My son flipped me off the other day. He stuck up his middle finger and said, “What does this mean?”How do you explain a natural act that just maybe kids are not on the level to understand? I told him he’d have to wait until he was older and I’d tell him, but that some folks would be upset if he flipped his finger like that.
So, when my husband was out of town for a week earlier this month. Boy, did gettin’ some good lovin’ seem like a good idea before he left. But honestly, who has the time these days? Then with the stresses of packing and getting ready to go, who really wants to jump into bed with a bundle of nerves?
But in the void that occurred when my husband drove this long, long distance and, it was my turn to be a bundle of nerves. I was drawn to thoughts about what it was I wanted to remember of him if, God forbid, anything were to happen to him. Sure, sex is great and important to a relationship. But what about all the other elements associated with the act.
I’m realized that when I do sit down to discuss the middle finger with my son and what “it” is all about, he’ll know about the rest of the hand. The caresses, the hugs, “I’m-home-and-here’s-a-kiss” are the things I’m going to teach him.
Now I have to explain the middle finger to his older sister. Somehow, I don’t think it’s going to be as easy.
