Having 3 daughters is definitely a challenge. And unfortunately we know it will only become more challenging as the girls get older. Especially when it comes to boys. Brett dreads this. This is a guy who teared up in the little Mermaid when King Triton had to give Ariel away. Luckily, its still a ways away, so Brett will have time to buy a gun and learn kung fu. But every now and the he gets a (bitter) foretaste of what's to come.
This weekend we were at the beach with some friends from church and Ellie was being followed around by her little friend-of-the-opposite-sex, Alex. Ellie finally had to tell him, "Alex, I want to be alone." To which Alex responds, "I want to be alone to Ellie, but with you." We're keepin' an eye on you Alex...
i can just picture it the "two fingers from your eyes to his"....awe, we feel your pain!
ReplyDeleteoh gosh!
ReplyDeletethat is a great story!
my jake would tooootally be the over eager one.
he just really loves his friends and sometimes gets kinda crazy....
tell your husband that i promise there ARE a FEW nice boys left....poor guy!