My 20s Are a "Nostalgic" Decade

It was 1976 and I was in the 6th grade when
the TV show "Happy Days" first aired. 

Starting then, and for the next few years,
my classmates and I-

as were typical of the nation-

became totally enthralled with The 50s. 

Anything "50s"- the clothes, the music, the lingo....

Paramount's Cover of the 2nd Season DVD

At school, we had 50s Day as part of Spirit Week,

and it was the theme of school dances. 

I can picture Judy and Ann, two girls in my class,

who came to school with newly-sewn poodle skirts.

Image from anniespoodleskirts.com

The 50s to us was "soooooooooo long ago" and

totally foreign to our mid-70s way of thinking.

Which brings me to Sammy's Spirit Week Theme

at Shea Middle School...

The 80s.

Yep, MY seemingly not-so-long-ago young adulthood

is their "soooooooooo long ago" decade

that is foreign to THEIR way of thinking.

"Mom?"

"Yes, Honey?"

"What was it like in the 80s?

Did everyone really wear those clothes?

That'd be so embarrassing."

Okay, so maybe this WAS embarrassing.

This is a LITTLE better.

But...

Sigh.

I feel old.

 

(They're boys.  They only wanted to wear the sunglasses.

Oh, and the checkered Vans that each are wearing on their feet.

I guess what goes around really does come around.)