"I'm cooler than my parents"

Sad but true. Elena has new shoes and one pair are "crocs". For those of you even less hip than I am, "crocs" are sort of like tupperware clogs and, in my opinion, are a footwear sin of Old Testament proportions. But everyone is entitled to their opinion and lots of people find them "cute", "funky", yes, even "cool".



And Elena, and everyone else, teachers and kids, at her school has a pair. Today as we walked to the mailbox the dialogue went something like this:

"Do you have crocs?"

"Nope."

"But Amanda does". (Amanda is one of the undergraduate TA's in Elena's class room).

"Amanda is cooler than your parents."

"I'm cooler than my parents."



OK. Yes, I realize that I spent 23 consecutive years in school and raise pigeons recreationally but...

It just happened so fast.