Another $ in the therapy jar.

I am imposing a bit of motherly will on the boys and they claim it is quite damaging to them — I’m making them join the swim team at school.  Instead, they want to play basketball … that’s the sexy sport!  They feel my position is unfair.  Maybe so, but I am not going to change my mind.  We moms have a thing about changing our minds (unless it’s our idea).  So swimming it is!

Seriously, for the tuition money I spend at this school (which is totally worth it by they way!), why shouldn’t they learn to be better swimmers?  They are going to learn all the swim strokes, flip turns, racing, etc.  They get to wear racing swim wear, those cool big jackets and will have green hair from the chlorine.  What’s not to love about that?  How cool does this experience sound?   Not cool at all, according to them.

They are so desperate to change my mind that every day there’s a new reason.  “I’m allergic to chlorine.”  “My skin will get dry.”  “I just don’t want to wear one of  ‘those’ swim suits.” “The pool is cold.”  “The pool is dirty.”  “I’m sure I’m going to be last in every race and do you know how embarrassing that will be?”  Yes, I do.  I was Miss Last-Place-Holder in every sport I tried.  I survived.

What sold them (as much as I could sell them) on the swim team idea?  How “buff” and in shape they will get from swimming five days a week.  Why didn’t I think to mention that over the health benefits of cross-training, meeting new people and having a new experience?  When will I ever learn the mind of a teenage boy?  Likely not until they are no longer teenagers!

Have a great day!