In 1989, 2 Live Crew's "Me So Horny" was popular. I didn't own the tape, mom and dad wouldn't allow it. But I played it on the radio in my room, when Q105 would play it. And record it on the tape recorder, with deejay talking over the beginning part And I would play it loud. Loud. And one day,loud, no earbuds (there was no such thing as earbuds). I remember hearing my mom knock so loud.....................LOUD. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. "Hey, horny girl, turn the music down!!!!!!!!!" in a PISSED OFF voice. I did. Immediately.
We have 2 teenagers. And we're dealing with teenage stuff. And I try to remind myself of these kinds of things as we navigate being parents of teenagers. Teenagers are going to grey me quickly. Shit, they already have. Why couldn't I have behaved, so that karma didn't kick my ass?
Some days I feel like I was just a teenager. Other days I'm thankful that I'm not. Other days I feel like it was a lifetime ago........I'm sure all of these feelings are normal. What hasn't changed is that parents don't always get what teenagers are doing. I know I look at ours and think, "really?".
I hope we're doing this right!
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