siblings. I was the oldest. She didn't want to take us all, and I loved going by myself. She let me pick out a treat as a reward. Rode my bike everywhere. ❤
Ding Dash and Run baby!!! One night we drove our neighbor to the point of taking his doorbell apart to find out what was wrong with it because we rang it so much. The funny part was, we would ring the doorbell and run 3 houses over and sit on the stoop and act like we didn't see anybody when he would ask. Loved my childhood!!
It wasn't unheard of in the 90's either... but only for real quick stops like running into 7-11 for smokes and a Slurpee. Occasionally there might be a 5-10 minute stop for a few groceries, car parked up front and visible from the windows. To be fair, this was single mom life in the peak era of Latch Key Kids. It was still dark outside when she left for work, almost dusk when she got home. Yet the house was always spotless (stress cleaning x1000.) We had homemade meals often from scratch, the local grocery store took post-dated checks because they knew mom was good for it, so we were always fed. She would buy maybe one shirt on extra discount from the thrift store for herself, but bought us kids new stuff from K-mart using Layaway. Life wasn't always easy- for mom- but she made it pretty damned easy for us kids. She never complained, never stressed us out, but I still took notice of all that she did and realized what she sacrificed early on. She has forever been my greatest hero, inspiration and role model. I still don't understand how we got by in the 90's considering how literally impossible it seems to be just to pay rent alone on one income- we didn't even use public assistance or food stamps. We certainly live in an entirely new era.
My mom used to do this all the time when I was a kid in the 90s. One time she ran into the bank and like the little dumbass I was, I was playing with the steering wheel and shifter. I accidentally some how out it in neutral and the car started rolling backwards really slow. Of course me and my siblings panicked and freaked the hell out thinking we were gonna die. The lady at the bank asked my mom if that was her car rolling in the parking lot and she booked it out of the bank and jumped into a car to stop it. I got my ass beat into next week for that one. Good times 😂😂😂
Our local grocery had the entire town's 3-Ring Binder, green. Never a better system has there ever been invented. If our mom was actually paying for food that week, she was only paying down the debt. But nobody, NOBODY went hungry in our town through some extremely LEAN, LEAN winters.
So, absolutely true!!! We all knew better than to throw a tantrum in a store, we all knew better than to embarrass our moms in public, and we knew better than to disobey what we were told. Damn.. I miss those days!! RIP Mom!! I miss and love you so much!!! ***edit*** Thank you all so very much for the likes! I read all of your replies, and I really enjoyed each one! When my younger sister and myself threw a tantrum inside a store, which we only did this ONCE, and our mom had given us that “mother’s look,” and I’m sure you all know exactly what I’m talking about; in case anyone doesn’t know what the “mother’s look” means, it’s a look that makes serial killers rethink their life choices. It’s a look that’ll make the meanest, baddest and evilest demon quiver in Hell. When she gave us that “look,” we knew that we really were going to get our asses beat the second she was able to do so. She had this very infamous saying, and she said it when she was super ticked off at us,” I brought you both into this world, and I’ll take your asses out, and NOBODY will ever know.” Now, did we know that she could actually get away with it, when we were kids? Yep, we sure did. As I said, we acted up ONCE in the store called “A & P,” and she had given us that “mother’s look,” and said that infamous saying, and we stopped acting up. She carried a leather belt with her to keep us in line. Back then, nobody blinked an eye, or even attempted to intervene, when they saw a child getting whipped by their mother. In school, teachers were allowed to use corporal punishment. Students knew better than to mouth off at their teachers, or even attack their teachers, because we knew, by the time we got home from school, our parents already knew what happened, and they were ready to start beating our asses when we walked through the door. IF we threatened to call the police, the officers would automatically take our parent’s side, so we knew that was a bust. We weren’t cuddled if we didn’t win a sport’s game, we weren’t cuddled if we were sad, we weren’t cuddled if we got into a fight and lost, and we knew better than to go home crying. We ARE the last, and best, generation of absolute badasses!! I’d give ANYTHING to go back to that time. I’d give ANYTHING to have my mom back, and I’d flush her estrogen pills down the toilet because it was those pills that gave her breast cancer. I refused to take the HRT pills after I had an emergency hysterectomy, just like my mom had. Anyway, kids today are the way that they are, because they were NEVER disciplined, held accountable for their own actions and behaviors, given chores to do, told that they must get a job and start paying “rent” and buying what we wanted ourselves, told to knock it off when they start talking back or they’d suffer consequences, etc. These kids go on Google and self diagnose themselves with some imaginary problem, they get upset when they’re told NO, they get upset when they didn’t get what they wanted, they get upset when they don’t get their way, they REFUSE to get a job and “work for the man,” and they FEEL that THEY’RE owed everything since they didn’t ask to be born. Yeah, try that shit with our parents!! Again, thank you for the likes and comments!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Kids threw tantrums then. Kids have always thrown tantrums. It’s a part of being a child. 300,000 years of humanity and this is not the first generation to have kids who throws tantrums in public spaces.
I went through a fit at a baseball game. My mom called me out of left field to chew me out in front of two teams until I behaved better. Mom had no fear and if we were going to make a scene and she was gonna make a bigger one. so we behaved.
@@Ericsaidful But today if a kid throws a tantrum in public you don't dare bust that butt. The store employees have the police on speed dial. I knew better than to act up in public I knew I would get my ass beat in the store and I better not cry very much or I would get one for crying. I'm 56 years old and I survived 😅.
Thats the thing....this is the way kids have been raised for generations snd generations. They survived and grew up to thrive. Now everyone is "trauamatize" at the thought that a parent might smack some sense into their kid. The way my parents raised me has helped me see the real world and learn for the better, and I wouldnt have it any other way. No I was not abused, and every whooping I got was very well deserved...althought I have made changes to the way I raise my kids, I have no problem reminding them that they can get some sense smacked into them if they dont change their actions and attitudes and quickly.
True dat! I turned the radio knob WAAAAY UP while the car was off so mom would have a BIG surprise when she cranked on the car to start! Good times 😊 Great post btw !
Leave with friends in the morning, come back for lunch and then disappear again until dinner. Parents didn't know where we were and what we were doing; but they knew we weren't alone.
I was born in 1961. Mama drove a Chevy Apache pickup with 3 on the tree and a manual choke with no seatbelts in the truck. Not that it mattered, we rode in the back.😂😂
@@AlottaBoulchit Indeed it was. We put an old recliner in the back once and man it was Cadillac.... well until the little brother fell out when Mama took a right turn a little fast. A bit of shoulder road rash, but he was fine....of course I received the whooping became being the oldest I let him get up on his knees.
I remember going down I-5 in the back of a pickup full of hay bails sitting on one leaning against those closer to the cab and waving at passing cars, did the police I see care, nope, they just smiled and waved back. I really want to know what happened to the concept of freedom in this country.
us * does something because bored* mama * blue eyes icy glare* " do you want to have a private moment?!" us* terrified * * shakes head NO* and behaves immediately mama " that's what I thought!" * through gritted teeth* we didn't dare even think of acting up after the first time ! 😅
I was born 1978 and I can say 100% that growing up in the 80's was awesome. Staying outside until the street lights came on, if you went inside for anything before that you were stuck in for the night. We drank from garden hoses, we rode bikes everywhere. Never called before showing up on bikes to your friends house, because if they weren't there they were on thier way to your house, because we played with the same group of friends for our whole childhood. We had sleep overs at best friends house even on school day's because we walked to school everyday together anyways and we respected thier parents as our own. We lived in a small town so we walked or rode bikes everywhere, except for when mom needed to do grocery shopping. So we were given jobs to unload the shopping cart then unload the groceries once home. We too played Nascar, pretended to be our parents with the cigarettes and yelling "keep it up and I will turn this car around" meaning you're going to get your ass beat if they had to turn that car around! 😂 Had my first kid in 1994 and he grew up in the Era where he walked his younger siblings to school. He watched his siblings at home if we were on a parents only dinner date. We order them a pizza and soda and they loved parents nights. They got the freedom of bieng home without parental guidance, even had cousin's and friends that stayed the night so their parents could have a full night of fun without having to pick up the kids after a fun night out. We could send him to the corner store for milk and cookies, candy, beef jerky soda, ect.... my youngest born 2011 and he has never been allowed to walk to school. We moved out of our hometown and bought a house. It's more out in the country and our home has a highway for our only cross street. Even if it wasn't we couldn't let our youngest who's 12 now walk anywhere. He couldn't even play outside unsupervised. Never had the opportunity to have many sleep over's besides a couple cousin's, because we dont know the parents enough and most of his friends have both parents working and they wouldn't allow thier kids to go anywhere and no company allowed over. He is driven to school and everywhere he goes. We have the worries of school shootings and kidnappings. His generation has issues with American flags but rainbow flags are everywhere. His generation doesnt know there is only 2 genders. We had WONDER WOMAN his generation are kids WONDER what makes WOMAN!! To say times have changed is a huge understatement. 😢
My sister & got lucky one day & I went in with mama to shop. We all walked by a big, pretty tub of penny Bazooka Joe. We asked mama for a piece - she said no - & we continued on. A few aisles over, mama got caught up with looking at cleaning products or something or other so Sis & I took that opportunity to go back to the tub, grab a couple of pieces of gum & were happily smacking away when we caught up with her. She gave us a very hard look, reached in that bottomless purse of lint, peppermint candy, & tons of change. She gave us each a penny & off we were dragged to the service counter where she said, "Hand the nice lady your penny." We did. "Now tell the nice lady what you're going to get when you get home." We did. The lady complimented my mama on having such discipline with her children (a bit of hero worship for her that was actually not appreciated by me and the sister especially when she added insult to injury & held up a small trashcan for us to spit out gum into. She & my mom adored each other for a few more minutes before we were marched out to a very hot car with leather seats.)
Hey Sherri , totally off the topic , but WHY isn't there a GEN Y ? There is a group called BOOMERS , then GEN X ; GEN Z ; MILLENNIALS and then GEN ALPHA . Who or what am I missing ??
Yep, my sister and I (5 and 6 years old) were told to stay in our 1965 GTO, while mom went to the grocery store. And yes we played with the cigarette lighter. My sister liked to tease me, so I pushed the lighter in and within 20 seconds it popped out. She started in and I layed that lighter on her upper lip! She jumped out of the car crying and screaming, running into the store. I ran after her thinking, boy am I gonna get in trouble! Mom told us to get back in the car and that I was gonna get in when I get home! And yes, I got a spanking!!
I still remember way back in about '67, when about 4 years old. My parents went into the grocery and left me and my 1 year old sister in the car. I don't remember why, but they did not apply the parking brake. I got the car into neutral (standard transmission)we rolled clear across the parking lot I to a large truck. Patents were both embarrassed and impressed.
Same thing happened to my cousin and myself when I was trying to show her how the blinker worked but did the gear shift instead, and rolled my aunt's car down the driveway and into the neighbors car across the street 😂
This happened to me too! I was about 8 and was left in the car with my 2 year old brother and his friend. Mum forgot to put on the brake and the car rolled down the carpark.
Geeze Louise! I'm the fourth or fifth one in the comments this happened to! Nowadays, you have to have a foot on the brake to put it in gear--WE are the reason for that feature!
Here, too! Happened twice! Once, parents had to fetch the car in the middle of the road with us inside. The second time, it was a bunch of 5 or 6 of us messing about in the car going down the hill full of laughters, while our parents were partying!
Stayed outside all day. Needed a drink, got it from the garden hose. Never interrupted adults. Had three channels on the tv. Went to church every Sunday. Homework finished, mom had to check it, then go outside. Used a rotary phone. Listened to a record player or AM radio. Phone was on a party line. We would pick up the phone and listen to other people talk. Never got kicked out of school. Attended school everyday. Couldnt wait for Christmas. Told family member that I loved them.
That's when families were about family, not what new cell phones just came out or what gender or animal they decided they wanted to be that day.... Todays kids aren't kids. They are brainwashed and entitled brats.
I had party line too and my mom knew i was a chatter as Id always pick up as early.as.3 lol Insaidnserved her right not.giving me supervision lol I befriended an old chuckwagon horse across the gravel road and hed pick me up and let.me down. It was bareback. Id feed him grass and carrots Id bring from our garden. I was 4!!! My mom had no idea where I was lmao I also spent a lot of time innthe garden finding indigenous arrowheads and other hunting tools. These were the first people living along lake agasiz!! We lived where the edge of the lake was and the coolest thing I did in my childhood! My dad kept them all. ❤
we had a blast waiting on Mom in the car!! It was great! We used to pretend when people were walking by with what they were saying... Oh Marge, my girdle is too tight!! LOL!!!
Carefree?😅 maybe for some but I bet your ass growing up was a fucking pain for many with verbal and physical abuse being normalized. Look into the rise of serial killers in the seventies, many had neglectful or abusive parents because that was the norm.
Omg I was born in 1961 and every thing you said nailed me perfectly and my parents especially the cigarette lighter trying to warm up the car I was an only child so I entertained myself a lot 😂😂😂😂I love your videos they are exactly my life
Another boomer setting the bar too low. Your child's survival is not a good excuse for being a shit parent. Why is just surviving the goal? I'd rather live.
My mom left me in the car when she went into a store. This was the 80s. It was a manual transmission. Well I released the parking break and the car started rolling into on coming traffic 😂. The best part is I got out of the car and was trying to push the car in the middle of the road back to the parking lot! 😂
I did that with an automatic when I was 6 or 7 - left in the car to play while my mom was in the laundromat. Rolled right out into a 6 lane highway......
I asked my six year old to go back to our parked car, to retrieve a coupon book, yep... he decided to try to teach himself how to drive. He went from the shaded parking spot, to clear across four lanes of traffic onto the Fifth hole at the golf course! It's been 38 years and it's just now getting kinda funny.
My mom left me and my sisters in a kroger parking lot. While she was in the store there was a tornado. They wouldn't let the customers come out. Yes we survived a tornado locked in the car. We told mom we seen it. "COOL" she said. Lol. Fun times. It was a f1. Didn't do much damage but it was still something to see. Mom used to make us light her cigarettes on the stove if she didn't have a lighter, so she didn't have to get up and miss her show. No wonder we all started smoking at 12, and then get in trouble when we would get caught smoking, like really? The lady at the corner store used to let us buy cigarettes as long as they were for mom lol. I swear we weren't trash, but it sounds so trashy. I miss the old days. I'm not gen x, I'm and old millenial, my parents are boomers born in the 50s.
Me and my sister used to light my mom's cigarettes too I believe that's why I smoke till this day I would take a hit of the cigarette when I was lighting it for her
I loved pulling my mom's cigarettes out of her purse and smelling the packaging. It smelled like raisin bran cereal, my favorite. I didn't end up a smoker though but my mom wasn't really a cig smoker as she was a "cover the merriest jane smell with cigarette smell" gal. 😂 (i don't smoke that either lol)
I was born in 1970 everything she said is 💯 true!! The good ole days,when kids even went outside to play an made real friends! And stayed out until street lights came on!!😊
except for where she says "...roll DOWN the window and lock the doors..." makes no sense. I grew up then too, and her selective memory to try to make a point is off base.
Try this on for size, 1976 Town n Country station wagon sitting in the back BACK. Windows up in the middle of summer with the lingering smell of Benson and Hedges! Moms shopping in the A&P with coupons. Miss them glorious days
It was a ford ltd wagon, the smell of more brand cigarettes, and the store was holiday grocers but yeah. Sitting there with the windows down praying, begging for a breeze to blow through . If we behaved we would get a can of soda and a sucker. I remember as a young teen, maybe a bit younger some random woman came up to us and told us to get in her car and my brother who was probably 12 -14 said “f off b--h” and she waited until our mom came back and told her what he had said and began yelling, our mom started screaming at her and I clearly remember her saying, “ you heard my son, F off b-h” . She was always very protective of us
My mother has told me about how as a kid she could walk to a store or playground by herself. She could go out all day and only had to return home before supper. While I was only allowed to go play in the back yard with my siblings or out front when mom was avaliable. It was a different world back then. I am honestly quite jealous.
Our Mother left my sister and I on a steep hill. We were horsing around jumping over the seat when the car got kicked into neutral and away we went backwards down this hill and having no idea what to do. I grabbed the wheel and yanked it which sent us into the hill. At least we stopped rolling down the hill going faster and faster. It was actually quite terrorizing. Mom comes back what did Mom say? "Thank God the cars not damaged or I'd beat your asses" Then we were grounded for almost wrecking the car.
Dad never locked the doors or had us to. In retrospect pretty sure he wanted us kidnapped! 😂 He always told mom if it ever happened the kidnappers would bring us home the next morning.
Hell, mine left me on the sidewalk at 9 o’clock at night as a joke when I said I could take care of myself. Drove around the block with me running along behind them hollering like a fool. Didn’t do that again. Real funny, Dad! Lol!
Born in 1962. Yep, all true. Once when I was like 9 yo my mom had to make a purchase of a large amount of grocery bags for our market our family operated. And of course the bag distributor warehouse was in the ghetto. “Stay here in the car and keep the doors locked while I go in”.
Absolute truth! 😂 my mom would often go to a grocery store that had a playground right next to it. All us kids would play in the park until our moms were done shopping. It was the best of times……lol
I’m 56 & I remember bursting into flames on hot days in the back of the station wagon as I waited for my mom to come out of the grocery store. Good times. 👍🏼 🔥
Did yours also have the suicide seats you got shoved into when more adults had to ride... 76 cutlass supreme wagon with the faux wood panels... so 70's
It didn't get much better once we got going again since there was no A/C.. You rolled down all the windows, including the little vent thingy that was otherwise useless, and hoped for a cool breeze to happen on occasion - maybe next to a lake or something. Mostly, you just sat in a puddle of your own sweat and tears.
Sometimes, if we're lucky, they'd park under the shade😂
😂 my grandfather always looked for shady parking spots 😂
Why is this funny?
@@bonafidehomicide5742it was fun. But also, dark humor
FACTS! 😂🤣😂
Truth bomb
I was Born in 1963.and this woman is telling the absolute TRUTH
Me too, 1963. Big sis 1962
You mean before your generation ruined the ozone layer ?😅
@@HisDearMissK1/18/63 here.
Yeah, maybe. But I lived through the 70s and 80s and they sucked just as bad as things do now. The problem is people.
@@tripfisk4246 ouch..
Maybe it's not the people....maybe it's ......???
"And people clapped" 😂😂😂😂 back in those days- a stranger would yell at a kid and the exhausted mom THANKED THEM.
100%.
Back when "it takes a village" fucking meant something
Heck back in the day if your parents were on nodding terms with an adult that gave the adult permission not only to skold you but tan your hide. Then when your mom or dad found out what happened they'd say thanks then spank your butt for doing something wrong, causing another adult to punish you and for the embarrassment you caused your parents.
@@johnshupe6384 great times to be alive lol these new gens are a bit soft for my liking
@@kristacompton4119 They are but we only have ourselves to blame. I remember so many of my family, friends and people in general born to Gen X saying how they weren't going to raise their kids like their parents raised them. That they were going to be better, more loving, more caring, more in their child's life and so on. Well our generation did and look what it got us. Nothing good. Maybe those preaching tough love were onto something. Maybe a little less caring and a little more independence is needed. Maybe a little less giving the child everything you didn't get a a child is the way to go. Oh well what do I know.
ALL of that brings back memories… you nailed it!!
Do you all remember when you would put the key in the ignition and click it backwards instead of forwards? It would turn on the radio but not the engine. Basically, “kids in the car” mode.
Yes and then they could take the key out of it and if you try to switch the other way to start it up and lock back
Sure do 😂 Those were the days. I'm so grateful having grown up in the 70s and 80s I was born in '71
My van still does that. 2007
my 05 truck does it
My dad took the keys with him. So no radio, cause it would run the battery down. We weren't allowed to roll the windows down either
I'm 46 years old and I can say that she told the 💯 percent truth..... I remember many of those days 🤣😂😂😂
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I'm 39 when I was 6 I climbed into the front seat and put the car in gear an drove over the bushes in front of the car. Got my butt busted and that was that. I didn't listen about staying in my seat, I didn't do that again... lessons were learned by doing the things we were told not to. My sis didn't do it because she saw what happened to me. We learned common sense by actually having chances to have bad things happen.
@@jamespooler8809 😂😂😂 I did the same thing when I was 12 ..... I had 6 heart attacks, 4 strokes and a brain aneurysm 😆😆 because I knew that beat down was coming 😁
Yea, but back then you could rol down the window. These new cars are electronic. without the keys in the car, the windows wouldn't roll down plus the new cars will selflock and the back door has a child lock.
No seat belts just a mom that didn’t drive like an idiot with a van full of kids while on her cell phone.
In the 70's, kids in the backseat was a deterrent for car thieves. You couldn't give your kids away
Yes, kids in the car was your car alarm, your locking steering wheel anti theft device and for sure no one will go near it.
Why did I relate to this so much? 😂🤣
😂😂😂My mother NEVER worried about me getting abducted as a little girl.Oh hell NO!! They’d throw my ass right out of the white Van.
I tell my son the kidnappers would have to pay me ransom to take him back
😂😂😂 especially me, I have twin brothers 18 months younger than me lol 😂
Who remembers their mom locking the door and making us stay outside all day during the summer, it we got thirsty we drank out the water hose!! My mom came outside at lunch time to put our lunch ok the picnic table!! I MISS those days!!! Being born in the 70's rocked!! 😊
Hell, I was born in the 80s and that still happened to me. The sun came out out with the kids and don’t you dare come back until those street lights come on
I really have fond memories of those summers. For some weird reason I loved drinking from the hose. I remember thinking it tastes soo good! Then we would dash after the ice-cream truck when we heard it (sometimes barefooted in the hot concrete) just to buy Fun Dip. It was the best thing ever!
Yep. Drank warm water from the hose. I remember being so hungry that I ate some grass!
@NadoWolf I still use a well also
That happened to my mum when she was younger. It was 45° Celsius and they had no water. Her sister ended up with blisters on her face and neck from the sunburn. Sounds like good times.
we honked at strangers walking by while hiding in the floorboard😂😂😂❤
Same!!!!! 😂
That was you?!....(lol)
I JUST posted a comment about doing this! So glad to see that I wasn't the only one. 😂
I remember that! I also remember gasping for air in the back seat as my dad smoked Chesterfield King unfiltered cigarettes with the windows down going 70mph on the freeway. No seatbelts.
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Remember the manual windows, ! You had to roll the down ya self. The car didn’t have to be on ! 😂
I remember the first car we had with power windows. An old station wagon. Holy crap! That was space-age sci-fi technology for us!
Yesss😂😂😂😂
Remember the little triangle window that supposedly in myths could be opened and closed but never was. Those damn latches on those things would pinch an inch of flesh off right to the bone!!!
Do you remember the back widows that you could push out to open that didn’t let any air in made being in the back seem like a prison cell 🤣
I want to design a window that is automatic, but yet ALSO have a hole in the door to manually roll the windows up if the motor goes out.
I laughed out loud at the "people clapped after" because it's TRUE.
Then the threat of "wait till I tell your father when he gets home"...
Fucking facts.
@@terencemcgeown2358 ohhhhh that struck terror in me like nothing else. I am the oldest & was the scapegoat for so much. Dad didn't mind putting a hurting on me. 😬
Hahahahaha 😂😆😂😂😆😆😂
That's how you know you REALLY screwed up!
I remember these days. Good times growing up not being afraid of everything like it is these days.
I was afraid.
"Can we have the keys so we can listen to the radio?!??" ❤
"10 MINUTES! THATS IT or you'll run down the battery!".
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And they did!
My mom would NEVER!!
Yes
I was born in the 50s.This lady Speaking absolute truth.
Anyone remember the tv commercial, "It's 10 o'clock, do you know where your children are".😂
@tkori4687.... Yes! I used to say, "We're right here, stupid", because I could not imagine that parents DIDN'T KNOW where their children were at that time.
Who knew?
Yes, I remember that! You must be from the East coast. "It's 4 o'clock, have you hugged your child today?" or "It's 10 PM, do you know where your children are?" Shoot, my but was always in bed after watching the Six Million Dollar Man on Sundays at 8 PM.
That's because boomers were horrible parents and so are their millennial grandkids.
I do
With us it was street lights....if we weren't in by then .....we slept on the porch.
Unless the weather was really really bad , we were never in the house .
We survived AND we have the backbones to prove it! Ahhhh, I remember those great days
Yep, “lock the doors and don’t open them for anyone” -- I sat out in the car all the time. Loved it.
I didn't love it.
I use to read or take a nap when my mom was in the store.
This beautiful woman says everything ive ever wanted to tell my boys about the 80's and she is absolutely correct about all of it..thanks sherry!!!!!
sorry..sherri
I once got in trouble in the store. My mom told me to go sit in the car. So I went to the car, got in the car, looked over, and there was a black lady sitting in the driver's seat. I'm not black 😂. Her car was identical to my mom's. The funniest thing was that she didn't say a word to me. She just sat there looking at me with a smile on her face. I hope that made her day.
That happened me and my brother when we were kids, except she got into our car while our mom wS shopping and she was a hot mess . She was drunk. The look on my mothers face when she got to the car was a kodak moment
If that was me I'd say something cheeky like "please adopt me"
Fun story❤
@@TheCrow2483 I was probably seven years old at the oldest mate. So forgive me for not being clever.
My aunt accidentally grabbed the wrong boy and put him in her car. He never said a word and turned to look at him! Lol-She was the children’s librarian there! She got him back out and told him to go find his mom and she looked around the corner-there was her boy-same size same coloring same haircut!
Absolutely!!! 💯 I love you!!! You verbalize memories and experiences of our childhood. I love it!!!❤❤❤
The good old days
I remember climbing in the driver seat pretending I was driving 😅
My mom's warning (said with her jaw clenched) taking us into the store "you don't touch shit, you don't want shit, you don't need shit, and you're not getting shit" 😂
If we were good she would spend 10 cents on the little wax figures with a flavor filling.🤭
And if you dared to ask for something anyway, she’d say ”no, you’re not getting that; tough shit!”
Were you allowed to take a shit?
😂
Oh man the jaw clenched was my mums signature move
So true!! My dad did that while he went on an interview. My 4 yr brother decided to pretend he was driving. Threw the car into neutral. There we were, rolling down hill while cars were swirling to avoid us. I'm screaming, and we hit the centers divider. My dad came running and jumped in the car and drove off. Yes he got the job. Lol
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Glad you were ok but that is hilarious!
My little brother did that too, in the days you didn't need a key to unlock the shift lever. Rolled the car into traffic.
Another time he and his friend threw out all the important papers from the glove box, on a windy day. It took some time for my parents to replace everything.
There are good reasons that you shouldn't leave four year olds alone in a car.
Jesus, are y'all good?! That's not a funny anecdote. That's trauma wrapped in a cute blanket.
@@Tinypaperplate yes we were fine. But something I'll never forget
1966 here. I spent hours in the car waiting and playing! The fun really began when you were left long enough to have to pee and prayed that you made it back before she did! Always take the keys with you so she couldn't leave!
Genius!
Grampa also let me sit in his lap and actually drive the truck down the road, I was 5 years old...it was awesome!
Geez I remember at about 10 years old Grandpa would let us drive from the airport all the way to his house right through town, no one would bat an eye. Never got pulled over, those were the days. 88 model here
I let my 2 year old do this now, just cause the internet acts like noone does something, doesn't mean noone does it. The internet is isolating you all.
That's how my gramps taught me to ride a bike
Private roads are a great thing nowadays And what I mean?Is roads out on a ranch? Not like some rich person who has their Own thirty thousand foot driveway
@@EVL6479just in the neighborhood for me or in a parking lot with my 2 year old son also, we love it
That's how curiosity burnt my thumb & gave me a great life lesson 😂😂
As a boomer...born in 59, this is exactly how it was for us too👍😄😄✌️💫
57 here and I agree completely.
I'm a millennial and this is how we grew up as well. I liked waiting in the car. I hated walking around stores. Putting the radio on was entertainment enough for me. If it was my grandads care he always had a lot of books in his car as well, from second-hand stores, and I loved reading. God, there was even a relative that drove us around when he had been drinking 😂
Same for me in the 80s actually
That's where y'all learned it from.
Thing is people born between like 55 to 65 are valley years - too young to be a proper boomer. I mean where do you think gen x got their ideas from? It wasn't a gen x'er that came up with punk rock or hip hop.
"I wish I could put my kids in danger like the olden days 😊"
BOOGEYMAN!!! ..... oooOOOooooooooooo
You described my childhood with precision. " beat your ass" was real. Lol
What about “I’ll snatch yo lungs out thru yo nose!” ? Yeah, my mom was a special kinda crazy 😂😂😂
I brought you into this world I'll take you out. Was my personal favorite
"Oh so your gonna cry are you? I'll give you something to cry about." a line that I'll never forget and found out quickly actions do have consequences.
Omg, 😂!! Mid seventies, I am 8 and my sister an infant as we were left in a locked, running van in front of the grocery store. Cops came and told me to open the door, I refused (more afraid of mom than cops) and when they finally found my mom they complimented her on how well I listened to her!😂😂 Not one word about safety, temp, or runts in running vehicles!😂😂😂
Good thing you didn't tell 'em you where the getaway driver.
@@brentmartin6833 Aaaannnndddd now I want to go back just to see what would happen, lol!
ahh the good old days when cops where there to serve and protect, and not be shills for corrupt politicians.
@@danielh3719 I heard a story once where this guy was driving home drunk and ran into an old oak in the ditch. Not much damage as the steel on those cars back then were solid. The cops stopped, checked on the driver, helped him get the car back on the road and proceeded to follow him the rest of the way home to make sure he got home safe. No DWI, no arrest...just made sure he got home safe.
@@pikehunter23750 Yup. I remember they would bring my next door neighbors dad home every once in a while. But he was always in the police car, not driving. They had to go get their car the next day and I think it was left on the side of the road. Roads were different back then to and almost no traffic.
Absolutely true. We were/are tough and resilient because of our treatment - Gen X 1966. God bless us….
A lot of your traumatized and emotionally stunted because of how you were treated.
EST. 1966. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
1967!!! 🫡
And hundreds of people in your age group died super young from the things you managed to survive from.
Stop with the survivorship bias.
@@believeinshadows139exactly!! older generations were neglected and think it’s cool to brag about it
Lol. My sister and I talked about this recently. Our mom would leave us in the car with our crazy grandma, who had Alzheimer's disease. She would try to get out of the car and didn't know who we were. She would try to open the car door and would yell to people for them to come help her. Since we lived in a country town there was a lot of good ol boys that would come to help. Then it was a game of who do you believe, the little old lady begging you for help or the six and eight year olds holding her in by each holding part of her seatbelt telling you she is crazy and please leave her alone. Mom would talk with her church friend Peggy that worked in the store. She would take FOREVER. Fun times. Such fun times. This was early 90s. We finally got her to let us stay home to watch grandma at home because we could just lock the whole house up and watch tv. If anyone asked we were supposed to say grandma was watching us. Lol.
Momma driving would smack us all in the beck seat without missing a beat too. Cigarette ashes never fell 😂
Absolute Fact's 💯💯💯💯😂😂😂😂
@@cristymcguane7184 lol right
@@mistiemo1665 Sure is.... 🤣🤣🤣
Plastic fly swat was the weapon of choice for backseat shenanigans.
God😅 How did my mom ever do that?? All while driving too😂
I was born in 63 and this woman was right on eveything. I feel blessed to have been born in such a wonderful time. God bless everyone on this post.
How many of your friends have passed? How many have sore bodies? How many are starting to get dementia symptoms, have lung cancer, or any other health issue that is not necessarily age-related?
Because just about everybody I know over the age of 50 is suffering or something that can be directly related to their childhood, teen or early adulthood.
" we never had seat belts or helmets.
We didn't have safety features. If we got a concussion we dealt with it"
Now we understand that just one serious concussion can increase your likelihood of dementia drastically.
And so many older people talking about cigarettes as if all the cigarette smokers aren't suffering serious health repercussions.
Not to mention the stats of children that dehydrated and died in hot cars is so high that of course they made it a law not to do that. "I survived" and literally tens of thousands didn't. I don't know how anybody can advocate for the death of a child because they didn't die.
I onde jumpped off a four-storey building and got no injuries, everybody should give it a go. See how stupid that sounds?
And that is a real story but I wouldn't advocate for anybody to do that because it's still hurt and its still incredibly stupid.
It’s insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes
@-Gax- You can blame the kids dying in hot cars on climate change. Even the hottest summers of my childhood were no where near what they are today. I remember when it was noteworthy that a day was gonna be in the 100s now it feels like 100s is common place.
@@-Gax-Somebody simply says they enjoyed their childhood and what time they lived in and you come up with a whole essay, as to why he/she shouldn't be proud. What's wrong with you?
@@-Gax- Actually none. I'm 57, and have none of those issues. Neither do any of my childhood friends (those I still keep in touch with). Maybe it's that we all have a good sense of humor...
"Or just taking a break from the kids". Followed by my favorite..."I Don't Blame Her" 😅😂🤣😂🤣
You are preaching to the choir.
Love the trip down memory lane.... 😅😂
As a 90s baby, im now seeing things labeled as abuse and neglect that i actually experienced a lot during my childhood. Times were different. I wouldnt change a thing. My mom wasnt perfect, but she was perfect to me. And when she became a grandma, she would get upset and speak of all the mistakes she made as a young parent and how she wish she could've given us a better life. So she was the most kind and gentle grandmother i have ever witnessed. She told me she couldnt undo the past, but she could try to make up for it through the way she treats my daughter. And she kept that promise for 11 whole years. I miss her so much.
90s kid her as well. Same exact thing happened to me. I tell my mom all the time that no she wasn’t perfect but she did her best and she kept out of the hospital which was an accomplishment at the time. She gives her whole self to be a grandma and literally has to to take a week recovering after we visit.
Ferreal !! 97 baby here lol and my mom was allowed to leave me in the car ...take me to work at Walmart with her, so many other small things like that 😂 and it wasn't even THAT long ago
My mom has never apologized for how she raised her 4 kids. And she has no reason or need to! We all grew up well, none of us smoke or do drugs, and none of us have ever been in trouble with the police.
Your experience has swelled my eyes with tears. Grandparents have the gift of reflection and the pain that comes with it. We should listen to them, they may have wise words.
It’s kind a like when you know better you do better - signed GenXer who was left in the hot car and locked out of the house all day.
And… I’m gainfully employed, college educated, own a home, don’t do drugs and have never been arrested. I would never parent the way my parents did especially my mother. I am who I am despite them.
100% couldn't be more accurate 😂😂😂 literally a flashback of every moment we ever "ran errands"
'Playing with the cigarette lighter' OMG you just unlocked a Deep memory 😂
Pretending to smoke with our candy cigarettes too
My sister (10 or 11 yr old) ignored my warning how quick they get hot, burned her finger and that night I got beat for it… ahh the 80s
@@kj7792 Yes! They put cornstarch in them remember so that smoke would come out a little bit?
I still have the circle scar on my thigh!😂😂😂
Riiiightt??
"Roll down the windows and lock the doors!" Gotta love it 🤣
Playing with the cigarette lighter was so daring! Kids today have no idea, thinking you are talking about a Bic. 😂
Yep, that "power port" used to light cigarettes
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That thing burnt tf out of me several times!😂😂
I burnt a few holes in the carpet on the floorboard. Fortunately I knew to cover them with the floormats. It was the 70’s in the South so nobody noticed the burning smell.
It was the south and the air alone was probably hotter than the last circle of hell. Like being in the ocean and smelling salt. Glad you made it out.
Heck my mom who's 89 now still makes me sit in the car! 😉😘
LOL!
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She's taking a break from you 😂😂😂
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I know that’s tight😂
Waiting in the car was the best.
Mom would turn the car back on and the radio would be blasting and the windshield wipers would fly on.
omg YES those were some good memories
Don't like that. I was the youngest and always got blamed for it. Got a couple of whacks on the butt. Older siblings suck
@@davidkirkland2271 whatever. Young siblings give hemorrhoids a run for their money.
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I looooooove your hair!! True stories and we did survive! We were lucky!!
She is spot on! Plus, when we were old enough to learn how to drive (13), we were taught in a stick shift or ya didn’t get a license. Just the way it was… glorious! Everyone should be able to drive a stick and learn to shift by ear (revs); never redlining.
My first car at 17y was a stick shift.
We had to learn to drive a stick too in case it emergencies.❤
I was the only one in a group of #6 siblings that could drive a stick. Learned at 10 ish off the steering wheel stick type. Drove 18 wheelers for a minute TOO!!! Manuels are awesome 😎👍
YYEESSSS!!!! I COMPLETELY AGREE!!!! NONE of my four kids or my sister's four kids know how to drive a stick and I feel like I've failed them!!! Lolol.
My dad taught me how to drive stick and my first car was a 5-speed. It saved me a lot of headaches in college because none of my housemates knew how to drive stick, so they couldn't ask to borrow my car! 😂
Absolute TRUTH. My sisters and I hung out in the wood-paneled station wagon for an hour sometimes while we waited for our parents
Yes, we had one of those with the seats facing each other in the back and you could lay on your back and look out the back window.
You forgot to mention blowing the horn uncontrollably 😂😂😂😂😂. The piggly wiggly parking lot.😂
Not the,Piggly Wiggly!!!!😂😂😂😂🩵
Literally what I was going to say,lolol@@PamelaBetts-nt2ro
@@burkies8273😂😂😂😂true
😂 yep
I remember going to Georgia in 1987 in the back of a flatbed the entire 9 hour drive on the highway doing 65 with no seat belts, I was eight .
OMG! I had forgotten about this. I grew up like this, and we knew we better not do the opposite of what mom said. We also knew she loved and cared for us with NO doubt. I miss my momma. She was the real deal. I learned control and discipline and how to respect myself and others. Another thing, we were teachable. Makes the difference. We COULD be corrected and did not become offended, but when we were wrong learned to adjust or self correct. There was a genuine desire to make our parents proud.
My mom left me in the car when I was 6. She went in the gas station to pay for the fuel. An old man watched my mom walk off, stopped by the car and said he had a box of puppies in his truck behind the store. So I went with him. He seemed so nice. But when I took the puppy to my mom to see if I could keep her, the man took off. And that's how we ended up with Cricket, the most beautiful bouncy mutt I've ever seen. Boy my mom was mad. 😂
OMG so funny but so scary too lol
Thank God you are ok
Wow, that’s the most terrifying story turned lovely.
That story took me to the edge of Nightmare Avenue, then took a last minute turn onto Wholesome Trickery Blvd! 😂
You are so insanely lucky he actually had puppies. You were a dumbass for going with him cuz I know your mom told you not to do shit like that 😂😂😂😂 so glad you got a puppy out of it and that youre not sex trafficked and dead.
I'm a millennial and this was my childhood 🤣
Yup, same.
Lmao I'm also a millennial and I vividly remember my mother telling me and my brothers to just hang out in the car while she ran errands
Yup same but Millennial/Gen Z cusp
You're what they call an outlier
Nothing like jamming in the Walmart parking lot with your siblings.
As a Gen Xer.....I totally approve this message..my brother did something stupid in a store and Mom whipped has ass in front of everybody ..it was so hilarious.... Dad never left the keys in the car ...we spent ridiculous amounts of time sitting in the car...we once spent 2 and a half hours sitting in a bank parking lot while the folks got a loan to remodel the house ...when they came out there we were hanging half out the windows lol.....what they didnt know was that my little brother had pissed out the window because he couldn't hold it . .the spot had evaporated by the time they came out.... Mom's first question was "does anybody have to use the bathroom"..."nope" ...we didn't say "not now" because she would have caught on right there...
I flooded the carburetor winning the Indy 500 in Vons grocery store parking lot. 😂😂
I'd play with the gas pedal then when dad would start the car, it would be flooded.
I locked the steering wheel😅 and yes I got beat for tht.
😂😂😂😂😂
@@Asha-jj5ed we got beat for breathing too heavy. It is definitely a miracle our generation survived. We deserve a metal of honor 🤣
Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂
She makes an excellent point. parents really do need a break from their kids. When I was growing up our mother threw us out of the house during the day, 'go play, go make some friends, be home before dark'.
Babysitters exist.
@@ViktorJ957I WAS the babysitter for my brother.. and if he did dumb shit I got the blame! And we're only 3 years apart 😂
Yes exactly
Yep me - my bro & my sis all had to wait for over an hour in the Hot or Cold . They turned the car off. One time we were scufeling in the car & a random stranger said "Stop it, our I am gonna tell your Dad". It worked - we Stopped. But as an adult, looking back - that guy had No Idea who my Father was. Lol 😂😅
Lol! we need more guys like that guy.
EVERY time I thought they didn't know my mother... WRONG they ALWAYS did. ☠️🤦♀️🤣 She'd get status reports on us all day every day no matter WHERE we were. 🤦♀️🤷♀️🤣 The downside of your parents fostering for 50 YEARS. You can't get away with SH!T. 🤦♀️😭🤷♀️🤣
Maybe he did though.
@@206Scorpio75 😅 might be right there were less people back then
Lived in a small town and my mom worked for the onky dr's office so ya that was a real fear😱😱😂
I love this woman Thank you for some reality. This short clip actually took my anxiety away. I'm not facing any child endangerment charges or anything like that. In fact all my kids are grown. Thank you❤
Those vinyl seats got HOT in the middle of summer, but we knew better than to get out of the car because that was an automatic ass whoopin right in the parking lot 🤣
My thoughts exactly! 🤣🤣
That glowing coil of the cigarette lighter was so enchanting... I didn't burn the back seat... Ok.. maybe I did. 🤷♀️😂🤣
and 100% of the time your whole name as growled at ya
😂 I burned my finger. My daddy let me Cause I was so mesmerized & aggravated ts outta him about it. Then he bought me a Coke to cool my burned finger. I learned a valuable lesson & I never annoyed my dad about it again. Win Win for all... except my burnt finger😂
I burnt the tip of my nose trying to see how close I could get to it.
Memories!
@@bluemoon324 =) u stupid
lmao why
Born in 1962 I rode in the back of a 67 Ford pickup truck til I got my driver's license in 79. No car seat and no seat belts.
That just means you were part of the problem. You are the reason fewer Gen x survived to adulthood than millennials Vehicle accidents and fatalities were more common in the 1960s and 1970s compared to modern times. This was primarily due to several factors, including fewer safety regulations, advancements in technology, and changes in road infrastructure.
In the 1960s and 1970s, seat belts and other safety features were not mandatory in vehicles. This lack of safety measures contributed to a higher number of fatalities in accidents during that time period. Additionally, drunk driving laws were not as strict as they are today, leading to more alcohol-related accidents.
Furthermore, road infrastructure in the 1960s and 1970s was not as developed as it is now. Roads were narrower, and there were fewer safety features such as guardrails and barriers. This lack of infrastructure made accidents more likely and more severe.
In contrast, in modern times, there have been significant advancements in vehicle safety technology. Seat belts, airbags, anti-lock brakes, and other safety features are now standard in vehicles, reducing the likelihood of fatalities in accidents. Additionally, there are stricter laws and enforcement regarding drunk driving, further decreasing the number of alcohol-related accidents.
I was also born in 62 and so much of this and the comments being back so many memories. My fav is riding in the back seat of the station wagon so you could see the faces of those in the car behind you... Right before they rear-ended you. Lol!
We had a station wagon we set on the back window seal hold on to the luggage rack going down the interstate
The three of us slept in our sleeping bags in the capacious back of our Nova station wagon as we drove up Hwy 99 to Grandma's house for the summer.
@@stormyparker8465Man, you certainly take the fun out of reminiscing!
Man you ain't lying, yup we survived not only did we survive but we thrived and yup we're still alive😂
I love this woman. Everything she speak about Gen X is so damn true. Being a Gen X myself here videos are the truth and so damn funny!
Guess my parents were weirdo's. Never got left in a hot car, never had a key to the door, never got mistreated. Guess country folks are just chill...
I was born in the early 60's. We used to ring doorbells on our street and then run and hide close enough to watch when the door was answered lol. We played outside all day, sometimes in the car pretending to drive. My mom didn't drive, so she sent me to the store with a small cart, grocery list and money. It was a 20 minute walk...i was 7 years old. Had 3 younger siblings. I was the oldest. She didn't want to take us all, and I loved going by myself. She let me pick out a treat as a reward. Rode my bike everywhere. ❤
Ding dong ditch. What a classic. Trip your cousin so they'd get caught.😂
Not what we called it 🤣😂
@@WhatheFIsgoingonsame
I was born in the 70 your experience sounds very familiar. My mom didn’t drive either I road my bike everyday everywhere times pasted
Ding Dash and Run baby!!! One night we drove our neighbor to the point of taking his doorbell apart to find out what was wrong with it because we rang it so much. The funny part was, we would ring the doorbell and run 3 houses over and sit on the stoop and act like we didn't see anybody when he would ask. Loved my childhood!!
Yep my brother and I would dare each other to touch the cigarette lighter.
I did that once, hurt like hell!😂
The fuq is wrong wit yawll LMFAO 😂😂😂.
@alexanderamayahernandez3912 They were kids and they do stupid dares all the time.
Yep!
I was born in 92 and this was a thing when I was younger lol
I'm a 70's baby! I love her! Sooo true!
It wasn't unheard of in the 90's either... but only for real quick stops like running into 7-11 for smokes and a Slurpee. Occasionally there might be a 5-10 minute stop for a few groceries, car parked up front and visible from the windows. To be fair, this was single mom life in the peak era of Latch Key Kids. It was still dark outside when she left for work, almost dusk when she got home. Yet the house was always spotless (stress cleaning x1000.) We had homemade meals often from scratch, the local grocery store took post-dated checks because they knew mom was good for it, so we were always fed. She would buy maybe one shirt on extra discount from the thrift store for herself, but bought us kids new stuff from K-mart using Layaway. Life wasn't always easy- for mom- but she made it pretty damned easy for us kids. She never complained, never stressed us out, but I still took notice of all that she did and realized what she sacrificed early on. She has forever been my greatest hero, inspiration and role model. I still don't understand how we got by in the 90's considering how literally impossible it seems to be just to pay rent alone on one income- we didn't even use public assistance or food stamps. We certainly live in an entirely new era.
My mom used to do this all the time when I was a kid in the 90s. One time she ran into the bank and like the little dumbass I was, I was playing with the steering wheel and shifter. I accidentally some how out it in neutral and the car started rolling backwards really slow. Of course me and my siblings panicked and freaked the hell out thinking we were gonna die. The lady at the bank asked my mom if that was her car rolling in the parking lot and she booked it out of the bank and jumped into a car to stop it. I got my ass beat into next week for that one. Good times 😂😂😂
I was looking for this comment.
I miss lay-a- ways , Kmart-cherry slurpees with a small popcorn, Sears and Montgomery Wards.
Our local grocery had the entire town's 3-Ring Binder, green.
Never a better system has there ever been invented.
If our mom was actually paying for food that week, she was only paying down the debt. But nobody, NOBODY went hungry in our town through some extremely LEAN, LEAN winters.
So, absolutely true!!! We all knew better than to throw a tantrum in a store, we all knew better than to embarrass our moms in public, and we knew better than to disobey what we were told. Damn.. I miss those days!! RIP Mom!! I miss and love you so much!!!
***edit*** Thank you all so very much for the likes!
I read all of your replies, and I really enjoyed each one! When my younger sister and myself threw a tantrum inside a store, which we only did this ONCE, and our mom had given us that “mother’s look,” and I’m sure you all know exactly what I’m talking about; in case anyone doesn’t know what the “mother’s look” means, it’s a look that makes serial killers rethink their life choices. It’s a look that’ll make the meanest, baddest and evilest demon quiver in Hell.
When she gave us that “look,” we knew that we really were going to get our asses beat the second she was able to do so. She had this very infamous saying, and she said it when she was super ticked off at us,” I brought you both into this world, and I’ll take your asses out, and NOBODY will ever know.” Now, did we know that she could actually get away with it, when we were kids? Yep, we sure did. As I said, we acted up ONCE in the store called “A & P,” and she had given us that “mother’s look,” and said that infamous saying, and we stopped acting up.
She carried a leather belt with her to keep us in line. Back then, nobody blinked an eye, or even attempted to intervene, when they saw a child getting whipped by their mother.
In school, teachers were allowed to use corporal punishment. Students knew better than to mouth off at their teachers, or even attack their teachers, because we knew, by the time we got home from school, our parents already knew what happened, and they were ready to start beating our asses when we walked through the door. IF we threatened to call the police, the officers would automatically take our parent’s side, so we knew that was a bust.
We weren’t cuddled if we didn’t win a sport’s game, we weren’t cuddled if we were sad, we weren’t cuddled if we got into a fight and lost, and we knew better than to go home crying.
We ARE the last, and best, generation of absolute badasses!! I’d give ANYTHING to go back to that time. I’d give ANYTHING to have my mom back, and I’d flush her estrogen pills down the toilet because it was those pills that gave her breast cancer. I refused to take the HRT pills after I had an emergency hysterectomy, just like my mom had.
Anyway, kids today are the way that they are, because they were NEVER disciplined, held accountable for their own actions and behaviors, given chores to do, told that they must get a job and start paying “rent” and buying what we wanted ourselves, told to knock it off when they start talking back or they’d suffer consequences, etc.
These kids go on Google and self diagnose themselves with some imaginary problem, they get upset when they’re told NO, they get upset when they didn’t get what they wanted, they get upset when they don’t get their way, they REFUSE to get a job and “work for the man,” and they FEEL that THEY’RE owed everything since they didn’t ask to be born. Yeah, try that shit with our parents!!
Again, thank you for the likes and comments!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Kids threw tantrums then. Kids have always thrown tantrums. It’s a part of being a child. 300,000 years of humanity and this is not the first generation to have kids who throws tantrums in public spaces.
I went through a fit at a baseball game. My mom called me out of left field to chew me out in front of two teams until I behaved better. Mom had no fear and if we were going to make a scene and she was gonna make a bigger one. so we behaved.
True... bring those days BACK!!!
@@Ericsaidful But today if a kid throws a tantrum in public you don't dare bust that butt. The store employees have the police on speed dial. I knew better than to act up in public I knew I would get my ass beat in the store and I better not cry very much or I would get one for crying. I'm 56 years old and I survived 😅.
@@kissandraramos5187Oh I wish we could 👍😆
They did that in the 50s and 60s too.
I did that in the 90s😂
80s too 😂🤙✌️
Right. I was born in 86 she basically described my childhood lol
Thats the thing....this is the way kids have been raised for generations snd generations. They survived and grew up to thrive. Now everyone is "trauamatize" at the thought that a parent might smack some sense into their kid. The way my parents raised me has helped me see the real world and learn for the better, and I wouldnt have it any other way. No I was not abused, and every whooping I got was very well deserved...althought I have made changes to the way I raise my kids, I have no problem reminding them that they can get some sense smacked into them if they dont change their actions and attitudes and quickly.
What a Great life we had in the 70s ......... we are stronger for it.......
True dat! I turned the radio knob WAAAAY UP while the car was off so mom would have a BIG surprise when she cranked on the car to start! Good times 😊 Great post btw !
Wow! That was me! You’re growing up in the 60s was great! We drank out of the garden hose, too. We survived.
Leave with friends in the morning, come back for lunch and then disappear again until dinner. Parents didn't know where we were and what we were doing; but they knew we weren't alone.
oh I remember the hose-water flavor.
@@chrystalminor1422 hose-water flavor lol, that kind of went away after water came out of the hose for long enough.
I was born in 1961. Mama drove a Chevy Apache pickup with 3 on the tree and a manual choke with no seatbelts in the truck. Not that it mattered, we rode in the back.😂😂
Oh yes!!!
Riding in the back was so fun!
@@AlottaBoulchit Indeed it was. We put an old recliner in the back once and man it was Cadillac.... well until the little brother fell out when Mama took a right turn a little fast. A bit of shoulder road rash, but he was fine....of course I received the whooping became being the oldest I let him get up on his knees.
Best times riding in the back of a truck.
I remember going down I-5 in the back of a pickup full of hay bails sitting on one leaning against those closer to the cab and waving at passing cars, did the police I see care, nope, they just smiled and waved back.
I really want to know what happened to the concept of freedom in this country.
I absolutely love your videos. So relatable. Thank you! 😂🤣✅️
Original latch key kids ! Somebody put that on a tee shirt ! 💪🏾💯😂
I remember kids running around stores acting crazy. An adult would trip them and they would stop. lol
yes!!!! saw that many times!
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My Mom put the fear of God into me about acting up. I’d watch those kids and fear for their safety, lol…
us * does something because bored*
mama * blue eyes icy glare* " do you want to have a private moment?!"
us* terrified * * shakes head NO* and behaves immediately
mama " that's what I thought!" * through gritted teeth*
we didn't dare even think of acting up after the first time ! 😅
"private moment "meaning public bathroom whooping immediately 😅
I was born 1978 and I can say 100% that growing up in the 80's was awesome. Staying outside until the street lights came on, if you went inside for anything before that you were stuck in for the night. We drank from garden hoses, we rode bikes everywhere. Never called before showing up on bikes to your friends house, because if they weren't there they were on thier way to your house, because we played with the same group of friends for our whole childhood. We had sleep overs at best friends house even on school day's because we walked to school everyday together anyways and we respected thier parents as our own. We lived in a small town so we walked or rode bikes everywhere, except for when mom needed to do grocery shopping. So we were given jobs to unload the shopping cart then unload the groceries once home. We too played Nascar, pretended to be our parents with the cigarettes and yelling "keep it up and I will turn this car around" meaning you're going to get your ass beat if they had to turn that car around! 😂
Had my first kid in 1994 and he grew up in the Era where he walked his younger siblings to school. He watched his siblings at home if we were on a parents only dinner date. We order them a pizza and soda and they loved parents nights. They got the freedom of bieng home without parental guidance, even had cousin's and friends that stayed the night so their parents could have a full night of fun without having to pick up the kids after a fun night out. We could send him to the corner store for milk and cookies, candy, beef jerky soda, ect.... my youngest born 2011 and he has never been allowed to walk to school. We moved out of our hometown and bought a house. It's more out in the country and our home has a highway for our only cross street. Even if it wasn't we couldn't let our youngest who's 12 now walk anywhere. He couldn't even play outside unsupervised. Never had the opportunity to have many sleep over's besides a couple cousin's, because we dont know the parents enough and most of his friends have both parents working and they wouldn't allow thier kids to go anywhere and no company allowed over. He is driven to school and everywhere he goes. We have the worries of school shootings and kidnappings. His generation has issues with American flags but rainbow flags are everywhere. His generation doesnt know there is only 2 genders. We had WONDER WOMAN his generation are kids WONDER what makes WOMAN!! To say times have changed is a huge understatement. 😢
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Well said
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Did we live in the same neighborhood? 😂
I was born in '78, too. This was my childhood exactly. These kids today have no idea what they missed out on.
❤❤❤❤❤❤ur vibes is Handsdowm hilarious I am still laughing
My sister & got lucky one day & I went in with mama to shop. We all walked by a big, pretty tub of penny Bazooka Joe. We asked mama for a piece - she said no - & we continued on. A few aisles over, mama got caught up with looking at cleaning products or something or other so Sis & I took that opportunity to go back to the tub, grab a couple of pieces of gum & were happily smacking away when we caught up with her. She gave us a very hard look, reached in that bottomless purse of lint, peppermint candy, & tons of change. She gave us each a penny & off we were dragged to the service counter where she said, "Hand the nice lady your penny." We did. "Now tell the nice lady what you're going to get when you get home." We did. The lady complimented my mama on having such discipline with her children (a bit of hero worship for her that was actually not appreciated by me and the sister especially when she added insult to injury & held up a small trashcan for us to spit out gum into. She & my mom adored each other for a few more minutes before we were marched out to a very hot car with leather seats.)
Hey Sherri , totally off the topic , but WHY isn't there a GEN Y ? There is a group called BOOMERS , then GEN X ; GEN Z ; MILLENNIALS and then GEN ALPHA . Who or what am I missing ??
I think they used to call Millennials Gen Y for awhile. I definitely remember there being a Gen Y but I don't know why they changed it.
Yep, my sister and I (5 and 6 years old) were told to stay in our 1965 GTO, while mom went to the grocery store. And yes we played with the cigarette lighter. My sister liked to tease me, so I pushed the lighter in and within 20 seconds it popped out. She started in and I layed that lighter on her upper lip! She jumped out of the car crying and screaming, running into the store. I ran after her thinking, boy am I gonna get in trouble! Mom told us to get back in the car and that I was gonna get in when I get home! And yes, I got a spanking!!
And I thought I was an ass to my older sister 😅 if I did that I would not be typing this I'd be dead😂
I still remember way back in about '67, when about 4 years old.
My parents went into the grocery and left me and my 1 year old sister in the car.
I don't remember why, but they did not apply the parking brake.
I got the car into neutral (standard transmission)we rolled clear across the parking lot I to a large truck.
Patents were both embarrassed and impressed.
Same thing happened to my cousin and myself when I was trying to show her how the blinker worked but did the gear shift instead, and rolled my aunt's car down the driveway and into the neighbors car across the street 😂
This happened to me too! I was about 8 and was left in the car with my 2 year old brother and his friend. Mum forgot to put on the brake and the car rolled down the carpark.
Geeze Louise! I'm the fourth or fifth one in the comments this happened to! Nowadays, you have to have a foot on the brake to put it in gear--WE are the reason for that feature!
Here, too! Happened twice! Once, parents had to fetch the car in the middle of the road with us inside.
The second time, it was a bunch of 5 or 6 of us messing about in the car going down the hill full of laughters, while our parents were partying!
OMG I love her! EVERYTHING she said is true to fact-especially playing with the lighter and pretending to drive!!!! LOL Good times is right!!
Stayed outside all day. Needed a drink, got it from the garden hose. Never interrupted adults. Had three channels on the tv. Went to church every Sunday. Homework finished, mom had to check it, then go outside. Used a rotary phone. Listened to a record player or AM radio. Phone was on a party line. We would pick up the phone and listen to other people talk. Never got kicked out of school. Attended school everyday. Couldnt wait for Christmas. Told family member that I loved them.
Same exact fond memories!😂
You just summed up my childhood😂
That's when families were about family, not what new cell phones just came out or what gender or animal they decided they wanted to be that day.... Todays kids aren't kids. They are brainwashed and entitled brats.
I had party line too and my mom knew i was a chatter as Id always pick up as early.as.3 lol Insaidnserved her right not.giving me supervision lol I befriended an old chuckwagon horse across the gravel road and hed pick me up and let.me down. It was bareback. Id feed him grass and carrots Id bring from our garden. I was 4!!! My mom had no idea where I was lmao I also spent a lot of time innthe garden finding indigenous arrowheads and other hunting tools. These were the first people living along lake agasiz!! We lived where the edge of the lake was and the coolest thing I did in my childhood! My dad kept them all. ❤
I can relate to this 💯
Been there! Survived that! Man those were simple times back then, miss them! And you're a beautiful Gen Xer, lol
we had a blast waiting on Mom in the car!! It was great! We used to pretend when people were walking by with what they were saying... Oh Marge, my girdle is too tight!! LOL!!!
She ain't lying. Those were good times! Children were children and acted like it. Growing up was fun and carefree!😊
When govt interferes it all goes to s***...
How is getting your ass beat for being ADHD/Autistic/Allergic to various things/Gay "fun and carefree"?
Carefree?😅 maybe for some but I bet your ass growing up was a fucking pain for many with verbal and physical abuse being normalized. Look into the rise of serial killers in the seventies, many had neglectful or abusive parents because that was the norm.
It was the best
except for getting molested, that can kill a carefree attitude
Omg I was born in 1961 and every thing you said nailed me perfectly and my parents especially the cigarette lighter trying to warm up the car I was an only child so I entertained myself a lot 😂😂😂😂I love your videos they are exactly my life
She's being totally honest. In that order of words. These were the great fucking days
Right? Kids still died in hot cars, but at least now people care.
And in a good way 😅
@@LisaHaase-n8uOnly if your parents were alcoholics or drug addicts and forget you….just like they do to this very day
Another boomer setting the bar too low. Your child's survival is not a good excuse for being a shit parent. Why is just surviving the goal? I'd rather live.
I'm surprised it came from someone with purple hair
Facts upon Facts upon Facts!! 70s child right here.💪🏾🙌🏾
My mom left me in the car when she went into a store. This was the 80s. It was a manual transmission. Well I released the parking break and the car started rolling into on coming traffic 😂. The best part is I got out of the car and was trying to push the car in the middle of the road back to the parking lot! 😂
Omg- that's too funny! I completely get it though! 🤣
Yep, me too.
Hahaha 😂 I remember taking the car out of gear coasting around the parking lot !
I did that with an automatic when I was 6 or 7 - left in the car to play while my mom was in the laundromat. Rolled right out into a 6 lane highway......
I asked my six year old to go back to our parked car, to retrieve a coupon book, yep... he decided to try to teach himself how to drive. He went from the shaded parking spot, to clear across four lanes of traffic onto the Fifth hole at the golf course! It's been 38 years and it's just now getting kinda funny.
My mom left me and my sisters in a kroger parking lot. While she was in the store there was a tornado. They wouldn't let the customers come out. Yes we survived a tornado locked in the car. We told mom we seen it. "COOL" she said. Lol. Fun times. It was a f1. Didn't do much damage but it was still something to see. Mom used to make us light her cigarettes on the stove if she didn't have a lighter, so she didn't have to get up and miss her show. No wonder we all started smoking at 12, and then get in trouble when we would get caught smoking, like really? The lady at the corner store used to let us buy cigarettes as long as they were for mom lol. I swear we weren't trash, but it sounds so trashy. I miss the old days. I'm not gen x, I'm and old millenial, my parents are boomers born in the 50s.
@@annasbandit oh my!!
Me and my sister used to light my mom's cigarettes too I believe that's why I smoke till this day I would take a hit of the cigarette when I was lighting it for her
I loved pulling my mom's cigarettes out of her purse and smelling the packaging. It smelled like raisin bran cereal, my favorite. I didn't end up a smoker though but my mom wasn't really a cig smoker as she was a "cover the merriest jane smell with cigarette smell" gal. 😂 (i don't smoke that either lol)
I was born in 1970 everything she said is 💯 true!! The good ole days,when kids even went outside to play an made real friends! And stayed out until street lights came on!!😊
except for where she says "...roll DOWN the window and lock the doors..." makes no sense. I grew up then too, and her selective memory to try to make a point is off base.
Same here. A lot of things we did or experienced as kids were unattended by an adult. 😂
I miss those days.
You guys had street lights?
Hell I used to walk the town at midnight in the summer
Been there, done that!😂 you always make me smile with memories you bring back. Thank you.
Try this on for size, 1976 Town n Country station wagon sitting in the back BACK. Windows up in the middle of summer with the lingering smell of Benson and Hedges! Moms shopping in the A&P with coupons.
Miss them glorious days
Don't forget your S&H green stamps ^^
@@KYoss68
Jesus Saves
But does he have Green Stamps (Old joke)
Are we related?
It was a ford ltd wagon, the smell of more brand cigarettes, and the store was holiday grocers but yeah. Sitting there with the windows down praying, begging for a breeze to blow through . If we behaved we would get a can of soda and a sucker. I remember as a young teen, maybe a bit younger some random woman came up to us and told us to get in her car and my brother who was probably 12 -14 said “f off b--h” and she waited until our mom came back and told her what he had said and began yelling, our mom started screaming at her and I clearly remember her saying, “ you heard my son, F off b-h” . She was always very protective of us
I was in the back of a 1973 Impala station wagon with the scent of Newport.
My mother has told me about how as a kid she could walk to a store or playground by herself. She could go out all day and only had to return home before supper.
While I was only allowed to go play in the back yard with my siblings or out front when mom was avaliable.
It was a different world back then. I am honestly quite jealous.
Back then,you didn't have as many sickos either.
And way less problems in those days.
Yep, we walked everywhere, especially to the corner Circle K or the grocery store that was about a mile away.
Our Mother left my sister and I on a steep hill. We were horsing around jumping over the seat when the car got kicked into neutral and away we went backwards down this hill and having no idea what to do. I grabbed the wheel and yanked it which sent us into the hill. At least we stopped rolling down the hill going faster and faster. It was actually quite terrorizing. Mom comes back what did Mom say? "Thank God the cars not damaged or I'd beat your asses" Then we were grounded for almost wrecking the car.
@@annasbandit We knew how to look out for ourselves.
Dad never locked the doors or had us to. In retrospect pretty sure he wanted us kidnapped! 😂 He always told mom if it ever happened the kidnappers would bring us home the next morning.
Sounds just like my dad !!!!
The kidnappers would probably pay to return today's kids
@@michaelmurphy333that's what my late husband would tell my kids.
Hell, mine left me on the sidewalk at 9 o’clock at night as a joke when I said I could take care of myself. Drove around the block with me running along behind them hollering like a fool. Didn’t do that again. Real funny, Dad! Lol!
Total facts and we sweating bullets, and didn't even care🤷🏾
I remember absolutely everything you just said so clearly and vividly just like it was yesterday...thank you for that❤
Then you probably remember also the roll-down-windows. That most cars nowadays do not have hence kids get fried and not just a little hot and bored.
Born in 1962. Yep, all true. Once when I was like 9 yo my mom had to make a purchase of a large amount of grocery bags for our market our family operated. And of course the bag distributor warehouse was in the ghetto. “Stay here in the car and keep the doors locked while I go in”.
Absolute truth! 😂 my mom would often go to a grocery store that had a playground right next to it. All us kids would play in the park until our moms were done shopping. It was the best of times……lol
Every time I see one of your videos I have childhood flashbacks. And each time you manage to nail every gen x’s childhood.
I’m 56 & I remember bursting into flames on hot days in the back of the station wagon as I waited for my mom to come out of the grocery store. Good times. 👍🏼 🔥
Did yours also have the suicide seats you got shoved into when more adults had to ride... 76 cutlass supreme wagon with the faux wood panels... so 70's
It didn't get much better once we got going again since there was no A/C.. You rolled down all the windows, including the little vent thingy that was otherwise useless, and hoped for a cool breeze to happen on occasion - maybe next to a lake or something.
Mostly, you just sat in a puddle of your own sweat and tears.
At least you had a car :)