This is the husband.
Every once and a while I will say something to Keren that I think is completely ridiculous. She undoubtedly catches on that I’m using some sort of reverse psychology to prove a point. Here’s the situation from this morning.
Recently, we’ve both been marveling about how much Charlie’s features have become more elongated than round.
“He looks so much older!” we’d say, “Where’d our little boy go?” Of course it excited me that he was growing tall and strong. On the other hand, Keren would worry that she was feeding him enough. “Are we giving him enough food? Do you think he’s starving?”
In order to prove beyond a doubt that Keren is not the bad mother she sometimes thinks she is, I said, “Gosh, Charlie sure is looking gaunt today!”
Far from the response I was expecting, she joined in, “Yeah, I know!”
I stood there quietly, a huge smile on my face, waiting for her to turn to me. As soon as she did, I had to recoil in defense of the swinging fist toward my gut. Then we both looked at each other for a second, and erupted in laughter.
Keren is not the bad mother she sometimes thinks she is. I’m sure you all will agree with me.
3 comments:
Of course Keren is a fantastic mother.
But buddy, questioning, even in a joking fashion, a mother's fitness while she is pregnant is playing roulette - you never know what hormone combo you're going to hit that moment. And all of those hormones are focused on honing her fitness as a parent and are hypersensitive to perceived inadequacies and failings.
It's your gamble to take, of course. But I'd flex your abs when you do. :)
Ha! Well, I do push it too far sometimes. But the abs are always on the ready! ;)
:) You weren't pushing it to far. I was just giving you a hard time! :)
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