Corrupting My Kids

Found out tonight yet another thing I've done to warp one of my kids.

When I hang out with my friends we gather at someone's house and let the kids run wild.  So they have seen and heard plenty.  Evidently when our nights devolved into the Solid Gold Dance Hour our favorite tune has become permanently etched in the memory of my youngest.  It came up on my playlist driving home and I flipped past it and he stopped me.  And admitted HE LIKED THE SONG!!!!

So for your listening pleasure, the mandatory song played at any drinking gathering of my idiot friends.... Be My Lover, by La Bouche:

My Favorite Child

So they released some story that reinforces every child's belief - that parents do in fact have a favorite child.

How is that even possible?

And my youngest hears this bullshit and of course he asks me who is my favorite.  As I will tell each one of my kids to their face, "you are my favorite!"  And it's true.

Here's the thing, I like each one as a person on their own, each one for their own reasons in their own way.  Each one is imginative with a great sense of humor and a wide array of interests.  They're all strong, both physically and emotionally.  For the most part they're passive and easygoing.  I wouldn't suggest riling up the girl child, she's mastered the evil eye and forked tongue and I'm pretty sure she could also rip you a new one - all of those years of fighting with her brothers.

I've known people who favored one child over another.  I even know some who don't even LIKE their kids!  What the hell?  Oh yeah sure mine have annoyed the ever loving piss out of me, and for a while that was on a daily basis, but revenge will come in due time when you can annoy the piss out of them.  Because being annoyed is no reason not to like someone.