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The Age Conversation

 'When I was you age..."


It's the worst sentence to hear because it signals the start of very, very, very, very, very, very



veryyy 



long conversation.


"When I was your age, I was the top of my class!"


"When I was your age, I could cook for Africa!"


"When I was your age, I was going to the farm in the morning before I went to school!"


"When I was your age, I was going to the market all by myself!"


"When I was your age, my mother had left the kitchen to me!"


"When I was your age, I climbed a mountain!"


"When I was your age, I built a rocket!"


"When I was your age, I ran for president! I made ten million! I flew to the sun!"


Listening to those conversations, you couldn't help but think "what didn't my parents do when they were my age?"


If every parent was first in school when they were our age, then who was the last in class?

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