This is an interesting topic this month - things we miss. I’m a little late linking up, and I read a few other posts on this so I was reminded of a few things that I added to my list.
I mean, there are certain family members that have passed away that I miss, that goes without saying, but I'm going to keep this more on the light side. I should also preface this by saying although I miss these things, I am not upset about getting older or having things change as time goes by.
Catching a song that I love out of the blue. Remember when you could only hear music that you owned on physical media or that you caught on TV or the radio? Now I can listen to whatever I want, which is great, but it loses the novelty of some of those songs. Ones that spring to mind are Independence Day by Martina McBride, Under Pressure by Queen and David Bowie, Video Killed the Radio Star, and If I Had $1000000 by the Barenaked Ladies.
Watching TV when everyone else was. Those shared cultural moments when everyone watched the season finale of a popular show, or the episode after a cliffhanger, etc. We would all be talking about the same thing and excited about it together.
Seeing everything at the theatre. I went to the movies a lot and it was always so fun to go to the theatre. Now I will go and see a few things but mostly I wait until we can stream it. Part of that is a function of having kids, it wasn’t possible to go and see everything.
Watching movies over and over. We owned a few movies on video tape but it wasn’t a huge collection so I ended up watching a lot of movies again and again so I could recite the dialogue. I will still rewatch movies now, but it’s not the same as the choice are unlimited.
Drinking without feeling like garbage. Age is catching up with me, and while I certainly do drink alcohol, I have to follow certain “rules” to avoid feeling terrible the next day. I limit myself to much less, I don’t drink more than one or two beers at a time, I don’t drink sugary drinks, and I can’t have a Negroni after 7:00 pm.
These little faces. Even though I love their faces now.
Linking up with Shay.
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