Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Happily Ever After

Having 4 girls makes for a feminine household. I say this because I don't declare myself as "that feminine".
Right now it is "princess this and princess that". I am sad to say that even my little boy wears a tutu and tells me he is a "pincess".
Our oldest 2 go back and forth on love and marriage. One day they are going to get married, the next they are not. Sometimes they want kids, and other times it's never. 
But now we have reached a dilemma, or a hitch I didn't expect.

From the time they were born they had the example of Mom and Dad.
Mom and Dad had jobs, met in college, fell in love, got married, kissed, and then decided on children,
in that order.
Life happens this way in our house and this is what Mom and Dad expect. By drilling it into them this young I am hoping that when life starts happening that they will pause and reflect on our teachings and hope it has some impact on their decisions.

Now the 2 oldest girls are in 1st and Kindergarten they are exposed to all kinds of families. Don't get me wrong, I did not grow up in that lifestyle either but I want what I believe is best for our kids.

I remember when the first crack appeared.
"I'm not getting married, I don't want to fall in love or a husband, YUCK, I just want a baby"
"In order to have a baby you need a husband"
"No sir, Aunt doesn't"
...
Very true
...
"Having a baby is hard work on your own. You have to be up with it all night by yourself, feed it and change it with no help, and it will be hard to work to buy it food and diapers if you are also taking care of a baby by yourself"
"Okay, I don't want a husband or a baby".
...
After this conversation the next one cracked me up.
"I've decided I want a husband"
"You do?"
"Yup, and I'm going to work at Disneyland as a waitress and he is gonna see me from across over there and say that I'm the most beautiful girl he's ever seen and I'll be his wife and we will get married in Disneyland."
And each time he gets more complimentary about her.
"I'm not going to have a baby in my belly like you, it was gross to have a needle in your back and to have a baby out your butt."
"Is your baby going to come from an airplane?"
"Nope, I'm going to take my money to the baby store and pick one out in the window?"
"The baby store, what window?"
"You know the window at the hospital where you take your money and they give you the baby you pick out."

So...
Was I wrong to portray life this way?
I know that most households are NOT this way.
We've talked about how some kids live but never put them in those roles.

What do you think?

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