Now, there's nothing illegal or sadistic on the video, it just was a road trip I took pre-kids - make that WAY before pre-kids! Like, not sure I was ever gonna have kids!

I have finally figured out that all those stupid things we do when we're first adults (& ignorantly record with camcorders) is equivalent to our children's bubble bath toddler pictures when compared on the embarrassment scale.

Of course, if he only knew how frantically I was searching my aging mind for how incriminating the evidence might be I'm sure he would have continued to pressure me immediately!

Instead I was able to wiggle my way out by saying "We don't even have a camera that will play those tapes anymore!"

Two days later he arrived home with a large silver case housing the right equipment to give me a hand with my little dilemma!

Arrggghhh!!!!!!!

As he set everything up my mind was still racing trying desperately to remember all the things that may be on that tape...

I told him I would happily look over the video & if I thought there was anything of interest I would let him know - he responded with "OK", then proceeded to continue standing there. Yes, he expected me to do it right then.

Sigh...

In searching for a few spots he could watch (& hopefully satiate his curiosity) I began to realize just where his quirkiness comes from.

Yes, that 19 y/o version of me was a HAM (with a trucker's mouth!) and I was able to go down memory lane, visit that younger - more naive - version of myself and ultimately ... laugh.

I let him see a few clips where I am goofing off, being a complete DORK or just plain tired from the trip & told him he could watch the tape in it's entirety once he was settled in his adult life.

The teenager discovering & subsequently requesting to view my young adult years on tape is no different than when you're cleaning out old boxes with your husband & he finds the one school picture where you had a BAD perm, or braces or something else equally mortifying!

Parenting is hard enough, no need to provide the ammunition too!

TOAM