now I shall talk about my cousin for ten minutes and it shall be dull

[wanttobeatree]

A SUCCESSFUL DAY OF CHILDMINDING. I kicked my cousin's bony eleven-year-old butt at Monopoly and I liked it. It's kind of becoming a tradition between the two of us now, me calmly and pleasantly bankrupting a child. Then I taught her how to tie her shoelaces FUCK YEAH I AM A RESPONSIBLE ADULT-Y FIGURE IN HER LIFE. But oh my god internet, she has a

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[laulan]

Wait, she didn't know how to tie her shoes at age eleven? I thought everyone's parents forced them to learn how to do that in kindergarten so they didn't have to deal with it anymore! She must have patient parents. XD

Also, yes. I have no younger siblings but my best friends' younger siblings have grown up and are GOING TO UNI NOW and it freaks the hell out of me. HOW ARE THEY SO OLDDDD I KNEW THEM WHEN THEY WERE TINY THINGS WITH LISPY HIGH VOICES!!!

[wanttobeatree]

I didn't know how to tie mine until age eleven when I started secondary school! Although it was easier to get away with in the nineties when ALL SHOES WERE VELCRO, AAAALL SHOES. Ik my cousin's been teased about her lack of bow-tying skillz now all the kids are wearing canvas sneaker style shoes.

I KNOW THIS FEELING TOO D: barthi has a younger brother and sister and as I've known barthi since WE were eleven, her formerly tiny wee siblings are now 16 and 18 /o\

[laulan]

GOSH! Seriously, you are the only person I know for whom this holds true, I think! Maybe it's a British/U.S. thing. And yes, hahahaha VELCRO SHOES. I miss the nineties, when giant oversized striped shirts and flowery leggings were a valid fashion choice.

THEY SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO AGE. :( WHAT IS THIS MADNESS. Where is the child-freezer when you need it.

[wanttobeatree]

Naaah it was pretty unusual in my case, too. I just had shit co-ordination (AND STILL DO.) GDI IKR. I never did giant oversized striped shirts but oh my flowery leggings <3333

srsly D: barthi's brother must have been SIX when I first met him. what is going ooooon here. (and oh god all my elder cousins are getting married and having babies now. It's not quite so wtf as they've always seemed Hugely Old And Wise to me, what with being a good seven/eight years older, but stiiiill.)

[laulan]

I didn't either (I was also more of a flowery leggings girl) but oh, the fact that you COULD and it would not be looked upon oddly! Like, THESE were not out of place in the nineties. THE FREEDOM TO LOOK RIDICULOUS: I MISS IT.

I remember when my bff's brother's voice cracked. :( He used to be so squeaky! AND WHEN THEY FIRST GET GIRLFRIENDS/BOYFRIENDS OMG. THAT IS THE WEIRDEST THING. How do they get old enough to think the opposite sex doesn't have cooties anymore!!