Ryan(9) has been a debater since birth…at first he was very adept at arguing his case without verbal skills.
As he matured, so did his ability to defend a position.
Because I have years and years of experience as his opposing council, it never occurred to me that one of the other boys could challenge me.
I am good.
Then Rhett(4) came along. His ability to argue with persistence unmatched is truly remarkable.
He isn’t even hampered by truth and reality.
Usually he wins when I tire of the conversation. The boy can wear me out.
This time I think I got him:
Rhett: Mom, why don’t I have a nickname?
Me: I don’t know. We just didn’t give you one.
EVERYONE in the family has a nickname except me.
No, no one in the family has a nickname.
YES! Everyone has one.
They do not. I don’t have one…except for mommy.
Yes they do. I am not talking about you. I am talking about Reid and Ryan.
Reid and Ryan don’t have nicknames!
Yes they do.
Reid is Reid and Ryan is Ryan.
Why am I the ONLY one in the family without a nickname?
You are not!
Yes! I want a nickname right now.
What is Ryan’s nickname? What is Reid’s nickname?
I want a nickname like Reid and Ryan!
Please answer my question. What are Ryan and Reid’s nicknames?
Oh. I guess I don’t understand the meaning of nickname.
haha so cute, have to teach him what it means
Wow, this is my future and part of me can’t wait.
I have these conversations sometimes too. This particular one is very funny.
I once had a hysterical tantrum when my mom fulfilled my request for ice-water.
WHAT? She cried desperately as I wailed about how WRONG the ice-water was.
I was so distressed I could barely tell her how the ice-water had failed to live up to my expectations.
But finally I choked it out.
It had ICE in it.
This was last Tuesday. I’m still not over it.
Hehehehehehe. Never let facts get in the way.
Some day we have to get our boys together. You and I could lay in lawn chairs sippin’ good Southern cocktails, and the boys could swirl around us with their quick moving words and bodies!
Love this story!
just enroll him now in law school ’cause he has me doubting that i ever knew what a nickname really was….
wow. so what DOES he think a nickname is? i shudder to think.
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking. Score one for MOM!!!
That conversation kind of makes me dizzy!
And now I have to wonder what exactly it is that he is thinking is a nickname.