Terms of endearment
Terms of Endearment?
Early in the morning, my boys gallop around the house……..singing: “mega hot, mega, hot, mega hot, hot, hot” to the accompanying tune of William Tell’s overture. I take note of the new ditty with irritation. I wonder how long it's shelf life will be? On balance, it is no worse and no better than any of the other little refrains that emerge, flutter around for a few days or weeks, and then disappear without a trace.
My daughter and her sleep over pal are full of giggles and secrets as we slip towards the tween phase of development. Still in their pyjamas, they huddle in corners and give the boys their marching orders.
Frequently, I have no clue from where these phrases originate, which is probably slightly more irritating in the great scheme of things. It's an indication of my own personal failure, that I'm not able to keep track of their lives; illicit trashy cartoons, stolen moments on U tube, subversion from school. They all mount up in a growing pile of parental neglect and corruption. If I were more vigilant, I should be able to stop time, rewind and erase all the little detours. Who is responsible for contaminating my children!
It is only several hours later, that my daughter presents herself to me with a Cheshire Cat grin plastered to her face.
“Mom?”
“Yes dear?”
“You now how I'm much older now?”
“Yes, indeed you are.”
“An I'm so much more mature?”
“Most certainly.”
“Well what would you think if I told you?”
“Told me what dear?”
“What she told me that he said about me?”
“Um………?”
“She told me that this guy I used to know at my old school, well, he said I was mega hot!”
“?”
Maybe I'm worrying about the wrong two?
March 12th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Yikes!
Scary when you realize they’re growing up, isn’t it?
My own moment was…well, not at all similar.
My brother (who has Down syndrome) was watching TV once, when he was…oh, about 11, and turned to me with this enthralled expression, and said, “I like her skin!”
March 13th, 2008 at 4:02 am
*mind clouded by drummer in video, unable to comment at this time*
March 13th, 2008 at 6:24 am
I appologize… I read the post and started to snicker…. will behave now
{{Hugs}}
Sheri
March 13th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Oh.My. Yes, she is definitely entering that ‘tween stage…and I have not doubt that you will see (and hear) many more such changes in rapid succession! Oh boy…
March 13th, 2008 at 6:41 am
HA! Mega hot! I love it.
Oh lordie, you are in for it.
March 13th, 2008 at 7:30 am
ooooo nooooo!!!! Not puberty already? I’m quite pleased I have boys.
March 13th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Lol!!!!
March 13th, 2008 at 10:35 am
I literally snorted at the words “parental neglect” bwahahaha! AS IF!!!
My husband is in complete denial that our daughters are ever hitting puberty…
March 13th, 2008 at 10:44 am
My own daughter turns 6 in a couple of weeks, and we already get attitude, but thankfully not boy stuff.
I’m counting on you to school me thru puberty with her.
And yes, I am a neglectful parent, too. Where do they get all the stuff they say?
Joe
March 13th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Mega hot, huh? Love it.
Mike
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March 13th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
As the mother of a 12 and almost 14 year old, all I can say is strap yourself in. A 13 year old girl emailed my son nude pictures of herself. 13!!!! Boy, let me tell you, that was a fun phone call to her parents.
March 13th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Yikes! At least he’s at the old school . . .
March 13th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Yeah, I’d worry about that one.
March 13th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
#2 son, 6, the other day told me I was ‘hot’. My 10 yr old exclaimed, “Oh, that’s SICK! SHE can’t be hot!!!!”
I said, “Why not? I want to be hot.”
He said with an eye-roll: “You CAN’T be hot! You’re 51! A fifty-one year old woman CAN’T BE HOT.”
Sigh.
March 13th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Well, you have something to look forward to.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:10 pm
She told the boys before she told you!?!?
March 13th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
mega here we go—-new problems!
March 15th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
Wow, that takes me back to a different place and time. Remember when we were there? I often try to remember how my parents reacted about such things. Helps me keep my wits. ha
March 16th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Oh my. Oh my. Not sure what to say but it sounds like you are so in for it with your daughter, and soon. I’m still not back online 100%…dealing with a death in the family and some other stuff. I read as much as I can because you definately provide some much needed entertainment!