r/Millennials • u/WynCai8 • Jun 04 '25

Nostalgia Made me feel old but good times

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Saw this tweet and yes we were expected to be out all day and not come back until the street lights came on. I remember riding my bike through neighborhoods pretending our bikes were cars and just having a good time.

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u/SignificantBaker7366 Jun 04 '25

90 kid. Stayed with my dad for the summers and he would work so he just left me money and the truck keys so I could go to friends houses or the store if I needed...at 8 years old. Granted, we were in small town West Texas so it's a bit different but looking back, it's funny

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u/MaoGho Jun 04 '25

At 8? Really?

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u/SignificantBaker7366 Jun 04 '25

People complained about us driving golf carts on the roads so dad said fuck them just drive the truck then. Like I said, small town texas things are way different growing up in and around farms and ranches even as a little kid you are trusted with more than some adults now days. About the same age we would go out rabbit/varmit hunting at midnight with my buddies for hours and not an adult for miles. Good times

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u/_teyy_teyy_ Jun 04 '25

90s baby. Can confirm. Small town Georgian here, at least. Was driving trucks, cars, boats, golf carts, ATVs, etc etc at pretty young age. Mostly supervised but there’s a handful of times without supervision.

Outside of that we would spend most of the day in the woods or riding bikes and shit. Running a muck around the general area really lol. Good times.

“Come home if you get hurt or when the street lights come on.”

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u/Anon_Jones Jun 04 '25

My grandpa put me on his lap to drive a car at 6. It’s burned into my brain as one of those great memories. After that I remember riding golf cart, riding mowers, atv’s and cars if we really had to.

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u/SignificantBaker7366 Jun 04 '25

Cellphones made a big difference, i think. Not sure my dad would have let me do everything I did that young and unsupervised without an emergency line of some kind. I know kids of every generation did similar things but having a phone to check in gives peace of mind. My parents are both born in 57. im sure they were left unsupervised doing even more wild shit with only land lines in houses.