My daughters should be glad...

...that I have a son.  Why? 

Exhibit A--Tyce and me had a no holds barred, bare-chested wrasslin' match in the living room again last night (a regular occurrence).  Pins, punches, take downs, flying arm bars, couch tosses, shoves, kicks--its a wild ride.  (I don't the girls would have enjoyed the wrasslin' with the same passion Tyce did--in fact I'm sure of it.)

My excuse is that "he needs it" but the fact is, so do I.  I find that my son's primary love language is touch--which includes huggin' and wrasslin'.  I love his fully flexed zeal to take me down and then (for now) crushing him only to have him jump up for another round. 

Its funny though.  Gil doesn't quite get it--at least on an emotional level she can't help but try to protect him.  "Kevin, be gentle...", "Kevin, his arm doesn't bend that way...", "Kevin, we'd like our son to have his neck intact through high school..."  Meanwhile he's gritting his teeth and fighting to jump up and take another shot at me.  I spose that's why boys need their daddies and their mommies, but for different things. 

Gotta love wrasslin'.  (I especially love writing it--wrasslin', wrasslin', wrasslin'.

Comments

[Bobby]

"His arm doesn't bend that way"

- that's the best line in the whole entry

[tony]

Make sure you hang onto this so when we have a son my wife does not get on me for wrasslin'. I know she won't get it.

[Jelani Greenidge, a.k.a. G*Natural]

Wrasslin' is awesome, and yes, I love writing it too. "LET'S GET READY TO RUMBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUULE"

[Holly Greenidge]

I love how, instead of nagging, Gil is translating into your "big picture" language...

Next, it'll be "You know, I don't think physical deformity fits into the vision of who we are trying to shape him to be as a man of God..."

[Kevin]

Holly, I laughed out loud on that one! I'm still "streamlining" but thankfully, Gil speaks my language.

[Heidi Kreider]

I'm with Gil. I wish Chad and Eric would tone it down. Thanks for the insight, though. I needed it!! Heidi