Why can't I get my boys to talk to me about girls? Why is it so weird for them? I know that 13 & 14 are ages when you really start to take notice of the opposite sex. I am sure they like girls. They will not entertain a discussion for even 5 minutes about the topic though. Neither of them is asking to date, or bring any certain girl around. I can't even get my 9th grader to admit if there is a particular girl at school that has his eye. Nothing, nada, won't discuss it. William would rather weather a storm of sit ups, up downs, and push ups, than to talk to me about girls. Jack would rather take out the garbage, and wash the car...he'll run to do chores, before engaging in a discussion about girls with me. I told William in a classic guilt inducing tone, that I hope I won't find out who he likes by getting a wedding invitation in the mail one day. He said...." Awww Mom, you'll know at least the day before the wedding, promise..."
I am swirling in chaos! Our little remodeling projects, ie: painting the boys rooms, have resulted in a whirl of mess, mess, mess. My husband has been diligently painting walls, repurposing furniture, meanwhile all of the clothing, shoes, toys, junk, furniture we are no longer using, etc... is lining the hallways and rooms of my house! We have tried to engage the boys in this project, but it has somehow eluded them that they have any responsibility for putting the house back together, so it it a painful exercise of command and whine. Today, we must put it back, we cannot start the week in madness. So my day, is going to be interesting. They need to help, a lot. I need to figure out how to motivate them to help, without them feeling like they are being tortured. Wish me luck, at 10:30, video games, and NFL TV go off, and cleaning commences. I'd better have another cup of coffee, and pray for the next half hour, I'm gonna need it.
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