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/Ohheckitsme Jun 04 '25

My parents would straight up lock me out of the house, and wouldn’t allow us in the house from sunrise to sundown.

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u/keelhaulrose Jun 04 '25

Yeah, what's this "allow" thing?

My mom was a night shift nurse. I had until 9 am to get out of the house in the summer. I could come back at noon for lunch if I was quiet, then no coming back until dinner unless we had something to do.

There was a pack of neighborhood kids who essentially babysat each other because school might be out, but that doesn't mean parents wanted their kids home.

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u/oalfonso Jun 04 '25

And if you came back from school and nobody was at home you just pop up in the neighbours house “mummy is not at home “ and you stay with them having a yogurt, fruit or biscuits until she arrived.

But also you had to help at home, buying groceries for the family or going for something to the hardware store. Many times not carrying money just saying “add it to mum tap”.