Generation Difference

Our high school class’s Facebook page is really cooking, perhaps in anticipation of a reunion coming up this year. Of late, there have been a lot of conversations recalling all the great times we had.

One woman opined that she felt sorry for the following generations. She can’t imagine that our kids had fun like that in a more complex and pressurized world, and that it keeps getting more stressful.

I wondered if that’s just something every generation thinks. My kids certainly seemed to enjoy themselves and still do.

On the other hand, we have seen a rise in psychological issues among youth. Part of that may be in improved diagnosis and record keeping. For that matter, you can see much the same in adults. It’s a more complicated society. But, we do allocate more attention to leisure activity.

I don’t know if we had more fun or not, and it’s beyond my control so I’m not going to worry about it. The point is that we did enjoy ourselves a lot. Even more germane, it appears many of us still do.

Back to Facebook. Stan and I have been kind of center stage in the recollections and discussions. He was always a character and that seems to still hold true. Me? Make your own call.

Shirley posted that some of “the girls” hold an annual mini-reunion at her place in Myrtle Beach and she thought it would be great fun if Stan and I showed up as their special guests. Then she emailed me back channel. One of the girls contacted her and questioned the wisdom of that idea because Stan and Henry had been a bit on the wild side. Stan definitely was. Me? Make your own call.

Shirley said she responded that while she didn’t dispute that, she was sure we’d be harmless now. Right?

I’ve been emailing with Stan lately and I don’t know that I’d characterize him as harmless. Me? Make your own call.