When you are old, what do you think children will ask you to tell stories about?

SSG Ed Mikus — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:41:20 -0400

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 15 at 2018 11:51 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:51:35 -0400

Children don’t normally “ask” to hear stories, the generally just listen to the ones we decide to tell them. If my grandson asks me to tell a life story, I would like to share funny stories from my Navy days fixing F-14’s on the Nimitz and shore leave stories. Maybe funny field days in the infantry.

Response by CPT Jack Durish made Aug 15 at 2018 11:58 AM

CPT Jack Durish — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 11:58:59 -0400

Generally, they don't ask. They run to grandma yelling, "He's doing it again!" when I attempt to tell them a story. That's why I've written my stories and published them. It appeases my need to tell stories without alienating the family. [And did you catch that? I just told another story]

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 15 at 2018 2:14 PM

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 14:14:45 -0400

I'm afraid they will ask to know what the US was like when it was a free nation...

Response by SGT Philip Roncari made Aug 15 at 2018 8:04 PM

SGT Philip Roncari — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 20:04:00 -0400

I am old ,and my stories from fifty years ago are not deemed suitable for children according to Household Six or (She who must be Obeyed) so I guess I’ll just have to keep boring the hell out of the youngsters here on RP,now there was that time when a big freaking lizard dropped from the top of a GP40 tent and bit this FNGs big toe,see how even that simple story loses something in translation
eg -freaking ,FNG.

Response by CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 made Aug 15 at 2018 10:51 PM

CSM Charles Hayden Passed 7/29/2025 — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 22:51:01 -0400

SSG Ed Mikus After reading an uncle’s 8 page, typed family history, I did my own.

The events I recalled required 18 pages.
EACH grandchild read a complete version, as I monitored them.

Now, when I relate events of my life, those now young adults understand.

Response by MCPO Roger Collins made Aug 16 at 2018 8:24 AM

MCPO Roger Collins — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 08:24:45 -0400

SOP, we all wish we had asked more AND listened to our elders long after they passed. What I have found is as you age, you tend to become invisible. When the younger people do expend the time to listen, it becomes difficult to end the conversation.