Mighty Life List
May 11 2011

Foreshadowing


Hank: Will you help me fix this?
Me: Sure. (fidgeting wit toy parts)
Hank: It goes this way.
Me: I think you’re right.
Hank: Mommy?
Me: Yes?
Hank: I really love to be right.

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19 Responses to “Foreshadowing”

  • Angela Says:

    That kid is pretty kickass.

  • Rachel Says:

    Well, who among us doesn’t like to be right? At least your portrayal of the conversation makes it sound like he was calm and not irrationally insistent “(IT GOES THIS WAY!”), as preschoolers sometimes tend to be, so I think plus 10 points for Hank.

  • michelle k. Says:

    Dude. Me too.

  • Alison Says:

    Brilliant. Just brilliant!

  • r8chel Says:

    Haha. Very insightful! But really, don’t we all? :)

  • Ellen Says:

    Out of the mouths of babes!! LOL!

  • AB Says:

    Oh, Hankers. Your mama loves to be right, too.

  • Anne Says:

    Just think…if we all began our domestic arguments with that last phrase. I think we could put therapists out of business.

  • Lauren Says:

    oooh snap! watch out! (and I do, too. in fact, I am basically 99.9 percent of the time, for sure)

  • Lauren Says:

    (that 1% is my obsessive and incorrect use of commas, probably.)

  • The Woman Formerly Known as Beautiful Says:

    This is all wrong! You must subjugate your child, totalitarian rule for Godsakes! It’s working well in the rest of the world, Egypt, Libya, Iran, hmmm…

  • Dawn Says:

    I must share a conversation I had with my son, Redding age 4, this afternoon.

    Me: Redding you need a rest.
    Redding: I got enough sleep.
    Me: Your behavior says otherwise.
    Redding: I tell you, I got enough sleep, I don’t need a rest.
    Me: Well, I guess you’re entitled to your opinion.
    Redding: No. No, I’m not!

    But Redding and I also both love to be right.

  • Shevon Says:

    So cute! What a funny little dude.

  • Sosha Says:

    Oh, your son is SO cute!

  • elayne Says:

    You know how in relationship counseling they always use the line, “Would you rather be right, or happy?” Well, being right MAKES me happy, so…

  • norm Says:

    This picture of the two of you is just fantastic.

  • Lynne Says:

    Love it – I like to be right too……man is that hard to let other people be right……. he is a cutie!

  • misstraceynolan Says:

    Oh, Hank. You are my favourite.

  • Dani Says:

    hahaha! oh man! this kid could have been me at the same age… you’re so in for it when he’s a teen! lol love it!