We were born before television,
penicillin, frozen foods, xerox, plastic, contact lenses, Frisbees and the
PILL.
We were born before radar,
credit cards, split atoms, laser beams, electric blankets, air conditioners,
drip-dry-clothes --- and before we walked on the moon.
In our time closets were for
clothes, not for "coming out of." Bunnies were small rabbits and
rabbits were not little VWs. Designer Jeans were scheming girls and having a
meaningful relationship was getting on with our friends.
We got married first and then
lived together. We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent and outer
space was the back of the Riviera theater.
We were before house-husbands,
gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commuter marriages. We were
before day care and group therapy. In 1940, "making out" referred to
how you did on your exam.
We never heard of FM radio,
tape decks, electric typewriters, word processors and guys wearing earrings. A
chip meant a piece of wood and the word software had not been invented.
In our day, cigarette smoking
was fashionable, GRASS was mowed, COKE was a cold drink and POT was a cooking
utensil. ROCK MUSIC was a grandma's lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the
principal's office.
We were certainly not before
the difference between the sexes was discovered but we were surely before the
sex change. We made do with what we had. And we were the last generation that
was so dumb as to think you needed a husband to have a baby.
No wonder we are so confused
and there is a generation gap.
BUT,...WE SURVIVED!
