Tonight my nephew and I were riding to a friend’s house to go walking to the park. While we were driving we had the following conversation:
K (me) – Mattie, do you have a girlfriend?
M – No, but Riley does
K – He does? How do you feel about that?
M – It’s okay. Do you have a boyfriend, Kitty?
K – No. What would you think if Kitty got a boyfriend?
M – It would be good.
K – So you would like that?
M – Yes, we could all hang out and watch Transformers.
K – Oh, is that what you want us to do?
M – Yes. It will be fun. I will get a girlfriend when I am ten. I want to get a girlfriend and marry her and have children. Then we’ll move out and live in our own house.
K – Oh? Well, are you going to marry the girl you are dating when you’re ten?
M – yes.
K – Don’t you want to move out of your house before you get married and have children?
M – No.
K – Are you just going to live with Mommy then until you get married and have children.
M – Yes.
K – Well what if you meet a different girl in college?
M – I’m going to college when I’m TEN??
K – No, when you’re 18.
M – Oh, well I will not have a new girlfriend. Would you like for me to have a girlfriend, Kitty?
K – Oh yes! I would drive you to the park to play together. Do you want a girlfriend with blonde hair like Annie and Sammie or with hair like Kitty and Mommy.
M – Blonde. Sammie is good.
k – Do you like Sammie?
M – Yes. I don’t think I want a girlfriend I don’t know, and I already know her. So it will be good.
K – Sammie is pretty, and she’s very sweet.
M – Yes, she is always nice to me. And I know her (apparently that’s his only standard for a girlfriend)
K – What about Annie? She might be jealous. She’s been your girlfriend for a long time.
M – Well, I can have two. Actually, I will have Annie, Sammie and Claire.
K – Claire can’t be your girlfriend. She’s your sister.
M – Ok, well I will just have two then.
K – Girls don’t really like that most of the time.
M – Girls don’t like to share?
K – Not boyfriends
M – Oh, well I will decide when I am ten.
Incoherent Ramblings 