Watching my children growing up all too quickly, I was thinking about the differences between my sons and their. After so many years with just boys, it still amazes me a little that I have a daughter and she is so different to her brothers in so many ways. Of course their are some similarities but as they say, ‘boys will be boys’.This is some of the things that being a mum of boys has taught me.
There is never enough food in the house. Ever.
I have to prepare portions of food for them, that are bigger than mine.
If the Xbox could cook, I would be made permanently redundant.
That I am constantly tripping over balls of all shapes and sizes.
My garden resembles a football field.
That I am always mending trousers.
That I am always buying new trousers, yet in a matter of weeks I am wondering why they look so short.
The washing machine is my greatest ally and constantly in use.
When they are younger, they will literally pee anywhere.
If the toilet seat is by some miracle down, I always check the toilet seat before I sit down.
There is a strange magnetic force that pulls their hands down the front of their trousers.
Beware of the pockets. They can make very interesting use of pockets.
We are on first name terms with the staff at our local A&E.
By the age of 10, they seem to have lost the ability to locate bins or washing baskets.
Public displays of affection are banned (by them) from the age of 12 onwards.
As they get older, they talk less but you need to listen harder.
The words of YouTubers are the teen version of the gospel. Fact.
Don’t mention homework. You may live to regret it.
When they become aware of trends and brand names during the teen years, clothes shopping can quadruple in price.
They use as many hair, skin and body products than their sisters. If not more.
A qualification in how to understand muttering and grunting is very useful for communication during the teen years.
You think that you won’t have to worry about them as much as girls but I think I will always worry about them, well into their adult years.
It might be useful to have two toilets in the house.
You have the perfect excuse to go and watch superhero films at the cinema.
You might have to get used to never having the last word.
Boys do love their mums.
Life is never dull. But I wouldn’t have it any other way.
You have it spot on! This made me laugh and sigh. I have to listen very carefully to my almost 24 year old still for hints as to how he’s feeling….. and leaving the toilet seat up must be in the male gene pool 🙂
Love, love, love this Nicky xx
Yes, yes and yes to all of this! I’ve already bought my younger son two lots of school trousers this year, but they’re looking short again – and he’s not the one having a growth spurt yet. I was wondering only yesterday if it was possible to die from excess Lynx, but we’re all still alive today, so probably not!
Hahahaaa ohhh the peeing anywhere one made me laugh. And I’ve just ordered some more new school trousers for the last few weeks of school. There’s no way his current few pairs are going to see him through.
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This really made me laugh when I read it on my phone first thing one morning and couldn’t really comment how I wanted to, but yes and thank you – again, for summing things up so well and forewarning me!