Two quick Eva-cdotes

[conuly]

On Sunday, I ended up watching the nieces during the whole day. At one point Evangeline, out of nowhere, said "When I grow up, I think I want to marry you, Connie."

Me: That's sweet, but you know, you can't marry me.
Evangeline: Why not? Girls can marry other girls. (You could *hear* the unspoken "DUH!" here.)
Me: That's true (sorta). But you can't marry your aunt, or your niece.
Evangeline: But girls can -
Me: Yes! That's right! But you still can't marry your family. Marrying your aunt would be icky*, like marrying your sister or your mother.
Evangeline: Oh. Okay.

*"It's icky" is, of course, widely considered a perfectly valid reason for not wanting two people to get married. Certainly it's the reason used throughout history, and still today. And anyway, incest *is* icky. Ew.

This one is secondhand:

Ana and my mother were talking about I don't know what, and Ana, in a sort of "I'm not stupid, I know things!" way said "I even know what one hundred plus two hundred is. It's THREE hundred." (She's inordinately thrilled at the realization that if ONE plus TWO is THREE, then ONE hundred plus TWO hundred is THREE hundred and she does not need to count on her fingers to work this out... which is good, because she has nowhere near three hundred fingers.)

And my mother asked "Yes, it is, do you know what you can buy with three hundred dollars?"

Ana: A house?
Mommy: Well, that's more like three hundred thousand dollars.
Ana: *grumpy*
Evangeline: I know what you can buy with three hundred dollars! You can buy three hundred... candy bars!

Comments

[leora.livejournal.com]

Children's conceptions about marriage are interesting... Interesting enough I wonder if there are books on it. It'd make for a good topic to read about.

When I was 5, I wanted to marry the boy next door. I had a goodish reason, for my age. I knew I had to marry a male (at the time this was true, and I wanted kids, so I saw the father as a necessary thing to accept as part of the having children package, yes, this is a simple world view, but I was 5), and he was friendly and we got along, which was rare with males at that age. So, I felt he would do.

When I was 15, I had a much more complicated view of marriage. I fell head over heels for my first boyfriend. He was a male who was nice and seemed to like me for who I was and was attracted to me. This had never happened before. Of course, we weren't very compatible and we both had horrible relationship skills. But he actually was nice and a great guy, so we're still friends.

Eventually I moved to the idea that relationships should be with people who are nice, I like, who are attracted to me, and where there is compatibility (and some other things, but it's a short list). This has been working out much better. Also, experience helps.

It's a nice compliment though to have received. As it sounds like it means that she really likes you and likes having you in her life.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

Tres cute!