Wow, it's amazing what a night at Nana's can do to an adolescent. He was apparently behaving beautifully until she said he wasn't allowed to do something or other. Then fists were drawn much to the shock of Nana. But this is not a Nana to mess with! I destinctly remember her 'volcano' temper from my youth. Don't mess with the Nana!
So a blasting was given to the young lad about violence, domestic violence, and while she was at it she gave him heaps about treating your mother with disrespect.
So off to school he went the next day, and came home a different boy. The usual well behaved son I'm used to, and thank god for that!
A pleasant evening mall crawl was had together. It was very pleasant. We shared some chinese dumplings and walk arm and arm through the shops, until at one point I lost him. But some 20 minutes testing the squishiness of a couch in Farmers later, he turns up. We had a nice veg-out time on the couch at home watching bad influence programmes such as 2 and a half men, and his idols on Big Bang Theory. Still he can't be too bad if his idols are OCD physics geeks!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
Hi Louise, did you get the job or did I miss some email posted out? The weekly trip to Avonhead and back is rather dreary since you left! Also congratulations on the blog - they sure are real fun to make, especially when you start adding photos, links to newspaper articles on Press Display (etc) or favourite u-tubes. I like your wee anecdote above, I have a lot of respect for tough ladies pulling back male excesses, expecting some respect and obedience, even more so given the chaotic (demented!)patterns of my childhood. Children certainly do respond to clear boundaries. Hope our paths cross again soon - the David
ReplyDelete