Monday, August 11, 2008

Hold the Mustard

Last night I fixed Drew a hot dog with ketchup.  When I put the plate in front of him, he said, "How did you know I didn't want mustard?" as if I had just performed a mind-reading miracle.  Um, because you never want mustard ever and because you don't change your mind about these things.  After three or four baseball games this summer when I asked what flavor Gatorade they each wanted, he said, "Red.  You don't actually have to ask me.  I'm always going to want red."  Thus, the hot dog without mustard, without having to ask.  I swear I had the same conversation with Michael about toothpaste the first year we were married.

I always think I'm the opposite of that.  I kind of pride myself on changing it up.  Which wouldn't explain the cinnamon Crest whitening toothpaste I've been buying for years now or the same old bread and butter brands every time I go to the store.  It does explain the big fat yellow shampoo and conditioner in my shower at the moment.  That one I really do change all the time.  This one smells like coconut.

So the mustard thing made me think of Drew as a little Michael clone.  But, you know, Drew used to only get hamburgers when we went to fast food places.  And now sometimes he gets chicken.  And Michael's not the adult in this family who orders a chicken chimichanga every single time we go to a Mexican restaurant.  You can't really generalize people about this I don't think.  We all like change in some ways but not in others.

It's actually a fault of mine that I tend to over-generalize people.  Kids are good for that fault.  Just when you think you get them, they totally change it up on you.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm laughing out loud! After 30 years of marriage, Roger informs me he doesn't LIKE mandarian oranges, and would I please not put them in salads anymore, also no more dark meat, he only likes white; this from a man who has eaten everything I have ever put in front of him for 30 years!?!?!? ARE YOU KIDDING!? Generalize? Not on your life--can't get away with it EVER! :)
Andrea C.

Anonymous said...

LOL srsly, here's how it goes in my house Seren....
"mom, this is my FAV dish EVER, make it all the time, I LOVE IT"

one week later

"well, I really don't like that, can I have something else?"

same dish, different week
sigh

ah youth......
;)
Tiff