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boys versus girls

passion for running category: nothing to do with running on Wednesday, April 5 2006

Ok, I will start this by saying my two kids seem to be gender extremes. Obviously, not all kids are the same.

In one corner we have my little girl Cassandra – a real girly-girl. Loves Barbies, wearing dresses and is very sensitive. In the other corner, we have monkey-boy Christopher. Climbs on everything, would spend every hour of every day play-fighting if he could and can’t get enough Spiderman and Batman.

Overheard the other night while kids were brushing teeth getting ready for bed:

Cassandra: “Christopher, I love you.”

Christopher: “Huh?”

Cassandra: “Christopher, I love you. Do you love me?”

Christopher: “…uha.”

My wife says she understands me (and men generally) now. I love my kids.




8 Comments

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Comment by Susan

Wednesday April 05, 2006 @

So sweet!

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Comment by Jon in Michigan

Wednesday April 05, 2006 @

Uhu. :D

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Comment by susie

Wednesday April 05, 2006 @

After raising two boys, I *so* get them now:) Of course, that doesn’t mean I always agree with them. I just get them.

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Comment by Adeel

Wednesday April 05, 2006 @

It could be worse. I have two brothers. One was old enough to spin wild tales to fool me, the other used to knock the stuffing out of me. It wasn’t all one-sided though: for reasons unknown to all involved, when I was two, I whacked my oldest brother, then 8, with a cricket bat (Pakistan’s equivalent of a baseball bat).

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Comment by Mark

Thursday April 06, 2006 @

was it a solid hit?

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Comment by beverly

Thursday April 06, 2006 @

What a cute story! (Yours … Adeel’s sounds just painful … lol)

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Comment by Adeel

Thursday April 06, 2006 @

was it a solid hit?

Oh yeah, oh yeah.

Beverly, it’s not so bad. He’s now an accountant and the one who would knock me around is about to become an engineer, but I’m going to wind up with a PhD in philosophy (what a mouthful).

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Comment by Deene

Friday April 07, 2006 @

funny, i fought with my brothers all the time but when I got to high school they wanted to beat up the guys that liked me. idiots!

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