Thursday, August 31, 2006
Backseat Conversations
I drive a minivan. Now, by minivan standards, it is a cool minivan. I chauffeur around many children. Most noteably my two boys, but often several others. I don't mind. We cruise around with the bass loud and as much of their music going as I can stand - looking as cool as any mom with a van full of young teen boys can possibly look.
One of the reasons I don't mind is that often I glean a lot of info from this job. On occasion it is worth sharing. These conversations will from hereon be captioned under "Backseat Conversations".
The topic differs depending upon the boys in the van. Sometimes it is school related and other times it is sports or entertainment related. But when one particular boy is in my van - it is always girl related!
Today's conversation revolves around a cell phone being passed around (only 1 boy knows this privilege - the other two are simply the envious ones). Much is said about text messages received and about the girls that sent them. Two boys notice the word girls is plural, more conversation ensues. Cell phone boy triumphantly announces he has just sent a message to 3 girls. Red says, "No way, Dude. What did you say?" Cell phone boy cooly replies, "Hey".
I somehow manage to keep a straight face and control the minivan while inside I am absolutely rolling. I cannot believe I deprive my boys of such intelligent and meaningful conversation by not giving them cell phones. What type of mother am I??
simple faith
I drive a minivan. Now, by minivan standards, it is a cool minivan. I chauffeur around many children. Most noteably my two boys, but often several others. I don't mind. We cruise around with the bass loud and as much of their music going as I can stand - looking as cool as any mom with a van full of young teen boys can possibly look.
One of the reasons I don't mind is that often I glean a lot of info from this job. On occasion it is worth sharing. These conversations will from hereon be captioned under "Backseat Conversations".
The topic differs depending upon the boys in the van. Sometimes it is school related and other times it is sports or entertainment related. But when one particular boy is in my van - it is always girl related!
Today's conversation revolves around a cell phone being passed around (only 1 boy knows this privilege - the other two are simply the envious ones). Much is said about text messages received and about the girls that sent them. Two boys notice the word girls is plural, more conversation ensues. Cell phone boy triumphantly announces he has just sent a message to 3 girls. Red says, "No way, Dude. What did you say?" Cell phone boy cooly replies, "Hey".
I somehow manage to keep a straight face and control the minivan while inside I am absolutely rolling. I cannot believe I deprive my boys of such intelligent and meaningful conversation by not giving them cell phones. What type of mother am I??
simple faith
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# posted by simple faith : 4:03 PM
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You are the best kind of Mom! I love what you do with your family and friends of your family.
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# posted by 
: 2:04 PM
: 2:04 PM
You are the best mom. I'm glad part of my life happens in your minivan.
Red's Mom
Red's Mom
# posted by : 10:30 AM
: 10:30 AM
Alright, alright... Now you think back to when you were a girl of that age. Wouldn't you have been thrilled to have had a note passed to you by a boy that you fancied, that simply said, "Hey!"?
I know I would have, (ahem, from the other gender of course). Come to think of it, I remember some of your friends from that time. It would have delighted me if I would have received a note from one of them... But no. I was only good for popcorn, pop and candy!
:-)
Anyway, never underestimate the power of the word, "Hey!"
I know I would have, (ahem, from the other gender of course). Come to think of it, I remember some of your friends from that time. It would have delighted me if I would have received a note from one of them... But no. I was only good for popcorn, pop and candy!
:-)
Anyway, never underestimate the power of the word, "Hey!"
Ok Rex, you have a point.
My friends and I were very taken with the cute guy at the movie theater! Although in our day, nice girls didn't make the first move on a guy. Well, not an obvious first move anyway!!!
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My friends and I were very taken with the cute guy at the movie theater! Although in our day, nice girls didn't make the first move on a guy. Well, not an obvious first move anyway!!!
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