He Gets That From You

posted by Momo Fali on January 14, 2014

Last week my son got upset by something he had seen on television. He was sitting with both of us, completely supervised, but it was a movie scene which was a little too violent for his special needs brain to wrap itself around. Thanks a lot, Gollum.

My husband kept playing the stereotypical man card saying things like, “You’re fine! Go to bed.” I, on the other hand, hugged my boy, wiped his tears, and explained why we thought he’d be able to handle watching it (even though *cough* I knew he wouldn’t) and then we discussed, at length, the difference between traditional animation and computer animation.

At the end of the night, he put his 50 lb. body on my lap and said, “Dad says I got upset because I have too much of you in me, but I’m glad I do because you care.” I told him that he has plenty of his father in him and that Dad does care, but doesn’t know how to show it. Then I called a therapist for my husband. Not really, but I thought about it.

A couple of days later, my son and I were driving when we saw a stray dog. I stopped my car to help, but someone came out of a nearby apartment and took over the rescue operation. As we drove away, my son piped up from the back seat, “I’m kind of glad we didn’t have to help that dog.”

“Why, buddy?”

He replied, “Well, I can say this because it’s just you and me, right? I thought it was kind of ugly because it was one of those dogs whose tail stands up in the air and you can see its butthole.”

I laughed, “You sound like your dad!”

Excitedly, he said, “I do? I guess I do have him in me after all!”

    Comments

  • Shannon


    My dog’s tail does that. Tell your son it really bothers me, too.

  • Melisa


    OMG I love that kid.

  • Amie


    What is it with your menfolk and buttholes?

  • Colleen


    Ha! Cute 🙂

  • Mare


    HAHA! Seeing a dog’s behind bugs me too. What a smart boy you have. He’s so genuine. 🙂

  • Veronica


    Classic Adam! Love all of your blogs about him!! Love him!!

  • Zak


    And that is exactly why I can’t stand cats. They have such smug buttholes. And they walk on the counters and stuff.

  • Meleah Rebeccah


    Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

    Man, I love your son!

  • Robyn


    “Dad says I got upset because I have too much of you in me, but I’m glad I do because you care.” This sentence killed me… in a good way. I’m a single mom to a 4 year old boy and he busts out super adorable yet sad things like this to me on the regular. Momma’s boys forever!!