For the last week and a half, my nephew has been staying with us. It's the first time we've spent much time together, so there was some awkwardness at the beginning. We had to kinda feel out what the relationship would be.
He's a great young man...but like many 19-year-olds there's a couple of things that the mother of four girls is having to deal with for the first time. Things like left up toilet seats, the sheer volume of food consumed, the time spent talking to, texting to, get ready to see and hanging out with girls, the way the hard-working, focused, considerate young man vanishes in two seconds flat if there's a chance do something with a girl.....
It's actually been quite eye-opening, and I now have a much greater appreciation for the mothers of boys. You may not have to deal with whining....but how you even keep food in the house is amazing to me....three peanut butter and jam sandwiches at a sitting!! Yikes!
So, I guess it's a good thing I'm getting this exposure, because at some point my girls are going to start bringing these guys over and this way I won't have a total shock.
Again, my hat is tipped off too all you parents of boys! You go, girl!!!.....right back to the grocery store, because you are sure to be out of something necessary--like milk, bread, peanut butter or jam (all of which have run short in my house during the last few days.).
Sweetie, I hate to break it to you -- he's holding back if it's only 3 PB&J's. Ethan puts away that at 6! I'm frankly TERRIFIED to think what he'll do at 20 (but thankfully he'll be on his mission so some poor member will have to deal with that one).
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