We took Taylor to the movie theater for the first time last Friday. Well, it wasn't actually her first time. I think we went when she was a couple months old and still nursing and sleeping a lot. We went to see the new Disney Pixar movie "Up". It was a sweet and thoughtful film, but probably too thought provoking for children to really understand. Taylor didn't start getting restless until about 3/4 of the way through - when the Reeses Pieces ran out and I stopped letting her drink soda. Considering she just turned 3, she did pretty well.
I realized a few days ago that it had been 3 years since even I had been to the movie theater. What would my film professors think of me?! I also realized just how much can change in 3 years! The price of admission went up at least $1.50. A large popcorn is now $7.00. Would you believe our small family of 3 spent nearly $50.00 on this family outing? Tickets came to $31.00. ONE large popcorn, ONE large drink, and ONE box of Reeses Pieces came to over $15.00. If I had more than one child, a trip to the movies nowadays would need to be budgeted and planned for.
Anyways, enough of that rant. The thing that I found most interesting are the "NO TEXTING" signs that are now on the theater doors. Now, why would Sprint be sponsoring this?
Upon seeing this sign I immediately pictured the catalysts for this being the 12-25 crowd. So, of course it made me realize that I am now over 30, a mother, and totally out of the "happenin'" scene. I am certain it was someone at least as old as I am who came up with this fun-killing sign. It just so happened, however, that the one breaking this rule was a man in his 60's in front of us who, at the beginning of the film, wouldn't stop playing with his phone.
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