Like most teenagers, my boy likes the volume of music to be loud. It drives me crazy.
"Can't you hear it at a lower level?" I asked when it was blaring out of his room.
"Yeah," he said. "But it's more fun when it's loud."
Fast forward to later in the day when I had to drive him somewhere. He knows I dislike it when he turns the volume up in my car. He turns it up. I turn it down. So now he has a new way to torment me. Let me tell you about it. When he got into the car, I noticed a black cylindrical apparatus in his hand.
I narrowed my eyes. "What's that?"
He grinned. "You'll see."
A few minutes into our trip, he hooked the thing up to his phone. Then the music started. I tell you what, the windows in my car vibrated from the heavy bass that came out of the apparatus. The thing he had brought was a speaker. A wireless one. And it made a whole lot of noise!
The bad news was, I couldn't turn the volume down, which is exactly what he'd planned. But what he hadn't planned on was the wrath of the Mama. Speakers of any kind are now banned. At least in my car and in my presence.
Do any of you have teenagers that blast loud music? Or were any of you teenagers who drove your parents nuts with loud music?
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Hi, Sherry!
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I think there is an easy way for you to convert the loud music problem into a win-win. Buy Bubba a good set of headphones, the kind that boost the bass if that's how he likes his music. That way he can play it loud and not bother you at all. It is important that you drive without that distraction, and as long as he doesn't harm his hearing by playing his beats too loudly too often, both of you should be happy with that solution.
Enjoy your week, dear friend Sherry!
Bubba does have a good set of headphones. He'd rather blast his music. But I absolutely will not let either of my kids blast music while I'm driving. Like you said, it's not safe.
DeleteThey'd fly through the window under my watch for sure.
ReplyDeleteIt takes a lot of patience to be a parent sometimes!
DeleteMade me think of my youth. I used to love to listen to loud music in the car, now I like it at a normal level. But years ago I listen to rock n' roll, now I listen to classical (but still classical rock n' roll once in awhile).
ReplyDeleteClassical is my favorite. I think it's so much more interesting than pop.
DeleteMy daughter probably listened to loud music but she always used headphones. And we never played it loud in the car.
ReplyDeleteHeadphones make it better for everyone.
DeleteI had a teenager who blasted his music. Now he is a man who doesn't hear very well.
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If Bubba keeps it up, he'll be a man who doesn't hear very well.
DeleteOh, those stupid speakers. The kiddos bring them to school... Yup, they are now forbidden to be used on campus.
ReplyDeleteI was the opposite. I'd come home from school and turn my mom's stereo down. And she'd turn it back up. We're still that way. She loves to blast her music, and I'd rather it be softer. (She's in her 70s now.)
I think I was one to always turn the music down, too.
DeleteI used to love to listen to loud music....I like it at a normal level in recent days.
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Normal or soft is much better for the ears!
DeleteI'm pretty sure my kids wouldn't even try that with me...it'd be a lost battle for them.
ReplyDeleteTeenagers can be challenging!
DeleteFunny how our life cycles come around. Teens like it loud, and geezers need it loud ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd in between lies sanity.
Haha! Sanity. Yeah. I'm still searching for that.
DeleteBlaring music was a thing when I was a teenager, but thankfully neither or my kids liked it that loud which is good because they both like country :(
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My kids like alternative. That's some pretty strange stuff!
DeleteMy kids aren't teenagers yet but they both listen to their tablets at the highest level like they are deaf. Drives me crazy. I give your son points for creativity.
ReplyDeleteHe definitely is a creative one.
DeleteI love your stories Sherry! I have to admit, if there is a good song on, I do turn up the radio! But, if there is a lot of traffic, I don't. I want to hear and see what is going on around me. I don't want to be distracted! Happy Easter and Big Hugs!
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful Easter! Hugs back at you!
DeleteGreat interview!!!! I never new about Germany and France!! Wow girl, you are talented!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by! Yes, I've been around the world playing. It's been fun!
DeleteHa! I remember I used to hear music really loud. But if it's loud now, I can't event think properly!
ReplyDeleteI hear you!
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