I'm almost speechless.
But not quite....
I'm feeling old today & not only am I feeling old but I am in shock. And Facebook is responsible.
I sat down with my coffee this morning and began to peruse recent updates and randomness on Facebook. The following update and subsequent posts made me choke on my morning caffeine hit....
The following is an excerpt from his recent status update - no actually conversation occured between me and said nephew.
Nephew : My girlfriend dumped me this sucks.
Me (thinking in my head) : WHAT? You're ELEVEN. But whatever....young love and hormones.
Nephew : Changed status to Single. And interested in women.
Me : WHAT THE F**K??? You should be interested in legos...and computer games....and comics....and...and....YOU'RE ELEVEN. Jeesus.
Nephew's Friend ( also 11 ) : Be cool bro, she'll come back to you.
Me : Has the world gone MAD??? "Bro" seriously. She'll come back to you. Really. YOU ARE 11!!!
Another friend of Nephew : Women! Who understands them?
Me : HEAD EXPLODES.
What the hell happened to childhood? Where in the world did we lose our minds as parents and allow children to become adults before they should? Life is hard enough without having to lose the best, safest, most worry free time of our lives. Children should be children. End of story. At eleven you should be hanging out with friends; carefree and burning bugs with a damn magnifying glass.
Head explodes.
