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In a message dated 20/02/2004 22:05:21 Pacific Standard Time,
WendyWCarr@... writes:


> but still, Id rather him not be sooooo obsessed. He has woke me up at night
> just to tell me about a card!
> He is 9 by the way.
>

Those Yu-gi-oh cards are pretty consuming. I know that my husband would
prefer that I not talk to him about my horses all the time, buying stuff for them,
brushing them, even calling him at work to tell him something horsey that
needs to be picked up. I have even woken him up at early in the morning so I
could ride or fix a fence. However, they are my fun thing to do, I learn a lot
from them, patience, kindness, how to be quiet, fixing tack, ( I have yet to
learn to stay on when they buck) carpentry, loading h ay so it stays on the truck.
He knows how much pleasure I get from them and he goes along with me, helping
any way he can, and I am 40!!!!!!
I also had a hard time with the constant "Guess how many attack points this
one has mom?" stuff, but he really loves those cards and that game. I took him
to a local gaming store to try dueling with a group that meets there, but he
was not comfortable trying. So we look at them together and talk about them
always.My son is 8 by the way. I used to hate all things like that, pokemon,
digimon etc. Now I talk to him about it and look at it and it is interesting.
My mom has many times scoffed at my horse interest, in fact when I was a kid
she would not let me have lessons or visit horses, and I lived and breathed
horses as a child.Drawing them, reading about them , pretending to be them . It
took till now to have them for myself. You know what, I am still completely
entranced by them.She still thinks it is stupid.She tells me how much she hates
horses and it still makes me feel like that frustrated little kid.
Take a deep breath and watch a yu-gi-oh show, it's not so bad and gives you a
common ground of communication. I learned that here, and at Sandra's website.
Nancy in BC


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Anita Bower

>
> >. He has woke me up at night
> > just to tell me about a card!

I know it is irritating (maddening?) to be woken up. On the other hand,
your son is showing you how important you are to him. He wants to share
with you something that excites him. This is a special time, and you are a
special person to him. I would take his waking you as a compliment.

Anita B.