Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Burning Bush




My 12 year old son is at the very beginning of the transition of puberty.  He now wears deodorant and though he won't show it, he says he's starting to get a tiny bit of body hair, which is currently very light.  This is my biological son, who though he didn't quite get my full hair color, he has reddish hair and also has my complexion.

One morning he walked into my husband's and my bedroom and said,


SON: "What color do you think my hair will be when it grows in down there?"


ME: "I have no idea."


HUSBAND: "Probably black like mine."


SON: "Whew! I hope it's black because to have red hair down there would be FREAKY. *turns to me* Uh, no offense, Mama."


ME: *faceplant*



4 comments:

  1. *Dies laughing* You children are the best. Throwing you all the hard questions at the minute!

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  2. And this is just the oldest child. So I have 2 more kids that will approach puberty and ask similar questions. SMH

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  3. Haha, my knee-jerk reaction would have been to say "But I wax mine off!".......way too much information for a kid.

    I am glad these years are behind me. My oldest son had a testicle injury as a child, and after he was old enough that he wasn't comfortable with any of us "checking" it for development, I'd have ask. ::shudders:: It is awkward having to ask your son if that part of his anatomy is developing properly.

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