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Niagara

(11,748 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:35 PM Mar 11

"I got you."

Last Thursday, I purchased concert tickets for an event that's months into the future for myself, my son and my daughter. I had to secure these tickets somewhat quickly because they're selling out.


I shouldn't have been so frivolous but it's been 9 years since I've attended any type of musical entertainment venue. I almost got tickets last year for a Doors cover band but it didn't pan out over schedules.


And since it's been forever that I purchased tickets and boy have things sure have changed. I bought the tickets off StubHub. The last time I did this StubHub sent the barcoded tickets to your email address so that the attendee could print them out. This time they wanted the purchaser to transfer the tickets to either the "Ticketmaster" app or to the "Wallet" app on my cell phone. I sat there staring blankly at the screen like a deer in headlights for long awhile.


Me texting my son: "Hey, I'm going to need your help with some technology at some point today."


His reply: "I got you. I'll text you when I get out of work."


Me: "Thank you!!"


He did text and stop by and he did help me figure out the transfer.


The same thing happens when I ask my daughter for help (generally always tech support help as well) and her reply is always, "I got you."


From my perspective "I got you" is one of the most fantastic things that an adult child can say to a parent.


I try not to dwell on it too much because I end up tearing up a bit.


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"I got you." (Original Post) Niagara Mar 11 OP
mmm OK Skittles Mar 11 #1
Yeah, that's my choice too FoxNewsSucks Mar 11 #2
I will admit however Skittles Mar 11 #3
Imagine how gratifying it must be for a mother True Dough Mar 11 #6
true but Skittles Mar 11 #7
Concert? "I Got You"? True Dough Mar 11 #4
Yes, a concert! Niagara Mar 11 #5
The clock on the Betamax hydrolastic Mar 11 #8
I've had a StubHub account for about 12 years now Niagara Mar 11 #9

Skittles

(171,427 posts)
1. mmm OK
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:39 PM
Mar 11

I find it easier to simply search the internet and find out how to do stuff myself

FoxNewsSucks

(11,669 posts)
2. Yeah, that's my choice too
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:43 PM
Mar 11

Not just because I have no family or descendants, there are usually a few 20-somethings at work who would help. I'd just rather know how to do things.

Skittles

(171,427 posts)
3. I will admit however
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 09:47 PM
Mar 11

that when cell phones first came out I *DID* hit up the 20-somethings at work for a couple of things, simply because time was an issue......but yes, it's amazing what you can learn with on your own now

True Dough

(26,489 posts)
6. Imagine how gratifying it must be for a mother
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 10:03 PM
Mar 11

to occasionally ask her adult children for help and they immediately respond with, "I got you."

Those kids were raised right!

And, no doubt, the son and daughter will feel fantastic helping out mom, who's been there for them all their lives. Little ways they can give back.

They spend some quality time figuring things out together and part ways feeling a reinforcement of a lifelong attachment, the most meaningful kind. Always there for each other.

Skittles, no amount of Google searches in the world will come close to matching that, no matter how fast or how informative.


Skittles

(171,427 posts)
7. true but
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 10:06 PM
Mar 11

I've noticed a lot of older people who rely on others too much lose a lot too, AND it contributes to the ridiculous stereotype that us old dogs cannot learn new tricks........

hydrolastic

(545 posts)
8. The clock on the Betamax
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 11:09 PM
Mar 11

would blink forever if you didnt reset it after it was unplugged. My grandparents the clock just blinked constantly . I would set the digital clocks whenever I was there. that was considered technology then . Now I dont think I could buy tickets.

Niagara

(11,748 posts)
9. I've had a StubHub account for about 12 years now
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 11:53 PM
Mar 11


The "how to" on StubHub still says that tickets will be emailed to the attendee but that's not how the tickets are obtained. It's confusing especially when technology changes and someone has zero experience with the new technology and the transfer of tickets. The Wallet app is confusing as well.


Sometimes I miss standing in line to buy tickets and keeping the stubs and putting them in a photo album.

I guess at certain times I'm old school. lol
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