Measuring the immeasurable
By katkat
@katkat (2378)
Philippines
September 15, 2007 9:03am CST
My parents and I have a huge age gap. As I grew older the difficulty of communication is increasing gradually. It seems that they want me to dwell on both generation, theirs and mine. One of the debate or discussion is the internet. I've been spending a lot of time on the internet and they just don't seem to get it.
3 responses
@karvin87 (1033)
• India
15 Sep 07
hey ma frnd,
its somewat d same situation here!
but lemme tell u...we need to tackle dis than complain...
after all we are vecos of them!
neways , wat i do is spend some time wid them , chit chat wid them, ask wat they need n help them wid theri probs..
once dat is done, u can jump back to ur comp n njoy!!
@gr8life (6251)
• Malaysia
18 Sep 07
Hello katkat,
My mom is 70 years old and I am 35 years old this year. It is quite a huge gap and I fully understand how you felt with the 'treatment' from your parents. Sometimes it is true, it is just hard to explain that our generation now are totally different from theirs. My mom used to tell me that she never done anything as daring as I did when she was at my age and sometimes we argue about what can be done and what not in our daily life. It is funny to me but I understand very well their intention for sometimes 'intruding' my personal family life.
@Kashmeresmycat (6369)
• United States
15 Sep 07
I'm just wondering if your parents use the internet at all?..Maybe you could teach them if they don't and then they would see how much fun it could be. It doesn't hurt to compromise between the two generations. You could learn quite a bit from them I'm sure, and how their lives were when they were younger, but they could also learn from you too. Try and sit down and talk together, but BOTH sides need to listen to one another. Don't drift apart, it's not worth it.
