Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Wisdom of Babes
I talked about Matthew and his intuition in the previous blog. Here's a story.
After reading Scott's comment in the speedo article (for which I still curse him daily), I couldn't settle on an appropriate pair of shorts to go bike riding with Matthew in. BIKE RIDING for goodness sake!!! So, I put on a sad pair of loose shorts that are 15 years old. I looked in the mirror before leaving and frowned, because I don't like them. Matthew said "Mom, I LOVE your shorts!" I laughed and said that was because they had flowers, and he said it was because they're like a pair of his. I told him I wasn't sure that they were very good but he insisted they were. My 6 year old is a fashion critic by the way. Recently he and I were going out together and Iasked his opinion between two shirts. If course, I vetoed his choice anyways, because I am woman.
I got side tracked. Off we went for the bike ride.
Partway through Matthew had to stop to go to the bathroom at said speedo writer's house. I waited outside and Scott escorted him to the door. As we rode down the street Matthew said "Don't feel bad mom, you look good." I laughed (again) nervously and said "What are you talking about?" He said in an emphatic voice "I'm talking about your beauty mom. You look good." I asked him what made him think I was concerned and he said "I saw you touch your shorts." Is that freaky or what?
He'll make an awesome husband one day. Supportive, caring, and he LOVES shiny jewelry. His wife will have a big rock on her finger (if that kind of thing matters). Or maybe it will be Matthew with the big rock and the gold chains.
Yep, I got what I needed.
After reading Scott's comment in the speedo article (for which I still curse him daily), I couldn't settle on an appropriate pair of shorts to go bike riding with Matthew in. BIKE RIDING for goodness sake!!! So, I put on a sad pair of loose shorts that are 15 years old. I looked in the mirror before leaving and frowned, because I don't like them. Matthew said "Mom, I LOVE your shorts!" I laughed and said that was because they had flowers, and he said it was because they're like a pair of his. I told him I wasn't sure that they were very good but he insisted they were. My 6 year old is a fashion critic by the way. Recently he and I were going out together and Iasked his opinion between two shirts. If course, I vetoed his choice anyways, because I am woman.
I got side tracked. Off we went for the bike ride.
Partway through Matthew had to stop to go to the bathroom at said speedo writer's house. I waited outside and Scott escorted him to the door. As we rode down the street Matthew said "Don't feel bad mom, you look good." I laughed (again) nervously and said "What are you talking about?" He said in an emphatic voice "I'm talking about your beauty mom. You look good." I asked him what made him think I was concerned and he said "I saw you touch your shorts." Is that freaky or what?
He'll make an awesome husband one day. Supportive, caring, and he LOVES shiny jewelry. His wife will have a big rock on her finger (if that kind of thing matters). Or maybe it will be Matthew with the big rock and the gold chains.
Yep, I got what I needed.
// posted by Annette @ 9:39 p.m. 
