This Is Why I’m Right
So I’ve snipped some gems from my own blog to share with you today. Why am I sharing? Because I think it’s time to stop the madness that is VD.
So we get home last night and I’m piddling in the kitchen, trying to get dinner started, and child #2 is pretending he’s doing the dishes and child #1 comes wandering in from the living room and says, “How come girls can say things like “I love you” to each other and hug but boys can’t?”
I say, “Well–”
Then #2 son (who is 11!!) interrupts me and says “Because girl on girl is hot but boy on boy is grossssssssss!”
Um wait, let’s try that again. People…..this is what we’re doing to our children. In honor of VD I’m reposting an oldie but goodie story about #2 son (this is actually from 2006) and asking you to help me stop the madness. No, I’m not kidding.
Or a mother’s retelling of a VD Tale…… Last year in Mid-January my phone rang. It was a little girl–we’ll call her GF for girl friend (as in another girl’s friend). She wanted to talk to #2 who, at the time, had just turned 9 and had a crush on MH (mini-hottie). Well GF was calling because OCG (other cute girl) was interested in #2 and wanted him to be her Valentine.
Are you still with me?
One boy (who’s ADD, immature and talks like a grown person–figure that one out), and three girls (One running interference). So, GF called and called and called with increasing frequency in the days and weeks leading up to …you guessed it…VD :doh:
Drove us all up the wall and gave #1 son much ammunition to use against smaller, younger brother (who will some day beat the snot out of him). But I digress…..GF was calling on three-way with OCG listening in. And my son, having the tact of a gnat, tells GF “I’ll be her Valentine if she’ll leave me alone and quit calling my house.”
Mom says, “Son don’t be mean. Use a little tact.”
#2 “I don’t want to be her Valentine. I want to be MH’s Valentine but OCG said MH said that she didn’t like me.”
Mom says, “Son that’s normal. OCG wants you for herself, so of course she told you that MH didn’t like you! Did you talk to MH?”
#2 “No cuz OCG said MH didn’t like me!”
Mom says, “OCG LIED!!!!! She’s a lying skeezer!” Okay I didn’t call her a lying skeezer out loud. But I thought it. Girlfriend had already learned the game, if you catch my drift.
So while Poor #2 was pining away for MH, he had to pick out a VD gift for OCG.
The moral of this story? Never listen to the other cute girl. Or maybe, it’s just as good to have no Valentine at all as it is to get your arm twisted into buying something for the Other Cute Girl.
February 12th, 2008 at 11:14 am
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February 12th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
You know VD is the abbreviation for Venereal disease? Coincidence? I think not…
February 12th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Oh and that’s really funny about your son liking the girl on girl action. Cue the bad porn music.
I’m boycotting.
February 12th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Sigh…boys. You should see all the girls that call my 13 year old. It’s ridiculous. And then he was trying to get me to buy some expensive teddy bear thing so he could give it to his girlfriend. I think not.
February 12th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
Every time she said VD, I though VD!
February 12th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Shelli I need to get Lynn over here to retell a conversation we had one day where her son gave us his 2 cents worth
February 12th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Karen last year my son did that–but it wasn’t that expensive. This year Mom’s broke so no VD for the little girls
February 12th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
First, I’m with you on the boycott, I just want to get that out there. But, girls will do that to guys regardless of VD or not.
February 12th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Ames, the #2’s comment is vaguely reminiscent of my son’s comments earlier in the fall? Remember? He was reading our IM’s? His comment was: “Two guys and a girl, that’s just gross. But, two girls and a guy… now that’s hot.”
Totally not what I expected out of my young cutie. If I recall, Amie and I had quite the laugh over that one.
February 12th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Okay, I should have read all the comments before I jumped in. Above comment is about the conversation Amie refers to… It was priceless!
February 13th, 2008 at 7:36 am
Oh, now, that is just scary. Girl on girl is HOT?? I fear for our future and am researching nunneries currently. LOL (and we’re not even Catholic)