1988 {Yes, I'm THAT old}
As if the black dress socks with shorts weren't embarrassing enough!
When I was a teenager, Dad and I would often head to fast food restaurants for lunch after church. When we would go to McDonald's - I would place my order and then the cashier would ask dad what he wanted. He would look up and look over the menu - undecided, as if he hadn't seen the menu a hundred times before. And then this is what he would say {every.time.}:
"Hmmm...what's that, uh, Happy Meal there? Is that any good?"
As an adult, I would just laugh at this! As a teenager, I wanted to sink into the floor. I would inform him that it was a meal for KIDS. And then he would chuckle and order something else.
There was another fast food place where he would order the same thing every time - the fish sandwich. Except that this place didn't have a fish sandwich, which he knew quite well. And every time, I wanted to hide my face in my hands and shake my head. LOL!
Of course, there was also the time that Dad was driving and me, my sis and 2 cousins were in the back seat, admiring a handsome young man on a motorcycle. Dad made sure to honk a few times, wave at the guy, and point to us in the back seat. We all sunk down as low as we could!! "Daaaaaaaad!!!!" How *could* he?!
By the way, Dad still likes to embarrass me - he managed to do it in a retirement home last year {look at #10 in the post!}.
Love you Dad!!! :)
These are little stories and not anything all that traumatic, but they stuck in my memory and oh how my son loves to hear them. I enjoy passing on the little day-to-day stories that give my son snapshots of my life as a kid. We shouldn't forget to share these stories with our children - they find them fascinating {you know, like how we had to rent a VCR to watch a movie or how we didn't own a microwave - *gasp*}!
Do you share your childhood stories with your kids? What are their favorite things to hear about?
Maybe you can stop and share a story right now! Start out...Did I ever tell you about the time...
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Have a blessed and hopefully not embarrassing day friends!! :)
