Boys Are Gross. It's True.
It started out of necessity, but quickly turned to a preference. For a while now Alexis has been accompanying me on client photo shoots. She makes THE BEST photography assistant. For reals.
From carrying equipment to holding reflectors, she does it all. Without complaining. Without questioning. She just does it. Sometimes bribery is involved, but usually she just plain enjoys helping me.
But, even more so, she enjoys charming little kids. Especially boys.
It's almost a guarantee that if there is a little boy involved in the photos, Alexis will have him fawning over her in no time. She casts a magical spell over them that leaves them grinning and happy and HELLO! Smiling for the camera! I swear to you that child has saved me hours just by yelling "Boo!" and giggling herself. It's her foolproof way of breaking the ice and making kids younger than her laugh.
I can get laughs and smiles without her, but I get them much faster with her.
But not if the kids are older than her. Especially the boys.
I don't know what it is, but Alexis is very not interested in attention from boys who are seven or older. There are exceptions (for example, she nearly died from happy when Ginny's son hugged her the other day), but for the most part, older boys better not make eye contact.
And that is why she has lost SO much sleep recently.
There is a boy in our neighborhood who knows where Alexis lives. She doesn't know where he lives, but they go to the same school and are in the same grade. But, he's SEVEN. OMG. THAT'S SO OLD.
One night last week, he showed up at our door. With a knock and a hello, he asked if Alexis could play outside. Of course the answer was yes, but at that moment, she really wanted to hear "no." She didn't want to go outside and play and she didn't want to look at the little boy and she didn't want any part of anything. GO AWAY.
I wasn't home, but the husband made her go outside. The kids played Tag for a while, but Alexis spent the entire time with a sour look on her face. When I returned home, she spent a good hour telling me all about how horrible it all was.
"Why?" I asked.
"Moooooom! He's SEVEN. And he's a BOY. He's gross!" she replied.
Alrighty then. Let's just stick with that theory, mmkay? I'd be perfectly OK if Alexis stayed very not-interested in older men for a very long time.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Reader Comments (6)
My 16 year old is still not interested in dating. She has boys who are friends but she says dating is stupid and doesn't understand all the teen angst that goes along with dating and crying over boys. I'm not pushing it. The 10 year old seems to have similar feelings, at least at the moment. Then there's Peanut. She has donned her "wedding dress" a number of times and requested I drive her around so she can find a boy to marry. Just last week she requested her dad take a "date" with them to the movies and even saved a seat for the boy (he was not invited). She informs us she will be getting married when she turns 10. Yeah. She's gonna be trouble.
I wish Deacon felt that way about girls. But OMG HE LOVES GIRLS AND GIVE ME ALL THE ATTENTION.
Love that photo of her. Hard to believe she was so small when I started reading your blog.
With an older brother who has friends over, I WISH Emily didn't like the older boys. But OMG...
I hope for your sanity, this is a long-lasting phase.
Oh my gosh, that picture of her. She's gorgeous! For your sake, it's best she has no interest in boys right now. If she did, you'd need a shotgun by the front door.
Becky is currently seeing a guy 4 years older than she is. She's 17, he's 21. And shockingly, we're OK with it, because her previous choices in guys have been OH MY GOSH CAN WE LOCK HER IN HER ROOM UNTIL SHE'S 72 , and this guy is something we'd hand pick if we could. So really, it's all relative. ;)