Growing Up.

I am now a ripe ol’ age of 27. Growing up is getting easier and easier to do, but as I age I realize that I am becoming more and more traditional, and being more traditional means being like my dad.

When I was about 15 or 16 I can recall wearing these jeans with the ass completely out of them. No ass at all. Just a big hole. So, I thought by wearing these shorts underneath, that it was no big deal, but looking back I must have looked like a total piece of brown trash.

I worked with my dad as a painter during the summer and I thought since I was painting these pants were fine, besides, most of the time it was just me and my dad anyway. Well, I remember my dad seeing these pants for the first time and noticing that the ass was missing in them and he was like, “eddie, why are you wearing those pants?” he was just asking a question, but I knew what he was really thinking. “What in tarnation is wrong with this boy?” Personally I thought I was making a statement of individuality, a statement of, “I don’t care”, but in reality I just looked stupid and unkempt.

I tell you all of this because recently I have seen two adults who have been at my home that were very untraditional in their attire. I won’t point out too many details in an attempt to avoid revealing who they are, but let’s just say that when I saw them, my face smiled, but my head said, “Ew”.

I don’t think that looking a certain way is acceptable if it is acceptable to you, if you do think that way, then I don’t want you around me- not looking like that anyway. Some people say “To each his own”, but I say, be “All American”. I like the clean cut look, I like shaggy hair, and I don’t mind a couple of piercings, I ain’t no prude, but for crying out loud, please get real- when you hit about 25-27 it is time to start being an adult. Trust me, I still wear loud clothes, I still do my own thing, but my personality makes me an individual, not how I look on the outside.

So, maybe I should keep my opinion to myself, maybe I am already an old fart- but if you got too much hair, cut some of it off, if your nose is pierced, don’t sneeze around me, and if your clothes look like 3 shades of broke down, then clean them up or get some new ones. Have some self respect, stop trying to be all special and cool, and just be you.