I've recently been spending a lot of time answering the question "why." I'm thrilled that my son is so curious about the world but the constant questions are starting to drive me nuts! I mean really, how many whys can I possibly answer. The first few are always pretty easy but then it gets into crazy territory.
Here is a conversation I had literally five seconds ago:
son: "mommy, where is uncle A?"
me: "he went home."
son: "Why?"
me: "Because he came to visit for a few days and now he has to go to his own house."
son: "Why?"
me: "Because he likes his house."
son: "Why?"
me: "Because all of his stuff is in his house."
son: "Why?"
me: "Because just like you have your toys in our house, he has his thing in his own house."
son: [you guessed it] Why?
Every time the WHY marathon begins, I'm determined to go toe to toe with him. I keep answering the questions thinking that I can outlast him but I repeatedly underestimate his stamina. He, very much like the energizer bunny, keeps going and going and going!
I haven't done it yet, but I'm THIS close to stooping down to the the level of saying in my outside voice, "BECAUSE I SAID SO!"
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3 hours ago
3 comments:
My husband and I kept my two younger brothers for the weekend a couple years ago. At that time, they were both going through the 'Why?' phase. I'm talking a steady stream of probably what became the most annoying question of all time.
Sometimes I would pause just a little too long after the 'Why?' and then try to change the subject. It's a crapshoot method. More often than not, I would lose and they'd be right back on track. My husband, however, after 2 days of 'Why? Why? Why?' couldn't last another round. So he invented the 'Ticket Game'. The premise is: the boys each got x-amount of tickets each (you know, the kind you get at any county fair) and every 'Why?' would cost a ticket. After all their tickets were spent for the day, you got it, no more answers for 'Why?'.
At the time I thought it was a simple form of torture for two inquisitive little boys, but I guess we all come to the end of our ropes eventually. When I'm feeling especially aggravating sometimes I like to ask 'Why?' just to see how long my husband'll last. :)
Mel - That is hilarious!! That's a very creative way to keep from going WHY crazy!
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