My sis and I are 10 years apart. She’s 23 and I’m 33. I was a teen of the 80’s and she was a teen of the 90’s. I love and appreciate 80’s music and movies. She can’t and doesn’t. She just doesn’t get that era. Can you believe she has never heard of Wham!

Last night the two of us were having a couple of drinks outside in front of the fire pit and I had asked her if she watched 16 Candles yet. She said she tried but just can’t get into it. So I was the (slightly buzzed) jackass trying to give her the story with hopes it would make her want to watch it. Didn’t happen. She just had this blank look on her face, while I cracked myself up just talking about it! Can you believe she doesn’t know who Anthony Michael Hall is?? I wanted to be just like Molly Ringwald in those days.

I was a teen when house parties were the thing to do on the weekend. Promoters would stand at the gate of our high school and pass out flyers left and right! Anyone else remember those days? Teen dance clubs were not only popular, but SAFE too! We didn’t have cell phones, if you were lucky you had a PAGER! Yeah baby! Stone wash overalls were in and so was M.C. Hammer! Those were the good days. Oh shit, I sound like my parents now.

As I’ve told my friends before, she says The only good thing that came out of the 80’s was Me and Aqua Net. Oh well, so much for trying to influence her with another pop era. I give up. I’m just going to go home and watch Valley Girl.