Noah for some reason was talking about marriage last night. He doesn't really know what it means. I had no idea how hard it is to explain this concept to a 3 1/2 year old. He said something about all of us being married. I told him that Paul & I were, but he wasn't. I tried to explain it simply saying that when he is grown up and loves a girl, they can get married and live in their own house together and have their own kids. He said "ohhh", but had this blank look like he didn't get it. So I went on to say more. I don't remember all of the back and forth, but I explained he might do it when he's around 30 years old and that it's when he loves a girl a whole bunch and wants to live with her forever. He said "Forever?!?! I don't want that!"
Then he got all sad and said so pitiful "I can't be married because I'm not a grown up. So I guess I'll just have to build my castle all by myself". He got up and walked into the playroom so defeated and pitiful, looking at the ground to his blocks. I felt so bad. I asked if I could build the castle with him and he said no, because we weren't married. I don't get where he came up with that, but I just gave up and asked if he wanted to be married to me. He smiled, said yes, hugged me and we built a castle together.
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Where do they come up with stuff? I didn't know if I should laugh or cry... :-)
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