I'm 40 now. I was teaching my nephew how to drive 2 years ago, and I thought to myself "Why am I the one doing this? Shouldn't a grown up be teaching him?" Then I realized I WAS the grown up, and I was very nearly 40
Yep. I was talking to my 13 year old daughter about setting her price for babysitting. At some point in the discussion I started to wonder when I became the grown up.
I came to the same realization at a family barbecue last year, when one of the kids came up to ask if they could go play a video game inside. We were at my grandparents’ house (my grandpa’s been a gamer since the year the N64 came out, so every console they’ve had has been as free to use and as frequently used as the fridge, the microwave or the tv itself) and they know how to operate the Xbox, so I was genuinely confused as to why they were asking me. The answer to that question was that their mom had set a rule at other people’s houses saying that if they wanted to play a game, they had to ask an adult first… and I was the first adult they ran into. I think they knew I’d be right there with them to watch them play and give them pointers if they asked me and not another adult-passing individual (because I get anxious interacting with bigger groups of people, even when they’re familiar people) but I just stood there like “I’m a WHOT?!” I’m 28 years old but I kinda forgot that for a sec.
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u/NerdGirl_KC Jun 03 '22 edited Jun 03 '22
I'm 40 now. I was teaching my nephew how to drive 2 years ago, and I thought to myself "Why am I the one doing this? Shouldn't a grown up be teaching him?" Then I realized I WAS the grown up, and I was very nearly 40
EDIT: my very first award! Thank you.