Posted on 10:55 PM | By KatieSham | In
So as I'm sitting at the Morris house helping (if you can call it that, maybe just helping to maintain the sanity) watch the little boy that is at their house every Monday night, I started to wonder something.
When do we hit that certain age? I was sitting there watching Brian play a makeshift version of Clue when it occurred to me that this kid really had no idea that he wasn't playing the real thing. Same goes for Trivial Persuit..
So when do we get old enough to realize that we're being messed with? When does it click that it doesn't make any sense that a bunch of teenagers are losing against us in a trivia game made for adults?
I mean, I realize that there isn't a specific age where all of the sudden we're like, "OH HEY. YOU'RE SCREWING WITH ME." But is there a general age?
If so, I certainly don't remember. I of course DO remember times where I can look back and realize that I might have been being taken advantage of, but then again I can't really remember when that stopped.
But then again, you can always look at it from another angle. Who honestly can't remember ever trying to convince the babysitter your mom said you could stay up an hour later? Did we really think that they'd believe us? Or did we just think we could actually get away with it?
But...then again I don't suppose that ever really stops. We're all still convincing somebody of something. Yes, of course we did that homework. Why yes I did get in on curfew last week.
But in retrospect, I don't think we ever really get to the age where we fully realize we're being messed with. Aren't we always taking advice from our elders? No, it won't hurt. Don't worry, you can still get a job.
So maybe we never grow out of that age of innocence, maybe it just changes and alters as we do.
Who knows.
I realize that this really doesn't make a whole lot of sense. And..it's really longish.
But I'm tired. So..yeah.
So when do we get old enough to realize that we're being messed with? When does it click that it doesn't make any sense that a bunch of teenagers are losing against us in a trivia game made for adults?
I mean, I realize that there isn't a specific age where all of the sudden we're like, "OH HEY. YOU'RE SCREWING WITH ME." But is there a general age?
If so, I certainly don't remember. I of course DO remember times where I can look back and realize that I might have been being taken advantage of, but then again I can't really remember when that stopped.
But then again, you can always look at it from another angle. Who honestly can't remember ever trying to convince the babysitter your mom said you could stay up an hour later? Did we really think that they'd believe us? Or did we just think we could actually get away with it?
But...then again I don't suppose that ever really stops. We're all still convincing somebody of something. Yes, of course we did that homework. Why yes I did get in on curfew last week.
But in retrospect, I don't think we ever really get to the age where we fully realize we're being messed with. Aren't we always taking advice from our elders? No, it won't hurt. Don't worry, you can still get a job.
So maybe we never grow out of that age of innocence, maybe it just changes and alters as we do.
Who knows.
I realize that this really doesn't make a whole lot of sense. And..it's really longish.
But I'm tired. So..yeah.
hm. never thought about that.
I have thought about the age that kids hit that age but I never really thought of it applying to the rest of your life.
Heh.
I made you think about something.
I HAVE OFFICIALLY ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING.
:D