*cue in the Willie Nelson 8-track*
I was on the pick up duty part of a car-pool the other night.
My son and a few of his best friends were at, yet another, Bar Mitzvah. This one, however, to my IMMENSE relief…had no girls and no dancing. Which meant, no GRINDING!! It was at Game Works located in Great Lakes Crossing of Auburn Hills. THE perfect place for video game addicted teen-aged boys, if you ask THIS mommy!
But…I digress.
As I was saying, I picked up my son and two of his friends. They all piled into my car, strung out on too much caffeine and too many video games. Did I mention, smelling a little on the gamey side?
Suddenly, and quite randomly, my sons best friend exclaims, “My wall paper. It’s JUST WRONG!!”
And the other boys starting giggling slap happily with their voices cracking. Punching each other playfully.
“I didn’t realize you had wallpaper in your room.” I responded. Because seriously, that’s what I thought he was talking about. What can I say. Sometimes, I’m completely clueless.
My son SNORTED. Yes, all my children snort. They take after me. And yes, I’m very proud of that fact.
He explains, “Mom. The wallpaper on his cell phone, duh. It’s like a screen saver for your computer.”
“Aha!” I exclaimed. I get the screen saver thing. That…I understand.
He goes on to explain further, “It’s a picture of the crease,” he can barely finish, the rest of his sentence broken up by chortling and yes, snorting “of his elbow. With. A. Finger. In. It. And it just. Looks. WRONG.”
The boys explode in fits of hysterical laughter.
“Oh. Em. Geee!!” I exclaim.
“Oh, give me a break, Mom. We’re teenagers! What did you expect?”
And the other two chime in with a yeah and a duh.
Um…exactly that.
Only, I just wasn’t ready for it to creep up on me so fast!
Oh wow, I remember those “clueless mom” days well with my daughter. Now I get to relive how clueless I am with my two sons as well – who are going to think I’m completely and totally ancient by the time they are teens (they are now 9 and 6). Sheesh. One more thing to make me feel utterly useless and clueless LOL!!!!
um, ya, mom here. not yer mom, just a mom. Crease? Is that like someone’s privates?
Gad, save me from me!
Um Ya DUH MOM!!! I think we totally digress and totally forget how goofy and silly things were when we were um, ya, like 20 years younger or so!! Was it really a “crease of an elbow” or the crease of a T A C O!!?? Boys will be boys
Best.Post.Title.EVER!!!
Teenage boys…they’re great I hear!
I am not ready for this. Period.
*snort* Love those teenage boys!