“Nathan do you still have a girlfriend?” “Mom!, I don’t want to talk about it!”
So the story is this, I don’t know if Mackenzie is still in his life or not, it might have been that he was just feeling grumpy when I asked him. More on this later.
Don’t you wish you lived in my house? Hahahaha!
“Mom, I’ve got a girlfriend!” These are the words that every mother dreads to hear from her son. Now you know that a mother and her son have a special bond that really is like no other. I am supposed to be the ONLY “woman” in their life until the day that I approve of a girl for them to marry.
I am the mother of 2 boys who have not expressed one bit of interest in the opposite sex at all. I am the only one that gets their hugs and kisses, as it should be. I should not have to share my love with some “little” girl who can never love them the way that I do! 
Sadly though, it would seem that I have been replaced by…Mackenzie! Yes you heard me, Mackenzie! To make matters worse she is 8! I am talking about my youngest son, Nathan who just turned 9, two weeks ago today has a “girl” in his life named Mackenzie! Now what business does a 9 year old have with a “girlfriend”?
Yesterday he informed me that he and another boy in his class were competing for her at school and that the winner was going to get to kiss her and go on a date! I asked him what he meant by “competing”. So at the dinner table last night he tells John and I about why and how he is trying to “win” the girl.
See Mackenzie is fickle and isn’t sure if she like Nathan more or the other boy. So my brilliant son said that he suggested that they have a competition for her. So on the playground yesterday they ran laps around the field to see who was fastest, climbed the monkey bars, and “you know mom, swing and jump out to see who gets the farthest”! Now I want you to know that John and I are busting a gut at this point because he is explaining everything so, matter of factly! It was all we could do, to keep it together as he explained that they had had a tie for the day and that tomorrow they would know who won!
Now Jonathan is listening to all of this and he is wanting to know all the details about the “prize”. Where are you going on your date? (“school”) Where are you going to kiss her? (“I don’t know”) So on and so on. Meanwhile I am explaining to Nathan that I had already told him that he wasn’t allowed to have a girlfriend until college (one can hope) and that if he got caught kissing her at school he could get suspended from school or worse. (Scare tactics where in full effect.)
My one glimmer of hope was placed on the other boy…Lord please let him win! Sadly, Nathan informed me of his victory today. A moment of pride in his success was quickly squashed by this new found “woman” in his life. Here’s hoping that they break up on Monday.
I just know that that little girl better not call my house, lest she get a lecture from me about how “nice girls don’t call boys”. That’s what my momma always told me and dag gone it, she’s gonna hear it too, whether she wants to or not!
I am sure there will be more on this another day!
