Comments on: Because He Can http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/ Your daily fix from a mouthy old broad. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:30:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sandy Slaga | Anatomy of a Teenage Bathroom http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-826 Sandy Slaga | Anatomy of a Teenage Bathroom Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:15:44 +0000 http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-826 [...] Fortunately for my eighteen-year-old son, my methodical vacuuming of the family room this morning saved him from being the subject of a post entitled Anatomy of a Murder, In Cold Blood or even Murder on the Menopause Express. [...] […] Fortunately for my eighteen-year-old son, my methodical vacuuming of the family room this morning saved him from being the subject of a post entitled Anatomy of a Murder, In Cold Blood or even Murder on the Menopause Express. […]

]]> By: Sandy Slaga | The Law of English Muffins http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-542 Sandy Slaga | The Law of English Muffins Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:51:42 +0000 http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-542 [...] The eighteen-year-old was late for breakfast this morning. Again. [...] […] The eighteen-year-old was late for breakfast this morning. Again. […]

]]> By: Sandy http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-169 Sandy Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:40:08 +0000 http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-169 Thanks, Ry! Thanks, Ry!

]]> By: Ryan http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-167 Ryan Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:52:35 +0000 http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-167 Oh, it's a rite of passage for 18-year-old men. Hell, I did it. He'll get there and realize just how creepy most of those places are. He's going to feel awkward and dirty. And, unless he enjoys awkward and dirty, that will probably quench his appetite. Really, its all about doing something that's taboo. Something he's been told he shouldn't and, now that he's an adult, he can do it. Oh, it’s a rite of passage for 18-year-old men. Hell, I did it.

He’ll get there and realize just how creepy most of those places are. He’s going to feel awkward and dirty. And, unless he enjoys awkward and dirty, that will probably quench his appetite.

Really, its all about doing something that’s taboo. Something he’s been told he shouldn’t and, now that he’s an adult, he can do it.

]]> By: Sandy http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-156 Sandy Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:39:39 +0000 http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-156 Perhaps after he leaves the "gentleman's club" to which his friends and he are venturing, he will feel the need to commune with the Redman in a vain attempt to cleanse his soul. Perhaps after he leaves the “gentleman’s club” to which his friends and he are venturing, he will feel the need to commune with the Redman in a vain attempt to cleanse his soul.

]]> By: Tom http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-155 Tom Thu, 28 Sep 2006 16:13:58 +0000 http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-155 Mom - at least he isn't going to open a bag of Redman for a chaw! Hope all is well. Tom Mom - at least he isn’t going to open a bag of Redman for a chaw! Hope all is well. Tom

]]> By: Sandy http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-153 Sandy Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:35:49 +0000 http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-153 Thank you, dear Anne. I just wish I could get a preview of his life ten years from now to know that all is well..... Thank you, dear Anne. I just wish I could get a preview of his life ten years from now to know that all is well…..

]]> By: Anne http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-152 Anne Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:45:57 +0000 http://sandyslaga.com/2006/09/25/because-he-can/#comment-152 There is dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle-ground between light and shadow, between parent and child, and it lies between the pit of a mom's fears and the summit of her knowledge. This is the dimension of teenagers coming of age, if not of wisdom. Like you said... there may be a few odd detours, but eventually he'll find his way. There is dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle-ground between light and shadow, between parent and child, and it lies between the pit of a mom’s fears and the summit of her knowledge. This is the dimension of teenagers coming of age, if not of wisdom.

Like you said… there may be a few odd detours, but eventually he’ll find his way.

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