The Good Old Days.

What happened to the days when we were innocent? The good old days.



When swearing was bad, nobody did it, and everyone was shocked and said "you shouldn't say that!" if someone did.
No-one knew what sex was, no-one would dare to touch cigerettes or drugs, and when we were given alcohol we felt so grown up because we were too young to drink it but the adults were trusting us with it.
When it didn't matter what we looked like. When you only needed two pairs of shoes - shoes for playing and shoes for getting dressed up in - and no-one judged you.
When boys were yucky, and the only ones that mattered were our fathers, our brothers, our cousins, and the friendships that we did have with the opposite sex were completely platonic.
When is was impossible to have a complicated relationship or situation with someone. You either liked them, or you didn't. End of.
When, if you had a fight with someone, five minutes later you were playing together again like nothing had even happened.
When you didn't have to worry about the future because you were so naive that you didn't know how hard it could be. When you were excited, and you wished to be older so that you could do what you wanted, when you wanted.

And what happened to the days when our only problems were if we fell and grazed our knee?
It was a carefree life where our parents or guardians sorted everything for us.



But maybe, just maybe, we use this as a cover and say that those were the good days, when in fact these are our good days.
The problems that we have at that moment that we are in are always huge. No-one can compare two problems when they are always so different.
So, grazing your knee when you were 5 might have been as big as a problem as someone in a midlife crisis. Although it's an awful problem at that time, because it's currently happening. But so is grazing your knee. So, the midlife crisis could be blown out of proportion and it's not as bad as people think, or make out.
That 5 year old would think so.

I've never really known young children, apart from when I myself was young.
I can't possibly compare.

So, right not I might just be thinking optimistically.
I wonder how long it will last.




As for Swindon... It wasn't as we'd expected - at all. But it was a good weekend anyway. We had a good giggle. And sort of got away from life for two days, which was the aim.

Also, that answer I was waiting for... It wasn't the one I wanted. I have so many questions that are unanswered. I am not able to say *happy in love*. Not yet, anyway.

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