Setting Intentions
March 2023 Slice of Life challenge
When I was fourteen years old and talking to friends on the phone compared to how my now 14 year old daughter talks on the phone with her friends is hardly comparable.
First, I'd go to a room where I could be alone and I'd close the door. I would dial the number on my cordless phone (You know the one that had the thick plastic antenna). I'd have to push in the 7 digit phone number that I would have memorized or written down on my hand in pen or maybe on a scrap piece of notebook paper if this wasn't a friend I called regularly. Once I was connected I'd have to politely ask, "Hello, is so-and-so there?" Then I'd wait until they came to their phone. During the phone call we'd have to listen to make sure that no one else picked up another phone line in either of our houses. We wouldn't want anyone else to listen in on our conversation. Once we were done chatting I'd have to hang up the phone on the charger so it would be ready to use for the next phone call. As do most teenagers these days, my daughter has her own cell phone. She doesn't have to worry about anyone else picking up another line and listening in on her phone calls. However, it seems like she doesn't care too much about anyone listening in. She walks around the house while on a video call. I hear her side of the conversation but I can hear her friend too. If she does decide to stay in here room she talks so loudly that I can hear everything through the walls anyway. I was so protective of my privacy and would be mortified if my mom or dad heard what I was talking about. My daughter just doesn't care much if I'm unavoidably eavesdropping. Is this just my daughter or is it common of other teenagers today?
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Heidi
3/12/2021 10:59:36 pm
I love the comparison present in this slice. The differences had me chuckling and remembering pulling the cord from out kitchen phone so it would reach into the pantry where I would sit on the floor, door closed, chatting away.
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