My sister and I went to our native village during summer vacation. We were very happy to see our grandparents, but we couldn’t understand the shocked look on their faces.
“What’s wrong?” I enquired.
“You kids these days dress so indecently”, he said, seeing our t-shirts and jeans.
Sigh. The generation gap is so frustrating.
For 3WW:Indecent,Understand,Frustrate
Vinay Leo R.
Poetry & writing are to me, a breath of fresh air in a life that is sometimes covered by the smoke of sorrow or self doubt. They also become the sweets I share to celebrate when life offers me a reason to. But most of all, they are to me, my life. For each word I write is a piece of my heart, a thought that just had to find its way into the world.
And so goes every generation with dress, music and other concerns. Great stuff.
The same thing happens to me too but I find the shocked expressions quite amusing 🙂
@thomg,u r very quick!! 😀 guess internet all fine now!thanks thom, indeed it is true.. generations r like that 🙂
Oh, I just don't understand my kids. Infact, it's as bad as when I couldn't understand why my father couldn't understand me :-)Nicely said.
@kasabiangirl,hehe. is it? the look on their faces is amusing perhaps, but when it happens often, its frustrating i guess! thanks kg 🙂
@anthonynorth,hehe.. yeah.. sometime in future, i guess i might not understand my kids either! :Dthank u 🙂
nothin to do wid generation…its jus d culture
@mayz,hehe.. tht forms a factor too i guess! 😀
Sighs True… My mom yells at me.. but I am realizing now as everyone in my office likes ma dressing style 🙂 Presentable, simple and sweet 🙂 🙂 🙂 So, I don't really crib about this much 😛
@meow,i dont really crib about it much either, but repeated criticism doesn't help the cause much i guess da! 🙂
I beg to differ 🙂 my grandma asked me just a couple days back, if they sold jeans in her size 🙂 🙂
@priya vinay,really? nice to have a gran in your generation then 😀
always happens when im watchin any new song in music channels… my grand ma gives me a look… he he…
@arun kumar,ditto bro.. 🙂 guess most families have this gen gap 🙂
lol.. that was funny 😀 cheers arun and leo.. not my gran ma but mom 😀
@shravan,mom? 😀 heheee…! :
i love the new template.. wowwwwwwwwwww!!!!!! 🙂
hehe :)i too agree with u sometimes its really frustrating..
nice 🙂
As a grandmother myself I love to see the latest fashions on both boys and girls,Smiled at your remarks.Yvonne.
hmm thanfully my grandparents had/have no issues with dressing.. but it must be funny .. however you'd miss the oldies and their remarks if they arent around.. and then its a circle.. we'll be in their place some day 🙂
I actually like traditional clothes more… but only wear them for weddings and stuff… I live in jeans and t-shirts 🙂
All have been there, innit?
i may as well act like your grandparents in my twilight years if i see my grand kids sporting hanging shirts and very fitting jeans…decency remains with the olds so try to understand them to bridge that gap… and everything will be fine, though the gap may be wide, he he he…me and my kids are also experiencing that chaos and it pertains to knowledge acquired,,…they would say my ideas are taboo and they would be smirking at me…what the hell are my kids thinking about their Mom? so taboo….????:)
I remember that. I remember that so well from my younger days…You wrote this well.
S, Very True Vinay 🙂 🙂 Generation Gap Is Really Frustrating 🙁 🙁
HI Vinay, Indeed, at times the gap frustrates..:)..Good post…
@rane,thanks callie 🙂 wer wer u so many days? 🙂
@snow white,yes indeed it is!! 🙂
@ps,thanks a lot!
@welcome to my world of poetry,guess u r a modern generation grandma then yvonne 🙂 thank you!
@aria,yeah.. it is funny at times.. still it is frustrating to hear it everytime u go to them!! yep. we'll be in their place someday too!!
@roshwrites,yeah.. i know u do :Dbut jeans n tees are much comfortable than formals 😀
@brosreview,yeah ajey, all have been there!
@amity,hehe 🙂 why don't u ask them ma'am? 🙂
@mark,thanks a lot!! 🙂
@creativity,thank u sahana!! 🙂
@being pramoda,yeah it does, doesn't it? 🙂
Well so very true….it exists and it always exist….and will do so forever…just maybe the gap will lessen with more understanding of each other perspectives :)Nice post 🙂
Isn't it just?!:Dcommas and all
true! probably in another 20 years, we will be having the same conversation with the kids of tht generation 😛
Truthfully written – it seems that this is always the way. Nice.
My grandparents did it to me and now my parents do it to my kids! the cycle continues!
Yep, heard and seen that! Guess its going to repeat for sure in future.
@nabi,yeah!! 🙂 it exists and will always exist 😀 hehe..
@pri,yes.. very true 🙂
@gautami,yeah it is 🙂
@tumblewords,this is always the way!! 🙂
@linda,cycle continues :Dit can't be broken i think!!
@swapna,yes.. it will i think 🙂
Short, sweet, and oh so resonant 🙂 The older generation is almost always disapproving of the younger generation. heck, ~i~ find myself sniffing disapproval at "kids today" and I'm (only) in my mid-30s.Nice entry for 3WW 🙂
@willow,yes.. that is indeed so true!! 🙂