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So, I walked to Smith's this evening to rent a movie from Red Box. Trent is out camping with the scouts (something, that once upon a time, I dreaded. I really disliked putting kids to bed a lone, and going to bed myself, alone. Now, I kind of look forward to the alone time.) and a movie for them, sounded like I nice treat. As I am walking, I am behind a young couple and I notice another guy up the street and he yells. 'Hey $%^* head, what the *&%^& you up to'? I'm thinking, wow, that's disgusting. They meet up, and I move on, ignoring whatever they are babbling about. I then get to the store, and overhear a conversation from 2 18-20 yr olds talking about how, the one guy hurt his ankle jumping out a window, and if the cops weren;t out the front door, he wouldnt have had to do that. I get my movies, then head inside where I hear a lady yelling at her, who ever he was, husband/brother/ uncle that he was a &*^^% idiot and if he moved faster, things like that wouldn't happen.
I feel like either, the older I get, the more crude people become. Or, the older I get, the more sensitive I get. I have encountered this a lot. I remember, when people used to watch what they said, in the presence of adults, or little kids. I don't find I get the same courtesy. Why? Why are people so less willing to be kind, uplifting, sympathetic, thoughtful, considerate. It makes me want to hibernate in my own little bubble. It has even made me consider homeschooling. even moving. What do you do? Is it coming from a generation of people raising kids like this? Is it a cultural issue. Would we be able to find someplace better? I'm sure it has some, well maybe a lot, to do with where I live. We are next door to a grocery store, and even closer to a gas station. How many 'family oriented' people go to a gas station to do more than buy gas. Maybe I'm stereotyping, but the people that hang out around, or frequent the gas station, are the greatest offenders of this. And the ones who skateboard out side my fence are the second greatest. I mean, can you not look around and see you are right outside someones house? Maybe instead of revving your motors as you are pulling into a parking lot, you could look around. So, is that enough reason to move? To try and change things, Would I be fighting a non-winnable battle? Just causing myself more grief? Would it be worse or better in a different state, or city, maybe what I experience is mild compared to other places. Are we just inundated with crudeness and vulgarity, and thoughtlessness and we are not going back? I find it disheartening to think that this is what we have become. Or, have things always been like this, and now I'm just uptight with little kids to think about. Really, the noise doesn't even wake me up anymore. I guess it's like living next to a train. You just get used to is. But, the profanity I will NEVER get used to.