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Remember
Game Nights
We were watching the news the other night and
couldn’t believe it when they did a story on Express Monopoly. Yes,
you did read that right, Express Monopoly. Apparently families can’t
take the time for a full game night anymore, plus we are told that
they get bored and a game will only hold their attention for a
limited period of time. Wow, how sad, that we can’t even enjoy
ourselves anymore without putting a time limit on that too.
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I find this a very sad
commentary on where we are today. I understand we all have busy
lives and we need to use our time wisely. However, if we put time
limits on the things we enjoy, and our down time why even bother.
I will keep my memories of Saturday game nights of Monopoly,
Scrabble, Risk, puzzles, Parcheesi, and card games, thank you. If we
ran out of time, the game was set aside and we picked it up the next
weekend or game night we had.
For those of you too young to know what I am talking about, game
nights were usually on a Friday or Saturday night, most often on
Saturdays. We would have an early dinner and then decide what we
wanted to play. We all got to give our input and the game that got
the most interest was the one we played, but everyone got their say.
Plus since we had a large block of time [usually 7- 9, (when we were
younger); 7-10 or 11 pm as we got older], everyone got to play a
game of their choosing. I must admit, however, when Monopoly or Risk
was chosen that was usually an all night deal.
Least you think only families played games or that I am talking of
only the 50s and 60s, I am not. When we were in college (both
undergraduate and grad school) we had game nights with our major
advisors and fellow students, and this was in the 70s and 80s. In
the 90s we had some great game nights with friends. In many parts of
the country today, many groups of people, young and old, get
together for game nights, and no I am not talking about casinos or
Bingo parlors. People usually meet at one another’s homes for game
nights, both board and card games.
Now for those of you who at this point are shaking your head and
calling me an old fuddy duddy who wouldn’t know a computer game if
it hit her in the head, NOPE, wrong. I play a large variety of
computer games, as does my husband. However, in my humble opinion
they will never ever replace those bonding times with my family on
game nights, my husband when we played board games, or my friends
over the years who we got together with and had game nights with.
So why not give a game night a try and for more than a half hour.
You just might find out what you are missing.
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