I made a status update on Facebook the other day and i was semi joking. The post was about making myself look good while my wife and I were watching True Blood. TB has become the repository for every man with a well chiseled body and I wanted to make sure that my wife didn't look at the screen, then look across the couch, and be disappointed that HER man doesn't look good. It got a BUNCh of 'Likes' which surprised me and my wife.
The truth is that women's struggles to keep up with images in the media are WELL DOCUMENTED, however, men are not immune from this pressure either. I will grant you that it is far less than the women deal with but we do get a twinge of jealousy when we see women, especially OUR women, swoon over these dudes. It's hard not to when Idris Alba, Djimon Hansu, and cast of True Blood are running around bare-chested and making the rest of us who are past our 'college prime' stare at our gut and yearn for younger days! It's the stuff that mid life crises are made of!
Since I don't have the money to go out and buy a sports car or a brand new motorcycle, I will rely on keeping up with the things that made me sexy to my wife to begin with; a fresh hair cut, witty conversation and a big ole...pair of arms...<snicker> Don't get me wrong though: I have started running and trying to get in shape both for me and her. In the meantime though, the least that i can do to 'keep it sexy' for my wife is cut my damn hair! LOL
These are my thoughts...what are yours?
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Hey Guys...Hey Guys...
I am a very friendly person. To a fault, actually. I have blogged before about the fact that I say hello to everyone who passes me on my block and I often say hello to people in the street. It's my thing and it sometimes drives my wife crazy. Unfortunately, I seemed to have passed that onto the Mushroom, my daughter!
She is the friendliest kid that I have ever seen (not that I go around measuring the friendliness of toddlers). She walks up to adults and children alike, introduces herself, and try to strike up a conversation. Luckily, is enrolled in an enrichment program that also has a bunch of friendly kids that all know each. So when she reaches out to people in that environment, it is reciprocated. However, in the 'outside' world, they're not so nice.
I have seen my poor child say hello to kids on the playground and get completely ignored. She loves playing with older kids and she is always saying "hey guys....hey guys!" to a group of kids who are busy doing their own things and , frankly, don't even see her trying to get their attention. I struggle with this. I tell her that when people don't respond, it's because they're not as nice as she is. But the truth of the matter is that she needs to know that not everyone wants to talk to her. That doesn't change how my heart breaks for her when I see her trying so hard to get noticed...and I have to suppress the urge to walk up to the offending kids and shake them saying, "HEY!!! DON'T YOU HEAR MY DAUGHTER TALKING TO YOU!?!?!?!" Not sure exactly what to do. I'm sure there is some developmental lesson happening there but really...kids are jerks....
These are my thoughts...what are yours?
She is the friendliest kid that I have ever seen (not that I go around measuring the friendliness of toddlers). She walks up to adults and children alike, introduces herself, and try to strike up a conversation. Luckily, is enrolled in an enrichment program that also has a bunch of friendly kids that all know each. So when she reaches out to people in that environment, it is reciprocated. However, in the 'outside' world, they're not so nice.
I have seen my poor child say hello to kids on the playground and get completely ignored. She loves playing with older kids and she is always saying "hey guys....hey guys!" to a group of kids who are busy doing their own things and , frankly, don't even see her trying to get their attention. I struggle with this. I tell her that when people don't respond, it's because they're not as nice as she is. But the truth of the matter is that she needs to know that not everyone wants to talk to her. That doesn't change how my heart breaks for her when I see her trying so hard to get noticed...and I have to suppress the urge to walk up to the offending kids and shake them saying, "HEY!!! DON'T YOU HEAR MY DAUGHTER TALKING TO YOU!?!?!?!" Not sure exactly what to do. I'm sure there is some developmental lesson happening there but really...kids are jerks....
These are my thoughts...what are yours?
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