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 helping to prepare a baby shower for a young woman at our church. She is young, just 22. Thinking about her, and what the future may hold for her and her little family, got me to thinking about life at 22. Much has changed for me since I was 22. That was really a difficult time. I didn't realize at the time that it was difficult. I had graduated from college, was having a post college, pre-real life, super good time. I was bar tending, partying, picking up and traveling to far away places to party some more. I didn't really have much in the way of financial responsibility yet, and my parents were living in Egypt-- leaving me in charge of the house and my younger sister. It was an "out all night, sleep all day", kind of life. To be honest, I was setting a pretty poor example for my sister, who at the time was working full-time at a nursing home, and was far more responsible than I was. Looking back at that time, and even later, till about age 25, it make...
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