Been Around The Block

22/08/2026

I can still remember standing on that old stool while Mama pinned my skirt just right, warning me not to wiggle or I'd get stuck! We didn't run to the store every season—clothes were mended, hemmed, and passed down with love. Did your mother sew for you, or did you learn to work that machine yourself?

22/08/2026

A fast food place you wouldn’t eat at even if the food was free 🤮?

22/08/2026

22/08/2026

Back when we were kids, there was no negotiating, no debating, and definitely no 'but why, Mom?' When you heard those four words, you knew the conversation was over. Did your parents rule with 'Because I said so,' or were you one of the lucky ones who got an explanation?

22/08/2026

Remember when linemen were neighborhood heroes? My dad worked the lines for thirty years—up before dawn, home after dark, hands like leather. We never thought twice about flipping a light switch, but somebody had to climb those poles in ice storms and hundred-degree heat to make it happen. Do people today understand what it took to wire this whole country?

22/08/2026

Back in our day, you earned your trophy through blood, sweat, and actual victory. Nowadays every kid gets a prize just for showing up. When did participation trophies become more important than teaching kids how to win AND lose with dignity? Tell me—did your kids get participation trophies, or did they have to earn their hardware the old-fashioned way?

22/08/2026

Remember when Dad smoked in the living room, we ate neon-colored cereal for breakfast, and somehow we all survived to tell the tale? We grew up in a different world, didn't we? What's something from your childhood that would make today's parents absolutely panic?