Not Cool

I am not cool.  I never have been.  I think I am past the point where I will ever be able to be cool.  Let me give you a list of reasons why I do not fall into the "cool" category (maybe some of it is just my perspective, but I don't think so):

I still have (and use VHS tapes), and still "tape" shows on occasion because I do not have a DVR.

I don't have cable.

I have an iPod, but only to store my CDs on it.  I have never purchased any music from iTunes.

I could not name a single member of the Pussy Cat Dolls, the Spice Girls or the Backstreet Boys if it were for a million dollars.  The fact I still reference these groups should be an indication that I could not get a million dollars to name a more current group.

I don't keep up with the Kardashians.  I don't know why anyone would anyway.  Maybe I am cool for saying no to that one.

I am not on Facebook.  I'm not sure they would want me.

I do not have a Smart Phone.  I don't text.  My phone takes pictures.  I have had my phone a year and a half and it only has ten pictures on it.  Phones are for calling people.  I think only five people have my cell phone number to call me.  No wonder I never have plans on Saturday evening....  Oh wait, that's kids and marriage, not my phone.

I am wearing clothes I had ten years ago.  I don't know what the current trend is.  I count on my sister to buy me one or two things each year to make sure I do not miss entire decades of fashion.  The clothes she buys me are the times I get compliments about how I look.

My husband is not cool either.  He references himself as the "cool nerd" in high school.  Complete oxymoron if I have ever heard one.

Really, the list is endless.  Don't get me wrong, some of my lack off coolness may now be classified in my mind as lack of interest or to others as being cheap.  Whatever.  I'll deal with it. 

Here is my problem with not being cool.  What happens to my kids?  Right now, kids don't care.  They are three and five and still in preschool.  But right now my kids are not off to a good start for cool experiences.  They have not been to Disney World.  They do not have 'DS.'  They rarely play on the computer.  They have had one to many experiences watching movies that include my old VHS tapes and whether or not the movies from the library will work.

I hope I am not destroying my kids shot at coolness.  They are happy for now.  What happens when they realize anyone can have cable and we don't?  Maybe my kids will make me cool.  Or cool enough to get them by.  Or at least distract people enough that they don't notice I'm not.  May my children prevail over my shortcomings.