{"id":11713,"date":"2012-05-01T10:07:53","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/momservations.wordpress.com\/?p=11713"},"modified":"2012-05-01T10:07:53","modified_gmt":"2012-05-01T17:07:53","slug":"why-would-you-do-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/momservations.com\/index.php\/2012\/05\/01\/why-would-you-do-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Would You Do That?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Momservation: <\/strong>A lot of emergency room visits could be avoided if someone stopped for a moment and first thought \u2013 just cause I can doesn\u2019t mean I should.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u263a<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to generalize for a moment here.<\/p>\n

If you have males in your household then you\u2019ve undoubtedly already asked this question: Why do boys see every bad idea as an Everest they need to climb?<\/p>\n

This includes big boys too.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve actually been very fortunate that I have a son, who like his father, has the voice of reason going off pretty loudly in his head.<\/p>\n

Most of the time. A temporary override would explain Hubby\u2019s college Pikes on Bikes days when a whole fraternity thought going on a midnight progressive booze pedal was a fantastic idea.<\/p>\n

As a general physiological argument, though, I believe there is a constant voice in the male head that grows louder around other males convincing them to think \u2013 That would be so cool<\/strong> to see if I can\u2026<\/em>(fill in the blank with various dumb ideas, i.e\u2026)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2026smash a soda can on my forehead!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026jump off the roof into the pool!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026swallow a goldfish or whatever else someone dares me!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026see if my cup works by having someone punch me as hard they can in the crotch!<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026try to pogo stick onto a skateboard!<\/em><\/p>\n

…invent parkour<\/a>!<\/p>\n

And success or failure it is worth rolling on the ground hysterically laughing, \u201cThat was so awesome!!\u201d<\/p>\n

So it comes as no surprise to me that I\u2019ve been hearing this phrase shouted a lot lately from my 11 year old daughter to my 12 year old son:<\/p>\n

Why would you do that???<\/em><\/p>\n

And further proving my theory, his buddy, Anthony, is usually over when I hear it.<\/p>\n

Because only two boys would think it was a great idea to:<\/p>\n

\u2026push a sister fully clothed into an ice cold pool on a cold day.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026practice parkour<\/a> flips off a two story play house.<\/em><\/p>\n

…tell a sister you want to show her something then table-top her (someone secretly kneels below the back of the knees of a victim while a person in front of them pushes them backward).<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026engineer a ropes course that has greater chance of strangling them than transporting them.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2026want to drag a mattress into the den to practice launching your buddy into a back flip.<\/em><\/p>\n

This last one I actually gave the green light to since Anthony has been taking gymnastics and they actually did realize practicing it in a cramped bedroom next to a sharp edged dresser, bunk bed, and beneath a ceiling fan was probably a bad idea (breakthrough!).<\/p>\n

I did, though, make Anthony raise his right hand and pledge: I, Anthony, promise not to break my neck on my birthday and get Kelli in big trouble for sending me home broken.<\/em><\/p>\n

And after much practice, here is a 12 year old boy answer to, Why would you do that?:<\/em><\/p>\n

[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r7Mlhl6QwOw]<\/p>\n

Because, \u201cThat was so awesome!!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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