I was on such a roll posting 3 days in a row, but like Tara Reid's career, I have been dormant. Get out the hater-aide, but this blog gets tons of views. Why? I don't know why, but I love it! For the record, the Kardashians have a clothing line on QVC. I'm watching right now and Khloe is showing a printed caftan. Aren't the Kardashian chicks usually scantily clad? I've never seen them wear anything this long and loose.
I visited my parents this weekend and the "Best Of" survey was in the newspaper. You know you live in an unusual town when Burger King is voted "Best Burger" and Coors Light is "Best Beer." Not a fan of either, but I did like BK when I was a kid because they gave you a crown to wear. A scepter would have been a nice touch. This "Best Of" survey is pretty specific down to "Best Nurse" and "Best Exterminator." So if you aren't voted "Best Exterminator" does that mean you should bug off? Ha!!!!
Have I told you that I love conducting surveys? Survey says! It's just like Family Feud minus the prizes and jumping up and down.
As I shared earlier, I am (gasp!!!!) going to be a great aunt. I've noticed that being a teen mom is quite the common occurrence now. I've never been called conventional, so perhaps I am just having a difficult time understanding how socially accepted this is. A friend of mine is a high school teacher in a rural area and said that she had a student who was expecting her 3rd child at age 17. However, the mother was very upset that her daughter had required reading that contained profanity. Seriously? Her 17 year old daughter is about to have her 3rd kid and she's worried that her daughter may be subjected to a little explicit language? WTF! Yes, I'm sure those expletives are of greater concern than raising a flock of kids while trying to get out of the 11th grade.
According to a recent report on teen sexuality, the average age for teenagers to have sex is 17, but 30% are active by age 14. 14???And according to that same study, most don't use protection. If no protection is used, girls have a 90% chance of getting pregnant in a year. Really??? The Z generation may be posting and tweeting about their every move, but apparently no one is reading about contraception. Yowza!
Has it always been this way? Did I have my head in the sand (actually it was more like an antiquated encyclopedia) at age 14? I must know more. So I decided to keep it light and poll the Generation X as to some of their teen behaviors. However, I kept it much more mundane. I surveyed my stable responders ( I love my respondents and I super love my respondents with A game humor) and the average Generation X-er had his/her first smooch at 16. Remember, I am super nerdy so I removed myself from the average of the survey so I wouldn't skew the number. I can be very thoughtful like that. Some people were kind enough to share the name of the individual (nice but not necessary) and someone even said there was a song by Boston playing in the background. Remember, there are 3 guarantees in life. Death, taxes, and you can always find a Boston song on the radio. This declaration just solidified that belief.
However, I located this calculator (I love calculators) and discovered that the current average age for a first kiss is 12.5 http://www.calculatorslive.com/Average-Age-Of-First-Kiss-Calculator.aspx Really? So the pool of people that I surveyed averaged age 16 but now it's 12.5? What do we attribute this significant drop in age? MTV? Paris Hilton? Where has she been hiding lately? I digress.....
So surely the Gen X feels all grown up since the Gen Z is on the fast track, right? Stay tuned for additional results from said survey...
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