Target References (aging)

[Dr Who?]

I have been thinking of a lot of things I say to my children. 22, 16 and a 12 year old, and most of the time I just get a strange look. 

My boy was telling me about his match last season on the drive home, all the good stuff he did and when he had finished I said “Not bad, but I bet you cannot put a fruit pastel in your mouth, without chewing it… gotta chew, gotta chew, gotta chew”. With a look that could only be mistaking of, my dad has finally flipped (again). 

Another one and on a football theme is when we all get in the car and the kids are faffing around trying to get their seat belts on, there mother will say “you in”, to which I will always say “Robert’s”. Again my wife understands, but with my 2 girls not even liking footy leaving the boy to understand the reference from a late 90’s and early 00’ footballer. 

Another is when I used to do the school run with my youngest daughter and I used to say “that was a strange manoeuvre”, when a driver did something odd, and then my daughter started saying it, after time I then added to my daughter saying “that was a strange manoeuvre”, with my own “in the dark” a reference to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Now it has flipped and my daughter adds the “in the dark” but has no idea of why. 😂 

I have loads that I do without thinking, but only remember as and when I do them. Another is when I check something the kids say they have done, and I say “let’s just check that with Bully”

do you have any weird things that you add at the end or say that only your age would get. 
 

[revolution saint]

On 12/09/2024 at 14:41, Dr Who? said:

I have been thinking of a lot of things I say to my children. 22, 16 and a 12 year old, and most of the time I just get a strange look. 

My boy was telling me about his match last season on the drive home, all the good stuff he did and when he had finished I said “Not bad, but I bet you cannot put a fruit pastel in your mouth, without chewing it… gotta chew, gotta chew, gotta chew”. With a look that could only be mistaking of, my dad has finally flipped (again). 

Another one and on a football theme is when we all get in the car and the kids are faffing around trying to get their seat belts on, there mother will say “you in”, to which I will always say “Robert’s”. Again my wife understands, but with my 2 girls not even liking footy leaving the boy to understand the reference from a late 90’s and early 00’ footballer. 

Another is when I used to do the school run with my youngest daughter and I used to say “that was a strange manoeuvre”, when a driver did something odd, and then my daughter started saying it, after time I then added to my daughter saying “that was a strange manoeuvre”, with my own “in the dark” a reference to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Now it has flipped and my daughter adds the “in the dark” but has no idea of why. 😂 

I have loads that I do without thinking, but only remember as and when I do them. Another is when I check something the kids say they have done, and I say “let’s just check that with Bully”

do you have any weird things that you add at the end or say that only your age would get. 
 

No, I pride myself on being down with the kids and never growing old.  All my pop culture references are totally tropical, sorry, topical.

Actually, yeah, I know what you mean and probably about the same age as you although I am surprised by just how much kids know about stuff before they were born.  Girl at work born in '97 knows everything about Friends, Die Hard, Alien etc etc.  My niece was born in 2006 and knows more about John Carpenter films than I do.  Think I read/heard somewhere that although the charts have lost relevance kids are more exposed to older music than they've ever been.

Sorry, that was quite a serious reply - I wandered into the muppet show by mistake.