I’ve been watching some of the debates that people are having on Facebook regarding the Presidential election and man can they get passionate about their beliefs! It is a great thing until they cross the line into calling names and pointing fingers its just too much. A friend posted the question of when did we become these people and they were off to the races. It made me think of things I miss.

I miss when women were treated like women. I appreciate the women who came before me so that I could have things as a woman that I didn’t have before – the right to vote, to work for an equal wage and so on but did we really have to give up being treated like a woman to have these things?

I had a young man get snarky with me just last night for not holding the door open for him. What? He was twenty something, quite honestly I hesitated thinking he would open the door for ME when he didn’t I opened it for him but did not open the second door and he gave me that snarky thank you. It confused the heck out of me! I wanted to snark back but my pizza was waiting and I hate when it gets cold. Thank God for priorities.

I miss lazy Sunday after noon. Everyone is so busy all of the time I couldn’t tell you the last time I just hung out with some friends and enjoyed lunch and each others company. We now have to plan to hang out together and it usually takes six weeks to make that happen.

I miss an old fashioned romance movie where no one gets naked. I have a really good imagination I don’t need to see all of these naked people on the screen. Did Rock Hudson and Doris Day disrobe? Nope, and they had several hit movies together. I just do not need all of that on a huge screen thank you very much.

I miss the days when children would run the neighborhood and the neighbors would watch out for them. It isn’t safe to allow a child to jump on their bike and be gone all day. One can barely feel safe on the walking paths created for exercise much less allow a child to be a child anymore. Gone are the days of pick up games and outdoor summer fun. No wonder our children are obese and do not have the skills to figure things out. Would they know what I was doing if I suddenly yelled out “Not it!”

Spring time makes me yearn for the more simple things in life. I know its not quite Spring yet but after that sunless January we just had I think seeing the sun has pushed me ahead a bit. What are the things you miss? I would be very interested in knowing. I look forward to seeing your responses.