Rasing Boys

[Merika]

I got this in email. Since it's Sn00py's 13th Birthday....I'll dedicate this post to him. (AND YES...he has proven many of these things to be correct!)

Things I've learned from raising boys (honest and not kidding):

1.) A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house ?4 inches deep.

2.) If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.

3.) A 3-year old Boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

4.) If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear and Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room.

5.) You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.

6.) The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.

7.) When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh", it's already too late.

8.) Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.

9.) A six-year old Boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old Man says they can only do it in the movies.

10.) Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year old Boy.

11.) Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.

12.) Super glue is forever.

13.) No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.

14.) Pool filters do not like Jell-O.

15.) VCR's do not eject "PB & J" sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.

16.) Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.

17.) Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.

18.) You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is.

19.) Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.

20.) The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response time.

21.) The spin cycle on the washing machine does not makeearthworms dizzy.

22.) It will, however, make cats dizzy.

23.) Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.

24.) 80% of Men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.

25.) I won't even GO into all the scientific FART findings!

[darkangelism]

dont you just love raising a boy, i have done some strange things too. throw rocks covered in gasoline at cars to see if they start on fire.

[twinkle]

Merika, I've always been a bit worried at the thought of my having a boy - I've had a sister, my mom's ony sister has got girls also, we never had a boy in the family, really.

However, your post there makes me feel AFRAID, LOOL!!!!

[twinkle]

And I must add that I am a very girlie girl and know nothing about raising boys too!

[darkangelism]

lol, dont worry about it, sure we are different, but you will make a good mother and you will pick a good father too.

[Vautrin]

Funny because in my family girls are very rare. I have two younger brothers. And by far the most of the children of my uncles and aunts, are boys too.

I remember when my mother was pregnant with my youngest brother. The age difference is about 7 years, and I really hoped I would get a sister.

If ever the time would come in which I and my wife/gf-to-be, would start a family, I'd rather have daughters for some reason. Probably because of my two brothers.

Oh well ... we'll see how the drama unfolds!

[twinkle]

Drama, Vautrin??? Funny way of seeing things !

[Vautrin]

I spend a lot of time writing Twinkle. A lot of time. And reading.

Where I live, I am probably way too cultured, even though it is not much at all in my view. But then again, a 20-something who enjoys reading literature seems to be very rare where I live.

At times my life is just a comedy. I know, I should start reading Moliere.

[Merika]

That's okay if you are a little eccentric V. I have a 15 year old daughter, who would post more on here if she wasn't usually in her room singing/listening to opera while reading Eqyptian or Greek history. Her 13 year old brother, and most other kids, think she is a complete LOON! However, she enjoys her own little world immensely.

[Adonaicole]

OMG your post made me laugh so hard.

24.) 80% of Men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.

I can't wait to get home and mix up some brake fluid and clorox.

[darkangelism]

Originally Posted by Merika

That's okay if you are a little eccentric V. I have a 15 year old daughter, who would post more on here if she wasn't usually in her room singing/listening to opera while reading Eqyptian or Greek history. Her 13 year old brother, and most other kids, think she is a complete LOON! However, she enjoys her own little world immensely.

I think it just means she is super mature for her age, and in the long run she will have an advantage because of it.

[twinkle]

If she manages to catch up on her social skills.

I am what you can call abit of an intelectual myself... and it's kinda causing me nothing but problems, LOL.

Oh well, it's like Merika said about Isis, it's all in the lifestyle you chose to have. IT sucks being rejected because you're different, that much I remember.

[Star]

I grew up with 2 brothers and no sisters so i know what boys can be like. My brothers have done a lot of stupid idiotic things when they were younger, then we all had to sit and watch our youngest brother (my 3rd one) do the same stupid things. LOL! boys will be boys!

[Merika]

Beyond their retardedness....I can say that boys are more affectionate and less crabby than raising girls.

[Stone]

Noah is VERY affectionate I just love it, It will be a heartbreaking moment when he is to hold me kiss, hug and cuddle

[twinkle]

What does "crabby" mean? Mom always told me I was