What is the generation gap?

Simply put, it is the different thoughts of people from generation to generation.

Well, there is a generation gap between my grandma and I, two generations, separated.

The day before yesterday, my grandma came to chat with me and suddenly talked about "car oil" (named in my hometown) - the lubricant of an old sewing machine.

She kept complaining that my aunt threw away the cart of oil when she was cleaning the house, and she felt it was a pity.

I replied: "What's the use of keeping that thing? Who else can use it now?"

She retorted: "Who said it's useless? Sometimes I use it. Now I can't find some car oil if I want to find it. I have to ask someone to borrow it later."

Well, I asked her: "Why are you using car gas?"

She replied: "You can use whatever you want to do when you want to do it." (Car: immediately sew.)

I was curious: "What do you need a car?"

She said seriously: "Yes, my towel is a little rotten, I need a car."

I was dizzy: "If the towel is rotten, throw it away. It's not that there is no new towel."

She retorted: "I won't throw it away. My towel has been fine for five or six years. It's much easier to use than those new towels! I'll make up for it and it will last a long time!"

Me: "Generally speaking, the towel will be replaced in a few months, and there will be a lot of bacteria left on it. What's more, your towel has been used for five or six years."

She shook her head and slowly left my sight and went out: "If you don't change, I'll go to the next door to borrow fuel."

OK, there is a generation gap.

This morning, I woke up naturally at 5:45 in the morning. Well, I was either woken up by my dream or urged to pee, I just woke up.

Therefore, I washed up, cooked porridge, went out to buy vegetables and rice.

After coming back, I cut the meat and washed the vegetables.

When I was almost done, the alarm clock started to ring at 6:45.

Well, sure enough, the plan for the day lies in the morning.

At that time, the grandma happened to come for a walk and was a little surprised to see me getting up so early today.

Well, that's it, and then she chatted with other elderly people outside the house.

After I finished breakfast, I locked the door and went up to the second floor.

Usually, I don’t lock the door, but recently there is a very naughty child next door. Once I was upstairs and didn’t know that he almost broke the water purifier in my kitchen when he entered my house, and also took away a bottle of pesticide. (This is the result I guessed, because there are previous examples)

Well, so, as long as I'm not on the first floor and the naughty kid next door still lives next door, I will lock the door.

Because of the locking of the door, the grandma couldn't enter my room at any time except in the morning.

When I was having lunch today, she might be taking a nap. The people at home all had lunch early, some ate at 10 o'clock, and some ate at 11 o'clock, and I ate at 12 o'clock. Of course, it may not be necessary to see if I'm hungry.

After I finished lunch, of course I went to the second floor. After that, I would wait until after six or seven in the afternoon before going down to cook dinner and take a shower.

Well, when it was almost seven o'clock tonight, my second aunt spoke to me on WeChat and asked where I was.

I was wondering, where else can I be besides being at home?

I said, "I'm at home, what's wrong?"

She replied: "You grandma said that except for seeing you having breakfast in the morning, she didn't see you all day long. She also said that you only had breakfast and didn't even eat lunch. She kept clamoring and asked me to find you."

I was depressed at that time: "I ate at around twelve o'clock. When I ate, she was not on my side. Do I have to see me eat before I could eat? Tell her, don't always think so much..."

After that, after finding out the reason and having almost finished chatting, the call ended.

Well, I usually eat lunch early and late, and my grandma usually comes to chat with me when I cook.

I didn't run into time today, and the door was locked, so she couldn't get in. So she would think too much.

She couldn't understand young people like me, and their dietary hours often changed. In short, when she felt hungry and if I hadn't eaten yet, she would feel that I must be very hungry.

However, there are not so many empathy in the world.

Everyone has their own physique, and everyone has their own eating habits. You cannot always use your own standards to measure others.

Therefore, the generation gap is not a problem. As long as you are willing to think from the perspective of others, everything will be easy to solve.

Just like, the grandma is unwilling to throw away the towel she has used for five or six years, so naturally she has her reasons. Perhaps, when I get old, I will also be unable to throw away some things after using them for a long time, and my grandson may also speak like I did to the grandma.

Well, everyone has their own values, and they have different eras and values.

Perhaps, what I should do is not to force my grandma to accept my values, throw away the old ones, and use the new ones. Instead, it should be to accept the grandma's ideas. She is so old that she will be deprived of even doing things that she thinks are meaningful?

If it were me, if I like toys that were very old when I was a child, I would keep them until I was old. And my grandson felt that those old antiques had no value and would have to be cleaned up, I would have resisted myself.

If you can understand and respect the other person's ideas, the generation gap is just a gap in age.

Well, cherish what you believe in, and at the same time respect what others believe in. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!