Our kids have been playing the game of Life the last week or so. It's going...ok. I mean, when you have two grown-ups, a seven, six and five-year-old involved it can get a little hairy. I, for one, am usually highly competitive. My kids know this about me and they accept it--well, mostly. But when I see my oldest son choosing to have another kid instead of receiving $240,000 worth of rare paintings, I can't help but praise him for his values--even though, clearly, it's a dumb move.
Our conversations go something like this:
Me: Uh oh! You can either win the lottery or have your fifth child, Mr.
Oldest: I'll take the kid.
Me: What I mean is, you can pay off the bank or get another kid...
Oldest: I'll take the kid.
Middle Son: You'll have to strap it to the top of your car. It's your fifth and you only have three seats in the back. Your wife's already in the front.
Oldest: It's my decision.
Me: Well, I'm...That's...Honey, Mommy is so proud of you for taking the kid.
And all this is well and good, nay? But then, twice our sweet oldest has retired as a philosopher with zero cash and a couple of promissory notes. And though I'm loathe to announce it, our savvy middle child with the amoral decision-making has twice retired as a tycoon by playing the stock market. Sigh. Help, I say. The game is not backing me up, people...
My oldest loves that game too. I remember once she had a $100,000 payday and retired heartbroken b/c she never landed on a baby space. We know the problem with that game is the philosophy "he/she who dies with the most toys wins."
ReplyDeleteahahahahahaa I'm dying laughing. Remember how much I loved that game, and particularly liked to be banker? I'd even play with you and Miriam and ONLY be the banker. Ivan has always been so family-oriented (planning for a wife and kids since he was two), and Caleb has always been...well...so dang hard to parent, in his extreme intelligence. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteJust re-reading it and still laughing..."clearly it's a dumb move." Yes, yes it is. I've made three of those dumb moves...hahahaha
ReplyDeleteAhahahahahahaha. I wrote this mostly for you and me, Peach. Six dumb moves. LOL!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo dumb, that by that last pregnancy, all we could do was cling to each other and watch Angels in America until it passed....hahahahahaha
ReplyDeleteHar har har! Yikes, Peach, all our dirty laundrey being aired on Blogger. Have I mentioned how much I approve of dumb moves?? Eh heh heh heh (nervous laughter at the idea of being fantastically misunderstood)... Charity, of course you're right about the game of Life. I thought that maybe my kids were getting the wrong idea. The problem is that the game is so fun and we're so unable to play outside :( What to do? We could play Clue-do...but then that focuses on murder. Again, help, I say!
ReplyDeleteP.S. I suppose it's Settlers of Catan for us. I had so hoped my kids wouldn't become dorks, but I see now that there's no help for it...
ReplyDeleteAaaand, they'll be poor spellers, too, apparently since I misspelled laundry. Great.
ReplyDeleteI know what I'm sending next! hint: Laundrey
ReplyDeleteSo funny. At least amoral Caleb will be able to pay off Ivan's debts eventually. And maybe Gracie will turn out. :D
ReplyDeleteMy husband and I laughed aloud for a good ten minutes!
ReplyDeleteOh yikes, Christy. :)
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