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Young people are so lovely these days

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Luckygirl3 Thu 26-Mar-26 21:05:30

I remember when I was a teenager the presence of my parents when out with younger people was a source of deep embarrassment - let alone a grandparent!

I have just been to another gig where two of my teenage grandsons were playing in a jazz fusion band - they are both very talented instrumentalists and I go to as many of their gigs as I can.

I walked in and they detached themselves from the group of young people they were chatting with, came over and gave me a hug and said it was good to have me there. I noticed other band members doing the same with their relatives.

At the door the girls taking the ticket money were so polite and helpful, and when I left early I was waiting by the door for my DD in her car and one of the girls came up to make sure I was OK and went out and looked out for my DD's car and then said "Go carefully; and thank you for coming!

I have noticed this a lot recently - there they all are with their crazy tattoos and hair, and wild clothing - and there I am with my stick - and they are all just so kind and welcoming.

It is such a joy and really isn't at all how it was when I was young. Something to be happy about I think ...;.

Jaxjacky Sat 28-Mar-26 12:25:20

I agree Mojack and Gwyllt I don’t see anything different now from forty odd years ago or longer, just that most of the lovely ones seem to be related to people on here!

Cumbrianmale56 Sat 28-Mar-26 12:26:47

I think the country was more violent when I was coming of age in the eighties. People are rightly concerned about knife crime and drugs in the inner cities, but there was actually more violent crime in the eighties. Football hooliganism, nightclub and pub brawls, violent youth cults like skinheads, people being attacked because they looked different, these were a fact of life in the eighties.
Looking back to the eighties, I was beaten up for nothing at a bus stop because two young men didn't like what I was wearing, and a year later was attacked by a skinhead for supposedly getting in his way on the pavement. Also I can remember being in a pub and someone smashing a glass in a man's face for nothing. Fortunately you hear far less of this nowadays.

Gwyllt Sat 28-Mar-26 16:10:35

How they are at home and with extended family may be very different to how they are at school or out and about Look at all the problems caused by drugs From what I hear teachers don’t find the kids easy by all accounts some parents seem to back the misdemeanours of their offspring

25Avalon Sun 29-Mar-26 13:34:02

I was in M&S wanting organic bananas. A young man was unloading them on to the shelf. I said how much netter they tasted and he said when he could afford it that’s what he would buy. He then went on to think of how much better it was for the growers and the environment. He’d obviously seriously considered it all. I was very impressed.

Lizzie44 Tue 31-Mar-26 15:31:28

Young people are surprisingly resiliant

Washerwoman Tue 31-Mar-26 16:21:30

What a lovely thread.I always loved having my DDs friends at our house when they were teenagers because they were such a lovely bunch.And now allin the 30s its still a pleasure to hear how they are doing and see them occasionally.
And I regularly litter pick ,and yes some youngsters drop their rubbish, but it makes me cross when I get comments that litter is because 'those youngsters' don't know how to behave. The worst offenders I've seen are adults in cars just chucking stuff out of the window. And don't get me started on fly tipping which is inevitably some van driver if the sheer amount dumped is anything to go by.

Allira Tue 31-Mar-26 16:25:19

I always loved having my DDs friends at our house when they were teenagers because they were such a lovely bunch.And now allin the 30s its still a pleasure to hear how they are doing and see them occasionally

So did we. They're in their 40s and 50s now but we still love to see them sometimes.