Out of the mouth of babes, as they say.
The other day I was driving carpool to basketball practice. It's small, just three of us moms drive (actually two moms and a dad who is helping coach). So I'm listening to three 10 yr. old boys chat, along with my 6 yr. old, and one of the boys asked Miranda if she was 6 or 7 yrs. old. One of the other boys said, "you are not supposed to ask women how old they are. They don't like it."
Boy number one said: "Yeah, I know they don't like getting older."
Boy number two: "I don't know why. Guys don't mind getting older, but women do. And women live longer than men anyway. So men are the ones that should be upset about getting older, not women."
Too funny! I was laughing in my head and thinking about the answer to the question. (The reason I didn't laugh out loud is you hear way more interesting stuff if they kind of forget that you are there.)
I thought, all you have to do is watch the news to get the answer to that question. Guys are often balding (think Matt Lauer), have big guts (think many of the weatherman, not locally but Al Roker and Willard Scott come to mind), or are, in general, just really funny-looking (weird hair-dos or facial hair). When is the last time you saw a heavy woman on the air? It just doesn't happen.
With these 10 yr. olds the conversations keep getting more and more interesting. I love the naiveté that these kids still have. At other times, especially with the girls, they seem way too sophisticated for their own good. This conversation kind of got finished before it got started; but if I hear of anything else interesting, I'll keep you posted.
