No Kisses For Grandpa!

I was talking with my three year old granddaughter today on the telephone.  I asked her what she was doing, and her response was "I don't know!"  I asked her if she was being good.  She responded, "Yes!"  I asked her is she was acting like a princess today, and she responded, "Yes!"  So then I told her that she was being a good little girl and acting like a princess!  That seemed to go right over her head.

About that time her daddy told her she had to go!  I asked if she would give me a kiss!  And that is where things got really strange.  She said, "No!  You can't kiss over the phone."  Now that was news to me.  I have twelve grandkids that range from 21 to 1!  I think if I asked to get a kiss over the phone from anyone of them, they would gladly send one on its way. (The older ones would probably think Grandpa has lost his mind, but I think they would still do it!)  Glenda and still send kisses over the phone when we are apart.  I sent her a kiss all the way from Haiti last fall.  This leaves me with several questions.  "When did they change the phone system so that you can't kiss over the phone?"  How does this three year old know the rules and Grandpa doesn't?  Did I miss some recent change in social protocal?  Why haven't my more "hip" children  been keeping me informed about these things?

Times are changing!  As I find myself getting older, the more I find things just aren't what they used to be.  I know that I will probably never feel the thrill of running across the outfield and catching a fly ball.  I know that I will probably never be able to read a book again without my glasses.  I know that I will probably never be able to take two steps at a time when going up stairs, but this no kissing on the telephone has me completely bummed out!

Oh well!  I'll get over it.  They are all coming down for dinner tonight.  I just bet I'll get a kiss from my little three year old before the night is over!  But I really have to admit, I just can't get over the fact that the rules have changed about kissing on the telephone and no one has informed me untill this morning!  That's just not right!