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I am officially an old man!

I got dragged to a mall on the other end of the city which is the hang out of upper middle class spoiled brats. Within minutes of sitting on a bench, to hold bags and wait while my pregnant sister did some shopping I was faced with a pack of kids who decided I was the adult they were going to get a reaction out of.

Apparently there are still 15 years old who will cry if you say mean things to them. Bonus points in that I made him cry in front of his girlfriend. Tack on a reply that left the girlfriend speechless when she tried to defend him and her escorting him away and you have an alright Saturday.

I am going to make a fine grumpy old man

/getoffmylawn

I got dragged to a mall on the other end of the city which is the hang out of upper middle class spoiled brats. Within minutes of sitting on a bench, to hold bags and wait while my pregnant sister did some shopping I was faced with a pack of kids who decided I was the adult

They let kids with down's syndrome run around the mall?

After the Pats went 19-1, I was walking to my roomate's car with him and his girlfriend, when we came upon a group of young youths of African descent in the South End.

Somehow, and without any visable markings, one of the youths keyed in on the fact that my roomate is a Giants fan.

Said youth walked up to my roomate and said, "You're a Giants fan aren't you?" My roomate looked at him stupidly and watched as the youth slapped the bowl of mexican dip out of his hand.

I pointed and did my best Nelson impression.

Oh, youth.

This story serves no purpose other than to stroke what passes for your ego. Give up some details so we can properly asses it's merits.

I'm getting old too.

Yesterday my family and my brother's family went to the mall. It was: Me, my wife, our 2-week old baby, my brother, his fiancee (pregnant with twins) and her 7 year old daughter.

We browsed around Target while my wife printed some digital photos, then went to Macy's for a baby clothes sale, then ate dinner at Chili's, then browsed some more at Steve & Barry's. I spent half the time on the phone doing weekend on-call support for work.

When he really becomes a grumpy old man, he won't make an effort to give a speech to annoying teenagers.

It's true. I feel like telling Bodhisattva to get off my @#%^ing lawn. Only people in their early 20s think they are old before they hit their mid-life crisis. My guess is he is in his early 20s. I hate everyone under 30.

Edited, Mar 2nd 2008 10:08pm by Annabella

Hmm, good point. I do find though that I prefer the company of people much older than I, because I find their conversations/experiences much more interesting and educational. I don't tend to feel that I am "old", because I know that I am not; but I do tend to feel much older than my age, at times.

Anyway, I can't wait for the day that I can legally beat children with my cane, which is unfortunately at least 40 years down the road.

The last time I went to the mall, I had 3 teen-aged girls walking by me. They were in the 14-15 range (guessing) and dressed kinda slutty. It wasn't until about 15 minutes later that rather than admire their trampy style and bared flesh, I only thought "If I were one of their parents there's no way I'd let them go out in public like that."

I cried.