8 Years Old:
Boy: Mom, if I marry a girl and then don’t like her anymore can I switch?
Mom: *shake head* No, that’s why you must choose very carefully.
Boy: Oh. *looking disappointed*
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Boy: Mom, when do people get married?
Mom: You can marry in your teens but most people do it in their 20s and 30s.
You have to work hard and be able to provide for your wife and kids. House, food…
Boy: *Nodding* I have to make money.
I would like to babysit.
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Mom: Yes, everything, all of creation started decaying when Adam and Eve ate the fruit.
Boy: Even the Tree of Life?
Mom: *stumped* Good question.
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Daddy, Mommy said I can get the Pokemon cards for Christmas.
Dad: Why don’t you get it with your allowance?
Boy: Mommy, should we get it with my allowance or yours?
Mom: *laughing* I don’t have a lot of money.
Dad: *hooting* Mommy has a BIG allowance! It’s called a credit card.
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Mommy, I realized it’s not good to be rich. People will get jealous and kill you.
You should be medium rich.
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Daddy, are barbarians still around?
Dad: What do you mean? Of course not.
Mom: Honey, it’s an honest question. The Western Roman empire fell to Barbarians. He’s wondering what happened to them.
Dad: Well no, Tennyson. They became civilized. BY THEIR WIVES. They were tamed by their wives.
*family laughing* There was the male barbarian. And the even FIERCER female barbarian.
You do realize some body-snatching went on here?
A Holistic Journey 
DIANA!!! 🤗
That boy of yours is smart as a whip! So glad to see you posting here and there. Some how I unfollowed you and didn’t realize it till I went to my reader looking to see if I missed posts from you 😳. Perish the thought😮
Aw, you’re the best, V. I missed you guys too much to go another day…Thx so much for piping in. Happy new year.
Xxx
D.
Oh lovely! You know, we have twins … if a kid is one of twins, she/he will never give you these cute questions & answers – they have a friend too close to bother with wanting to talk to Mom! (btw, now they are grown, we talk … )
HA~! I see. I record these moments bc he will outgrow me soon enough. Glad they talk to you now. =)
A lot of wisdom out of the mouths of the young ‘uns! Perhaps this should be the year of the Female Barbarian!
Ha ha ha ha. Hear hear!
These are great Diana! It’s good to know you have such a BIG allowance 🙂
LOL!!! I didn’t know either. Must be in a surprise account. Welcome back to blogosphere. =)
Thank you!
Fun stuff! How do you answer these questions when the “boy” is 38 years old? Yes, I believe the world would be better off with more female barbarians.
HA HA HA HA. You should do a post in that attempt to answer…
Loved the third and the last one…you totally nailed it and the kiddo indeed sometimes reveals better ideas than us.
I often don’t have the answers to his ques. =) Thanks for being here. (I like the avatar.)
Xx
D.
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Thanks. Chuckle.
I enjoyed your shared words 💕
These are awesome.
Hi. lol. Thx.
This is why I quit attempting fiction. Nothing beats the real stuff.
Art Linkletter made a career out what kids said.
Cool!
So nice to see you, Diana. You are missed ! And about that Tree of Life…brilliant question. I’d keep a close eye on that boy if I were you. ❤️ Fun post. Come back again soon. ☺
Have missed you guys SO much. Still miss myself. But I couldn’t wait for the stars to align to post. Sometimes you just gotta DO IT. Good to hear from you, V.
Love,
D.
HI again. Is your son named after anyone??
Ze poet. =)
High praise! Must try reading his work. You don’t hear people gush about Tennyson so very much.
Classics! I so enjoyed reading these little gems. He’s a smart cookie that boy for yours! You should be very proud 🙂
Hey girl, so is your dot org up and running?
Yep! I started up on the 1st. Which only makes sense, right? A new year, a new blog 🙂
http://www.insidethelifeofmoi.com
What a great series of questions ~ especially for causing his momma’s heart to skip a few beats. Your son is well on his way to conquering the world, one smile and thought at a time. Brilliant and beautiful ~ and you are looking very healthy in the photo 🙂
Cheers to a very healthy, happy and successful 2016 ~ to build on what you and your family have already created.
Thx so much for the thoughtful comment, R. T amazes me. And that’s my face over Xena’s body, lol. Was good laugh therapy.
🙂 Must be a great feeling to see T doing so well ~ product of a great environment to be sure. As for your photo, the Photoshop work, while a bit impressive, did not quite fit the lithe body of a swimmer 🙂 Cheers!
Ha ha ha. Those who would LooK would see she’s a little too big for my face. Your keen eye misses little.
Very funny!
=)
Funny if it’s true….
Oh, love the picture…it took a minute. Wow, kids say the darnedest things. Mine rarely talks about girls or thinks ahead much at all!
How old is he? The photoshopping was fun.
He’s 13 already. He just doesn’t think much about anything beyond the here and now. At least he’s low stress.
Mine’s low stress, too (a bit too laid back for his East Coast mom). It’s not girls he thinks about so much as the broad responsibility of being a family man. LOL.
Yes, I can kind of see that. Already an incentive not to get involved in the first place!
Diana,
Enjoyed the post. But that photo would reduce the arrogance in any man.
-Alan
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H a HA
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Pity my husband, A.
Pity my husband.
He’s in my prayers!
Oh, he’ll be SO grateful.
So funny! I love this age!
Never gets old. =) Thanks, M.
“You should be medium rich.” Love it! I have a feeling he’ll go places in this world . . . and you’ll be exhausted by the time he gets there. Great post, Diana!
HA! I’m drained having helped him get ready!
Photoshopped? But this is exactly how I’ve always pictured you!
ROaR…. That was a jalapeno kick to my day.
Well, with a bigger sword…
Always want that thing bigger.
Yep, and they’re called Amazons… Fierce hugh! Nice to read from you Diana. Have a great year 2016 with boy and Pop.
Thanks, E. Happy new year. =)
Nice one 😉
Happy new year fam
Thanks. Same to you. =)
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Happy New Year! You’ve been missed. Your little man is already showing how responsible he is. Hope that doesn’t change. So adorable 🙂
Thank you! So very kind. I’ve missed you all terribly (and myself while at it). T is fun and (this is where I should stay quiet and modest, except here goes the Barbarian in me) at 8 1/2, he still gets comments that he’s really cute. Wishing you all that is good this year, my friend.
D.
You too…Enjoy him. Seems he’s growing up pretty fast 🙂
Now that was some conversation. He is too smart and I hope he does find that great wife someday. All he needs to do is find one with his mom’s talents and smarts and kindness.
I’m too ornery, too..fierce sometimes, lol. I now understand why my pastor’s wife said – when I was a teen – that it would be better for a guy to marry a cheerful woman than a smart one. Well there u go, something for me to work on this year. =) Wishing you the best this year, Yvonne. Stay warm and healthy.
D.
🙂 🙂 🙂
Your boy has a very smart mouth and a smart head there. Very inquisitive. Seeing things us adults don’t really want to see…and that frustrates us. Love the Photoshop in the Xena image. It actually looks very good. YOU look very good 🙂
The simple, profound wisdom of children. =) The photoshop was good laugh therapy. =) Thanks so much piping in, and all the best of dreams this year, M.
Xxx
D.
I always enjoy reading your posts, especially about your conversations with your boy. My boy is 34 years old now, but this brings back memories. Thank you for sharing this amazing little moments.
How precious. I hope yours still talks to you =). You look most personable and caring in the avatar. Thx for the good word. Wishing you all things good this year.
Diana
Babysit:). Oh, to be young and taken care of again! What a hoot.
Not sure if you caught that that’s how he wanted to save $ for house lol. But I agree. Things are so simple with them. Have thought of u this past holiday.
Xxx
D.
I love the whimsy of this. Delightful 8 year-old reasoning. 🙂
I find that I often can’t argue 8-yr-old logic!
Xx
D.
Happy New Year Diana!! These were so delightful!! I was laughing out loud. Kids, ya gotta love ’em.
Thx for sharing in the moments, S. Happy new year. =)
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🙂 Thanks for the smile!
Good to smile together. =)
Being a barbarian sounds like more fun than being civilized.
Right? 😉
Hilarious! 🙂
=) Thanks for touching base and following. Welcome and all the best this year.
HW
I think we need a few women barbarians to clean up the mess in the Middle East too. lol
LOL. Why’d none o’ the presidents not think o’ that?
Conversations with kids can take twists and turns we never would have expected! I can remember my oldest son at about the age of Tennyson: we were in the car running errands in December. His conversation starter was, “I want to ask you a question, but I am not sure I want to know the answer.” There was a long pause and then he asked if Santa Claus was real!
I assume this post is an example of where you have been… doing life and enjoying time with family!
Whew! I was afraid he was going to ask something harder. =) These are my verbal snapshots of his journey. All the best to you this yr, D.
I think his hardest question was, “How are we not going to have tears in heaven if —– (a loved one) is not there?” That one stumped me.
Thanks for the New Year wishes. May 2016 be a blessed year for both of our families!
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Thx. =) Glad you enjoyed.
Happy holidays- been on a blog hiatus and just getting back. I love the inherent humor and wisdom of youth and your son obviously takes after you. Love the Xena pic of you. Totally see it! xo
Welcome back, D – although I’ve been away, too. I’m sure you’re meeting the new year with expectancy, in strength.
Xx
D.
Yes I noticed that! Will message u offline WordPress for a catch up chat.
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8 going on 15… My eldest grandson is 9… Wait for it!
BaH! No, I can’t have him going on 15. =) Life is hard enough. Sounds like you have a great brood.
Those female barbarians are tough… really tough… your husband was right the male barbarian died out, but the females? Hmmm, not so sure about that. Loved the “Tree of Life” question. Smart kid!
Female barbarians are resilient. We don’t die out. lol.
The tree of life was a real zinger. If I were you, I’d be asking him the questions…
LOL. Right? (Any thoughts on the Tree? Yep. I saw you were hoping I wouldn’t ask you…)
The tree… how about “It grows weary and dies like all things, but its fruit bear
seeds for new life”?
Hmm. It dies but bears fruit. Ha ha ha. Well, I couldn’t have come up with it. Thx.
Good questions D. And a smart boy. Tell him to marry a smart, rich girl who makes lots of money. As for barbarians, they are all over the place. 🙂 –Curt
*chuckle* Hey, hey. Stop interfering. I’ve been grooming the boy to grow his smarts and money. He already has more cash in his piggy bank than I have in my purse. As for barbarians, as long as he doesn’t marry one I’m ok. =)
I suspect he’ll find a nice, civilized girl just like mom— only part wild. 🙂 –Curt
Ha ha ha. Part wild will have to do. I mean, I can’t be a hypocrite.
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Diana what a load of interesting questions, you handled them well. What a special little guy who keeps you busy by the sounds of it. Loving the zena shot. Wish I looked like that,
HA. Wish I looked like that, too. lol.
I love these, I have all these to look forward to, my son is only 3
Chuckle. It’s a whole other ball game when they really start talking. =)
I think its going to start when he figures out there is more to the world than our town. For example he was asking me if the North Pole was further away than our supermarket
Wishing you a happy New Year filled with more such joyful gems!
Thanks so much, Julia. Same to you, my heart to yours.
Xx
D.
Too funny
*GRiN*
Haha, this was hilarious. Honest and fun! Children are pure genius ! 😀
The honesty is what makes it fun. =)
So good to see you are back! Happy New Year!
The great thing about children’s questions is, first you laugh and then you start thinking…. he has actually got a point… 🙂 My kids’ questions sometimes make my head spin, but I believe that’s very healthy (although it does not always feel like it at that moment). Shakes the rust off the cogs 😉
Ha ha ha. Rust off them cogs is good. Thanks for the welcome back and all the best this year. =)
D.
IMHO. The strange thing is that any question or answer from the kids are funny, honest and forgivable. But from adults… Because the perception of the adult spoiled his vicious mentality and finding some hidden meaning.
We certainly make things more difficult than they have to be, Alex. Humble opinion noted. 😉
That’s lovely. I can see where he gets it from!
Ha ha ha.
It seems you’ve taught ‘the boy’ well Diana. Rock on you female barbarian! ❤
I’m not THaT fierce. ^ ^ LOL
Or maybe you just don’t know it! 🙂
LoL!!!
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The apple didn’t fall from this tree of knowledge!!! Smart mama, smart Tennyson! Hilarious stuff. Love it. 😀 ❤ K
*chuckle* I think Daddy Barbarian was the whitty one here. =)
This is brilliant! I loved your conversations. The one about babysitter resonated a lot 😀 I’m running series on What my Kid Says These Days, capturing snippets of conversations with my three year old. It’s good fun 🙂
That’s great: verbal snapshots of their fast growing up. Thanks so much for the follow. Hope to talk again. =)
Diana
Thanks, Diana, I look forward to reading more of your writing. Many blessings.
And by the way, here’s a sample of those verbal snapshots 🙂 http://gularavincent.com/2016/01/11/what-my-kid-says-these-days-part-3/
I was going to swing by when I surface. =) Sometimes readers wait a while, but I do my best. Thanks. =)
No problem at all 🙂 any time 😀