So, last week, my fourth grader asked his "girlfriend" to go to the movies. After "going together" (my old-fashioned term) for the last semester of third grade and all of fourth grade, so far, I guess he figured he needed to step up his romance game before Valentine's Day. Actually, I have no idea what he was thinking because he didn't discuss the issue with me before he made his big move. However, he did tell me, once the ask had been made, that they wanted ME to take them to see The Green Hornet; I was free to stay if I wanted to but he didn't want me to sit with them.
At this point, a little background may be in order.If you have read this blog before then you know that I am a liberal, Democratic, give-everyone-a-chance, non-discriminating kind of a girl. But like a lot of liberals who become parents, I seem to be getting more conservative and judgmental as my kids get older. Not in terms of my politics, but in terms of what I want my children exposed to and how I would like to ummmm, "shape", their choices. The young "lady" in question has multi-toned hair....in the 4th grade. Actually, it looks much better this year compared to the dark roots-blonde highlighted ends 'do that she sported last year. I am not sure about her ethnic heritage but she has relatives in Texas and California. And the biggest problem I see, thus far, SHE IS NOT ON THE "A" HONOR ROLL.....SHE ISN'T EVEN ON "A-B" HONOR ROLL....I don't even think she has ever been chosen the "Kid with Character"???
Go ahead, judge me...but I am the Mom who took a pay-cut so that I could pick my kids up on my school days to ensure that homework was completed in their best handwriting, with no more than three erasures per page. I know. I am a hardass. But I am a successful, self-supporting hardass. Obviously, I understand that Honor Roll in 4th grade does not guarantee a college scholarship, but, by middle school, opportunities do come to those who excel; and both my boys excel. (Although in 2nd grade my youngest did tell me that he "didn't want to work hard enough to make A Honor Roll....A/B is fine for me, Mom!" Believe it or not I let him live and for the next six weeks I let "his grades" be his grades. At the end of the semester when his brother received a fancier certificate at Awards Assembly and more reward money for a job well done, there was never again a question of him "working hard enough"...Ah, the beauty of testosterone fueled rivalry! But, I digress.....)
Certainly, there are lots of A/B or even, heaven forbid, C students who have gone on to lead happy, productive lives...but I don't want them "going with" my fourth grader, either! And, The Green Hornet? Has he lost his mind? It is rated PG-13 for "mild drug use, language, violence and sexual situations." Which is NOT APPROPRIATE (one of my all-time favorite Mom phrases). Now that I think about it, that was probably her choice...surely, as a gentleman, he would have allowed her to choose the movie and given, her lack of academic achievement, she is probably has lots of time to go to movies rated PG-13. Or be dropped off at the skating rink on Friday nights without parental supervision. But not my True Lover....I want him to be a dreaded "Mama's Boy." The kind I married the first two times...hmmm, maybe not that kind, but I have a few more years to sort that part out.
Lest you think me cruel and overprotective, I did agree to take them to the movies; after I speak to her mother. I suggested "Gnomeo and Juliet." He said he would think about it and let me know.Given his current taste in the opposite sex, I thought it might be wise for me to keep my enemies close. UGH! How I long for the pre-school days when he "loved" sweet, naturally blonde, Mattie Lou. Now, that girl was a Keeper. She work pink tu-tus with a John Deere sweatshirt and toe socks; her family owned 225 acreas of prime farmland and her brother was a Marine. We saw her last year at the pool and she is still adorable. I could have sworn that her Mom told me she was playing soccer and t-ball....and that she was on the A Honor Roll at her school. I need to dig up her number and see if we can set up a "play" "date" sometime soon.
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