Boy, it’s tough to be a boy.
I’m speaking as someone who used to be one.
There was one question adults asked me repeatedly as I was growing up:
What were you thinking?
That is a ridiculous thing to ask a boy.
Boys don’t think.
Boys just “do”.
A boy will flush a tennis ball down the toilet because he’s in the bathroom with a tennis ball.
A boy will poke holes in the window screen because he’s near the screen with screwdriver.
It takes years before boys develop the ability but they do, eventually, start thinking.
That changes everything.
Thinking boys make decisions that affect their future.
Thinking boys make decisions that build character.
In other words, thinking boys turn into men.
Men believe a noble character leads to a stellar reputation.
A stellar reputation has a positive affect on everything a man does throughout his life.
That’s how it’s supposed to work.
You can count on your character and reputation to speak for you.
It’s a funny, old-fashioned idea that doesn’t work anymore.
It doesn’t work when you are nominated for the Supreme Court.
Solid character and a stellar reputation don’t count for spit when you’re a judicial nominee.
That’s because there are a lot of children in Congress.
Children who haven’t started thinking yet.
Children who justify flushing tennis balls down the toilet because Donald Trump says mean things.
Children who value the politics of an obscure college professor over decades of untarnished public service.
Boy, it’s tough to be a boy.
It’s even tougher to be a grown man held accountable by little boys.
7 Responses
Perfectly said, and thank you for the laughter that seasons your great point. You truly are the salt of the Earth.
Appreciatively, with love and prayers for you and your family
Exactly. Like college boys are thinking boys? That’s crazy! Nobody thinks in college. They screw around. It’s not until they’re about 25 that thinking starts breaking through the adolescent fog. It’s too bad there’s no age limit on the fog in politics.
I personally know DOZENS of women who laughed at my choice not to drink (at all) or attend drinking parties (at all) or engage in Hook-Ups (at all) because they thought I was preventing myself from having fun. I’ve been told, point blank, over and over that all of that is part of a complete “college experience,” and these young ladies will not be talked out of it!
Girls will be girls, I guess. 🙄
Too true. The little boys and girls don’t want good character. They want fellow little kids who will parrot their group-non-think and do their bidding.
Don’t forget the little girls
Remember the Alamo
Well said!