I'm trying to be cool?!

My nephew is coming to visit me tomorrow.  He's coming to stay overnight with his friend.  They are on a bit of a 'Thelma & Louise' road trip and I just so happen to be on his route.

About 10 days ago he messaged me on FB and said, and I quote, 'X and I are doing a bit of a road trip between 3-7 April so may be able to come and visit you'.

'Come and visit you'?  ..................Why would two 20 year old boys want to come and visit me?  Obviously I am the bestest Auntie in the whole wide world but even so......................  When I was 20 years old, I'm sure I wouldn't have wanted to visit my Aunt & Uncle if I were on a road trip with a friend?

But times change and there is not such a big generation gap as there was when I was a teenager in the 1970s.

So as I am a very nice Auntie I told him to come and stay.

The boys said they'd sorted out 'hostel' accommodation and it would only cost them £10 a night.  Mmmmm................... they're travelling in a car.  Car parking will be at least double that for 24 hours but ho hum - students don't think about stuff like that

So to cut a very long story short - Nephew and his friend are coming to stay tomorrow night.

I am sooooooooo looking forward to it.

BUT here starts the RANT..........................

It's Wednesday 5th April at 11.15pm.

Do I know what time my nephew and friend are arriving tomorrow?  I do not.

Do I know if my nephew and friend need feeding when they arrive?  I do not.

Do I know if my nephew and friend want breakfast before they leave?  I do not.

In these days of social media and messaging one would have thought that communication would have been easy.  But apparently not???

My nephew has my email address and mobile phone number, he follows me on FB, messenger & twitter,  how cool am I?, so why can't he just let me know when exactly he is coming to visit me?

.....................Possibly I'm not actually as cool as I thought I am??? 

Perhaps my very lovely 20 year old nephew just thinks that he can rock up at whatever time he wants tomorrow and I'll just be sitting here in my rocking chair doing my knitting.  I don't have a rocking chair.

And actually, come to think of it; that's exactly what we did in the 1980s.  I distinctly remember living in Leicester and friends just rocked up to stay for a couple of nights because I'd written them a letter and said that they could.  And at that time - I was in and - they did stay probably in sleeping bags on a floor, - and I had absolutely no idea that they were arriving, but we dealt with it.

BUT times change.......................

And now I'm a middle aged woman....................................

And actually, I would quite like to know if my nephew is actually going to turn up tomorrow with his friend?  I would like to know if he wants me to feed him and his friend?  I live by myself so I can't just rustle up a meal for two 'growing boys' unless that I know that two 'growing boys' are actually coming to stay. 

Well actually I can; because tomorrow morning I will go to Asda. I was in the Guides - Motto - 'Be Prepared!!!'

There again.....................  Maybe I'm just worrying too much.  In the 1980s I lived in a teeny, weeny flat and I always seemed to have loads of people staying overnight etc.  Haven't a clue how I coped.

There again................... years ago................... people DID just cope.

40 years ago we were living in the shadow of 'World War Two'.

Morals, standards, commitment, respect, loyalty.

.....................I actually don't think that society thinks any of the above are very important in todays
world???

I do!!!