Okay, so my family and I attended a Dora birthday party for an adorable two-year-old last weekend. The little girl is the daughter of one of my husband’s friends, who is a few years younger than my husband is. I should also mention that my husband is a few years younger than I am. So, to do the math, that makes the Dora birthday girl’s parents approximately 7-8 years younger than me (give or take a year or two, more than likely give). Why is this age thing important? Well, I’m getting to that.

It’s only reasonable to think that usually you have friends that are close to your age. Well, this couple does have quite a few friends that are around their age, who are all great people. I started talking to a couple who were expecting their first child, that day. Yes, I said that day. This girl looked, acted, and felt the way I wanted to when I was pregnant with both of my boys. She looked cute in her maternity clothes, her face was glowing with excitement, and she didn’t have to prop up her feet. She gave me hope that if I decide to give birth to a third child, I could look and feel like her. Anyway, back to the story. Her husband was commenting on my older son’s curly hair. He said that if we grew it out we could hide a comb in there, etc…  He joked about all of the same things that we joke about with his crazy curly hair. Now here is the part where I became aware of my age. I told him and his wife that my son’s hair has gotten pretty long and crazy at times, almost Peter Frampton like.

Can you hear the silence?

That one instance of blank looks reminded me that I was in my mid-thirties and I knew who Peter Frampton was, but they did not. I became aware that their parents probably weren’t blasting ‘Frampton Comes Alive!’ on the stereo in the mid-70’s. But if they were, they wouldn’t have been able to hear it anyway. It’s hard to hear when you haven’t even been born yet.

But, if you do remember his talking guitar in hits such as “Do You Feel Like We Do?” and “Show Me the Way”, you’ll understand why age did matter… just for an instance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Frampton
http://www.frampton.com/flash.html