Adult Decisions

This doesn't take place in Southie, but in Downtown Crossing. It's humorous to me nonetheless.

During my lunch break at work I'm walking around Downtown Crossing behind a couple of girls with Suffolk 2014 Freshmen t-shirts. First of all, whatever happened to Class of ####? Has everyone succumbed to the 5-year plan being the norm for most people these days? We've really been lowering the bar. When I was entering my college career a mere 10 years ago my parents told me you do this in 4 years and we pay for it, you do it in more and you start paying. But I digress...

These girls' conversation was much that of any hopeful, fun-loving freshmen would talk about: their new found freedom. Now, what they decided to do with it will just blow your mind.

Girl 1: So what is it you want to do?
Girl 2: My first decision as a college adult is something my parents never let me do.

Now, I'm thinking in my head; cigarettes, scratch tickets, you know, any of those degenerate things that will really get you on the 5+ year plan.

Girl 2: Finally get my ears pierced!

Woah, honey! Slow your roll... You ears pierced, FINALLY?! From one white girl to the next, you mean to let me overhear that your parents didn't do this either shortly after your birth or at some point before your thirteenth birthday?

To you Girl 2, I say good luck. Next think you know you will be wearing club dresses, using a fake ID to get into Faneuil Hall bars to dance and drink booze, going to house parties to play beer pong and flip cup, taking molly at raves, and eating street meat or fast food in the wee hours of the morning. Inevitably, you will eat all of this up and your school work will start to suffer. Then mommy and daddy will rethink letting you go to school in SUCH a big city and try to reel you in. By now it is too late, you know about all the enjoyable vices in the world now and nothing can stop you.

Only if your parents let you get your ears pierced before now.