Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Don't EVER Call Me a Player!


I am not a player. No, no…I don’t mean the polyester-wearing-Victoria’s-Secret-peekin’-buttons-opened-to-my-navel player. No! Sheesh. I am NOT talking about THAT kind of player. I am talking about get-out-the-Fisher-Price-sit-down-on-th-rug-make-your-voice-high-for-the-girl-doll-and-a-low-voice-for-the-boy-doll kind of player. I am not kidding when I say that playing dolls or tea party or with a Dora kitchen gives me the anxiety of a bomb-squad member trying to keep an explosive from blowing up a town (okay that may be a WEE bit of an exaggeration, but…you get the idea.).
When my sons were younger, the five words I dreaded the most were “Will you play with me?” Ugh! How I’d cringe. I would twist. I would turn. I would grasp for any plausible idea that I could come up with for not succumbing to action figures or catch or hide and seek.

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2 comments:

  1. I'm with you! I am not a player either! And to make it worse, my 6-year-old son wants me to play Pokemon! POKEMON! Seriously? I wonder if I can find any mommy helpers willing to play Pokemon. Unlikely.

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  2. I understand your feeling. But don't worry and I believe that there must be a way out.

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