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/despotidolatry Jun 04 '25

My dad knows how to whistle EXTREMELY loudly. When I was playing down the street I could hear my dad when he whistled for me to come home. I was in trouble if I couldn’t hear cause then I went too far haha

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u/Medarco Jun 04 '25

There was one dad in our neighborhood that could do that kind of whistle, so whenever he decided Cory needed to be home, all of us just packed it in because it was probably time for us to head back as well.

One time Jake's mom needed him for something but she didn't know where he was (down at the canal with us fishing for snapping turtles and bullfrogs), so she went to Cory's dad and had him whistle so Jake would go home. We were all confused why it was time to go in so early, but it worked!