Am I alone or do you miss watching fireworks with your DC
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Anonymous
| MY DC are going to go to watch the fireowks at the high school with their friends, and fell sad. I remember when we used to wake up at 9 am and go to the parade. and then go to the old fashion fireman show, then go home for a bit. Then go to Fairfax High School and watch the fireworks from the High Schoool I graduated from class of 1990. Now my kids are in High School and college. They are not going to spend time with me tomorrow. Do you miss this? |
Anonymous
| My older DD was allowed to do this at 14 or 15. In my community, walking to/from the show rather than driving is a norm, so you see the gaggle of teens trying to walk faster than their parents. It cracks me up. |
Anonymous
| God, no! There is nothing I enjoy less than being in a huge crowd of people that includes other people's children. We have a big cookout. Teens and tweens head off to the fireworks together. Some adults and parents with little kids follow. The rest of the adults hang at the house, drink wine, enjoy some down time, and often help me clean up a bit. |
Anonymous
| No way! Much like parades, I find fireworks boring and tedious. I would never attend either if it weren't for the kids. |
Anonymous
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I don't miss the fireworks themselves, but I miss the fact that we no longer do these kinds of things as a family. That's what makes me sad. I feel this way with a lot these days. I am with you, OP.
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Anonymous
| I have a DC leaving for college in about 40 days and I would like to do something with her (although fireworks on a rainy July 4th is not at the top of that list) |
Anonymous
+100. Thank you for posting. Feeling a little less sad now. |
Anonymous
| My kids are in the early teens and didn't want to do either, so we went ahead and went by ourselves. #lonely. |
Anonymous
| My kids always have their own fireworks. It's a lot more fun than going and watching someone else shoot them. |