Do You Love Listening to Parents/ Grand-parents Talking about the Past?

i love them too but sadly i have no grand parents left. they have left for their heaven ly houses. naughty apple.lol

My mother used to tell us many stories from her past and even stories she heard from her mother (my grandmother) when she was young. There were the tales of hardship my mother and grandmother endured during the Second World War. They only ate sweet potatoes and had not tasted rice during the Japanese occupation of my country. I remember one funny story that goes like this (this was during the English occupation of my country):- In the old days, there was an Englishman who saw a sugarcane shop and wanted to buy some. Those days, raw sugarcanes are cut and sold in "stalk". So, he asked the shopkeeper how much is one stalk of sugarcane. The chinese shopkeeper could only understand and speak a little english. He replied by saying "One look ten cent". The english gentleman was shocked upon hearing this. He asked for the price again. And the shopkeeper, thinking this gentleman must be daft, tried being more precise "One look ten cent, two look twenty cent! Vely cheap". The englishman got angry and walked away because he was thinking, "damn china man, must think i'm a fool. One look at his sugarcane and i have to pay him ten cents. What a moron". Actually, "look" is a cantonese word which means one stalk-cut of the sugarcane. The chinese shopkeeper with his limited english vocabulary only wanted to tell him that one look" meaning one stalk of his sugarcane costs ten cents. Anyway, you have to hear it in chinese to fully appreciate the joke. So, there it is. Point is, i really had a good time hearing those stories from her.

Oh I had this yesterday, I was stuck to the hospital to take care of one of our churchmates daughter and I had nothing to do but listen to her aunt who is not too old but is way older than me, she was telling me her ife when she had her four sons,all the experineces of giving birth and taking care of them. I am surprised to find out that I did not get bored of it. I actually enjoyed talking to her and listening to her, I learned a lot of wisdom and tips in parenting.

I always love to listen to my parents and grandmom when they narrate stories about their past.I wonder when i listen to some incidents and listen with great involvement as how the time and generation changes with passing of years.They have lead a very peaceful life when compared to our fast moving life style.They has enough time for conversation and family get togethers which is one iam missing these days with the busy life in our families these days.

It was something I enjoyed when my older relatives were still alive, but now it has been many years since any of my grandparents, parents, or even uncles were alive. In fact, I am now down to my last Aunt, who is pushing 100, but unfortunately, she is not as coherent as she was a few years ago, so now it is hard to get much information from her. My advice to all, is talk to them as much as you can while they are still with you, and especially, make them tell all the family secrets and what they know of the family history. As you say, it might not interest us as much when we are young, but as we grow older the information becomes less available.

I like it when they tell me stories about how was their childhood,how they used to play,how they used to study,how were their teachers,how their marriage occured,but i dont like when they scold me by saying in their age they used to do this or that..

History really interests me. I love it when my mum talks about when she was a child. Her childhood was very different to mine. She was born in 1933 and lived thorough World War II. She had some scary moments when bombs dropped on the streets. During one of the summer holidays the secondary school that she should have to was bombed. Luckily nobody was in it at the time but it was completely ruined. So she had to go to a different school. My mum watched the Battle of Britain in the air found this very exciting. She liked all the parties at the end of the war. Before my mum retired she worked as a reference librarian. Sometimes she did talks for children about the history of the local area to the library she worked in. As a teenager I liked hearing her discuss the history of that area.

My dad can talk a lot. He won't feel tired to it. He can talk from the morning till the midnight. I don't mind listening to him because he enjoys to it.

I enjoy listening to my 83 year old mom talk about her past and the funny thing is that now my kids are enjoying hearing about my past.

i love listening to stories of the past especially from my parents and grandparents. somehow, it makes me feel proud about who i am and makes me excited about what the future will bring.

Hello wondericequeen, I remember when my father was around and I was just a small kid, we used to have tea every late afternoon. That time, he would tell us all kind of stories of his past and some jokes too. I loved listening to him as he was a great storyteller. He could turn a simple story about his life into a great story and I would listen to it amazingly. I thought of being a writer that time so I could write all his great stories that he told us. Oh, that makes me miss him so much now!

My parents have crossed over to the next life. I visit their graves. So listen while you can everyone! Their stories will not be told to your first hand forever. When they cross over, those stories do a lot to comfort you. Take care.

Oh I love it.It is so nice to know their past, how they raise their kids , how the life was back there.It has a big valur for me to listen them and know all the information.I never have enough, when I listen them.It has just a charm for me.