Do you remember life before the internet?
Well this is an intriguing question and I can only imagine the answers people will give. The birth of the internet was in the early 80’s I believe and sadly I was not even a thought in my parents mind at that time. I was born later in the 80’s.
However, I remember when we got our first computer in the 90’s and for us it was a big deal. I was still too young to be on the internet, so I remember vividly what it was like before I was hypnotized by the marvels of the internet and chatting with friends on MSN Messenger, Neopets, etc.
There were a ton of kids in my neighbourhood and my best friend lived down the street. We were always outside playing games; skipping, hop-scotch, tag, hide n’ seek, soccer, boys would play street hockey, hula-hoop, etc. After school we would head home, do our homework, go play, be called in to dinner, than play again and once the street lights came on, it was time to head in. That or you would be called in by your parents at any given moment. We would generally be at someone’s house and our parents always knew where we were. If I were at my friend’s house, they would walk me half way until I met my mom or Nonna and vice versa.
For me, that was life before the internet. Once I discovered the internet, along with the rest of my friends, we all became shut ins for a while. It was a fascinating new world for all of us and we just thought we were the coolest thing since sliced bread for having a name like Cute_baby_girl or some nonsense like that for our messenger screen name. And you had to have it typed in that funky lettering everyone used. However, I eventually became a video game nerd and that was my escape on the internet.
There you have it folks, I was just a kid who played outside. Weird huh?
Ciao!
Mama on the Move 