At the dinner table tonight, Ryan(9) declared that he was going to tell his friend to stop hitting, pinching and kicking him.
I am a girl so the obvious follow-up to this was, “that doesn’t sound like much of a friend.”
Ryan is a boy and responded that this friend was his very best friend.
Very best?
Yes. He asked me awhile ago to be his best friend and I said YES.
Well, if he is actually your best friend then stopping the hitting, pinching and kicking shouldn’t be a problem.
Ryan agreed and in boy fashion changed the subject completely without another thought.
Rhett(5) piped up with the daily mention of Micheal*.
*I have changed the name of this child because I don’t know him or his parents and I only hear a very slanted one side of the story.
I hate Michael!
You don’t hate him. You don’t even KNOW him.
Rhett hates the Michael he has never met because allegedly during the first week of school, Reid(7) mentioned something about his little brother to Michael and he replied, “Your little brother is a dummy.”
*gasp*
Reid came home from school and told the whole sordid tale. Every day for the last 7 months Rhett re-lives the story in some way.
I have done everything I could think of to lessen the blow of Michael’s naughty words.
He doesn’t even KNOW you.
He was just saying that to make himself LOOK important.
Michael is crazy and you shouldn’t listen to crazy people.
Reid quietly mentioned that he had taken care of Michael.
Taken care of Michael?
Yep.
How did you take care of Michael?
A few weeks ago he asked me to be his friend. I said YES.
*Reid smiled a smile that was slightly sinister in appearance*
I said YES, but I didn’t mean it. He is my fake-friend.
And here I thought I would only have to deal with this kind of crazy with my daughter! You’re telling me it’s going to happen with my boys too? Oy.
Also, go Reid.
It is EVERYWHERE! hahaha
I’m thinking these boys are no less complicated than girls! But I have to hand it to Reid for his cleverness!
I thought they were, but now am reconsidering!
How are you???
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My younger son, 11, who is the more sensitive type, has had lots of trouble distinguishing between “real” friends and unreliable “friends in name but not action.” We have had lots of talks over the years about what makes a real friend. His key criteria is that friends not stab him behind his back…pretty basic!
“You shouldn’t listen to crazy people,” best advice I’ve heard in a while. I’m not sure, but I think there might just be a couple of fake-friends in my garden club, wait……………does that make me a fake-friend too? Love your blog!
the wanna be country girl – Caroline
ha! I think I might belong to your garden club.
and listening to crazy people will only make you one of them! hahaha.
Holly, I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love your blog. That’s it…Have a great day.
Ali
So sweet Ali! Thanks so much. You made my day.
Yikes…he almost sounds like a middle school girl! 😉
oh no! I may need some advice.
See, if you had a teenage girl, you would understand this completely. Although my teenager cannot STAND the “fake friend” thing. She’s more of a “be my friend or just go away” kind of girl. What you see is what you get. Fortunately what you get is pretty terrific.
But I can totally see Luke and Reid conspiring. We should probably keep that from happening. They could either save the world or destroy it out of sheer BOY-ness.
That would be great. They could save the world through destruction of something using some sort of advanced weaponry.
Advanced weaponry by LEGO of course…..
love that!
We had a whole bunch of boy drama last year with my then 6-yo. Same thing. “best friend” was hitting him and excluding him. I thought they had moved past it all until I found out 2 weeks ago that his “best friend” invited the 3 other boys in his group to do a talent show act and excluded my kid.
GRRRR…it takes all I have to not just step in and teach these brats a lesson!
Gigi, WE could totally take those 6 year olds. Really, we are scrappy.
Well Played, sir.
I have MANY fake friends. I keep a list. The list will be used at a date yet to be determined. I think of them as sleeper enemies.
I also have sleeper assassins. Its a totally different list.
I can totally see how those two lists COULD go together though. Remind me to stay on your good side….
I have never heard of fake friends before.