Do you want to see something gross?!

This post has been rambling around in my brain ever since I overheard a conversation between our 17 year old and our 2 youngest daughters. It went something like this~

J- "Hey, do you guys want to see something gross?"

No comment

J- "Hey you guys, do you want to see something gross?"

Still no comment

Finally, J- "I have something really awesome to show you! Do you want to see something gross?"

My naive little girls- "What is it?"

At which point J began pulling off the nasty, grimy athletic tape covering his gruesome astro turf skinned arms.

J- "Isn't that cool?"

Girls- "Oh sick!" and "Nasty!"

Now, tell me something- why is it that boys find delight in grossing out anyone who will bother to look? Why are little girls sucked into the game of show and tell? I mean, come on! Do I want to see something gross? Not particularly, thank you very much!

I just don't understand boys, both big and small. How can they find pleasure in the sick, nasty things of life? Somehow they do. And where does it say that's it's a barrel of laughs and tons of fun to "hurt someone"?! I was watching the news the other day and a story was airing about a football camp that was being held for boys of all ages at the U of U. When the reporter asked the boys what the funnest part about the camp was, the response from each and every kid was "Hitting people!" or "Jacking people up!" Now, if you watch a group of girls playing and someone gets hurt, the whole group will gather round to offer condolences and support. If you watch a group of boys in the same circumstances and someone gets hurt you'll witness the brutality and callousness that makes a boy. You'll probably see a bunch of boys laughing their guts out and pointing their fingers at the poor injured soul. Explain it to me, cause I just don't get it!

So, moral of the story...if a boy asks you if you want to see something gross~ run! Don't even bother with an answer because if that boy is anything like my boys they won't take no for an answer and show you whatever the gross thing is regardless of your desire to see it! Take my word for it and RUN!