“Grown-ups love figures… When you tell them you’ve made a new friend they never ask you any questions about essential matters. They never say to you “What does his voice sound like? What games does he love best? Does he collect butterflies? ” Instead they demand “How old is he? How much does he weigh? How many brothers has he? How much does he weigh? How much money does his father make?” Only from these figures do they think they have learned anything about him. If you were to say to the grown-ups: “I saw a beautiful house made of rosy bricks, with geraniums in the windows and doves on the roof” they would not be able to get an idea of that house at all. you have to say to them: “I saw a house that cost $20000”. Then they would exclaim: “Oh, what a pretty house that is!”.
~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. The Little Prince
The only question my father ever asked about any new friend, was “Did I know his/her mother?”
Grannymar recently posted..April Firsts
Our generation times were different GM. My parents too did the same thing.
Fortunately I’ve never grown up. Not likely to happen now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlMFJ0fAqW0
proof again to me that the world of ‘figures’ is over rated.
tammy j recently posted..my island life
Indeed. Except ofcourse for men for who 40 – 36 – 40 means a great deal!
My mother advised me when leaving NZ to live overseas in UK – “Do not get married to another Pom, I already have the other girls with said kind of man” – Well I didn’t married to a Pom in UK, I waited and found one who had immigrated to Australia….I still don’t think she very forgave me!!!
There are very few things that parents never forgive about their children, and right on top of that list will be not listening to their advice on matrimony!