Wednesday, May 15, 2013
3% of 25 minutes is about 45 seconds—and that's being generous
While I was on my way home from work, Karen and Rich were on their way out of Target. They called me on the bus, and Rich soon wanted to chat with me. And—no joke—he talked to me for 25 minutes straight! I was exhausted by the end of it. Can you imagine holding a 25 minute conversation with a 21-month-old who can’t speak in sentences? He just jabbered and jabbered and jabbered. And he knew when I wasn’t paying attention because I’d go silent for a few seconds. He’d get me back in by yelling “Daddy? Daddy?” and I’d ask him more questions and then he’d just jabber some more. Longest conversation I’ve had with any one person in a while and I understood about 3% of it. Rich loves to practice talking. He is so much fun.
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I can think of very few fathers who would have the patience to listen for 25 minutes. Incredible. He will definitely need to read this post when he's older. He will never doubt he is loved.
ReplyDeleteYou know, that's actually a really good idea. When he's being really difficult 15 years from now, I'll just tell him to read this.
DeleteI kept trying to get him to give me back the phone, too. "Rich, can you hand the phone to Mommy?" "Rich, can I have the phone?" "Rich, say goodbye to Daddy. Bye, Daddy, love you."
ReplyDeleteEvery time, Rich would just say, "No," and keep jabbering to Tyler.
I couldn't hear everything that was going on, but I could tell he was determined to stay on the phone with me. Our goodbye itself took about three minutes.
DeleteHey Tyler, that wasn't Richie talking to you for 25 minutes. That was me giving you another 25 minutes of my best advice for success. Obviously, Richie and I must sound the same. So, since you probably didn't get it complete the first time, here it goes again... "Blah, blah, seel, blah, blah, cool, blah, daddy, blah, blah, blah, bye, blah, awesome, blah, blah, etc..."
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I wish I listened more carefully!
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