Do you often talk about the "good old days"?

Our perceptions of days gone by are different. As a child of the 70’s I remember things that have nothing to do with social issues or politics. I just remember being a kid and the things we did. I feel that same way about the 80’s when I was a teen and young adult. My memories are of being young, traveling and coming into my own. I don’t dwell on the bad times in those eras, and I don’t think that’s uncommon.

I also think it’s a common reaction to getting older. I think once you pass 50 you look back at your life and where you’ve come from. I choose to focus on the good times, life is too short to wallow in the bad. It’s not as if I’m unaware of changes. I was in the military in the 80’s and it was a lot harder then than now. But I still loved those years.

How old were you in the 80s?  Maybe that has something to do with it?  I was in my middle to late teens.. I loved the 80s.... I loved the music, fashion.. honestly I don't remember politics except a few big things that were good. Like the Berlin Wall coming down.  But otherwise I was too busy in my own little life to 'know' politically what was going on.  I don't dwell on it.. but I do get a little excited if a topic revolves around that era.  

Nope. Life just got good recently. My youth was NOT my "good old days" by any stretch of the imagination. I think this point in my life will become my good old days because I am having a blast. I went skydiving last weekend, which I never would have done when I was young. There's something to be said for the good new days.

I reminisce about the free outdoor play and low tech childhood I had. We were allowed to roam Our rural neighborhood, ride horses and motorcycles... it just seems better than so many current childhoods attached to gaming screens.

My sister keeps reminding me that there’s more than one type of “good childhood”, but I can’t embrace that concept.

I do not.

I often wonder when folks say that, "Good for whom?"