I should have given up by now. I mean I have lots of other friends who have stopped trying. Researchers and childhood specialists have made attempts to explain them - but really, can a woman ever really understand boys? I don't know why I drive myself crazy, but I keep thinking some day I'll "get" my son.
I think what I have decided though is that I keep thinking that little boys think, when in fact they just react. Their actions are based on impulse, like a natural reflex, a programming deep in their bones that just causes them to do.
It helps me to assign a thought process to my sons actions, like I might gain peace in being able to read his mind. So, in the following situations, this is what I, a woman, his mother, assumes must be going on in that little head:
Look! A little brother. Must wrestle him.
A stick! Must beat something.
A cement pole! Must kick it.
A table! Must hurdle it.
A little brother again! Must tackle him.
A door! Must slam it.
My voice! Must yell.
Something elastic! Must fling it.
Toy car! Must crash it.
Glass figurine! Must touch it.
Yes! My little brother! Must drag him around by his feet.
A couch! Must jump off of it.
[And the best example of all time from a month ago which still has us shaking our heads:]
A plastic grocery bag and a bouncy ball! Must put the ball in the grocery bag and fling it around in a circle over my head and launch it across the room. Oooooohhhhh, I know, must do that in the pantry! Yes! I small room full of small glass jars! Uh oh. Balsamic vinager down. Dad mad. Mom left wishing upon a star she could just understand why her son doesn't think.
But let it be known how rediculously, deeply, truley, and insanely in love with my son I am. He is a treasure beyond words :)
You know what? I think you're on to something! You'd think with three boys I might have figured it out but no. :) You are very wise. Thanks for helping us all understand little boys a tad bit better.
ReplyDeleteTruer words have never been said, especially the bits about tackling the little brother...
ReplyDeleteI love that imagined train of thought! And I think you're on to something for sure. You oughtta write a book for moms of boys, with that for your intro. I'm sure you'd sell a million copies.
ReplyDeleteI'd buy a copy of your book. In fact, I could be your literary agent (in my spare time). With your vivid imagination, sense of humor, and uncanny ability to get into the brain of a little person, we're bound to take over the (literary) world (by storm)!
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