When Cool becomes old school
And bridging the age gap
Let us be frank — we all have been the cool guys at some point in our lives. Even if you declare yourself to be a not — so — cool person, there is a great possibility that to someone else we are quite cool.
Yet we do not immediately say a yes when asked if our parents were cool. They are the ones who set the rules at home and violate your cool guy rules set by the peer group you adore.
Yet, the two paragraphs are true but do not seem to get along well. Why would this be the case?? How does a cool youth become a not — so — cool parent eventually?
The bell bottom pants of ’80s look hilarious today because as fashion changed, so did the generation. Maybe 50 years from now, the youth will find it hilarious to see me write an article on medium. Funny as it may seem, these are the minor details that affect the coolness bar when parents share their youth days tales to their (unknowingly judgmental) children.
There are numerous other awkward situations that we all can remember where our parents played the spoil spot. All theses clearly highlight the not so cool part. But for those who paid close attention, these lines from Bill Gates might radiate well within:
Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
True indeed. As more responsibility and sense of family draws in, people tend to change in to parents. Sometimes when they set strict rules, it is because they care for us. Even we are not the best people to judge our parents — have we seen the entire world in all its glory and misery? Have we had to go through the struggle of surviving in a competitive world mostly alone?
Yes, it takes time but when we become parents (or some lucky ones much before that) we realize the reason why they took extreme — un-cool measures to ensure our safety. We need to be more receptive and patient with our parents because that is the least we can offer back for all that they tolerated us since our very beginning.
So let us think again about how our convoluted minds have forgotten the masqueraded love of our parents, and try to re-discover the coolness in them!
