Kids these days

There are very few people in the world that I'm actually fond of. Most people I tolerate; and most other people don't register on my radar.

Now, my ten- year old cousin is one on the list of people I'm fond of. And it so happened that i called her yesterday- it being her birthday.

Here's a rough excerpt of our conversation:


Hey Nina.

Hey.

Happy Birthday.

Thank you.

So...um...what did you do today?

Nothing much.

Nothing Much? Didn't you cut a cake?

Yeah. i did.

And...? Tell me about it! (People who know me must be staring in wonder right about now. I rarely ask questions. i missed the "Socials" class while growing up).

It was a chocolate cake.

That's the only kind worth having isn't it? So .... what shape was it? Barbie Shaped? Robot Shaped?

Nope.

It was square-shaped.

Hey- why didn't you have a cake in a shape? i love cakes in shapes!

Pause.

i'm ten years old.

Right.

Um. Ok




Kids these days.



Oh and by the way, I grew out of barbies a long while ago.


Right.