"Were You Pumped Up?"

That was Papsie’s question to Daryl when we came home from the JS Prom last Saturday (February 10). No was the quick answer, turning his head left and right in mock disapproval. Papsie did not surrender and pursue his questioning which to Daryl was another of “the darnest things”.

My son is more than a year younger than the usual age of boys in the third year high. Observing him there proved to me that he is a little ‘different’ from his classmates who tried their best to look ‘maporma’ for the girls. There was no vain attempt whatsoever from him to win any of the beautiful girls’ attention. But he was indeed very excited to look for his friends. More than anything else, he was excited about the venue. This time, he was not an old soul trapped in a young man’s body. He was an excited kid.

What is amusing about us parents is the way we treat the girls from the boys. We treat the girls most of the time with overprotectiveness, and we tend to be more trusting and lenient with the boys. I have noticed this to most fathers (and mothers, too) who seem to want to shove their sons to getting a girl, while at the same time, restricting the girls to go out with boys. Just one of my silly observations but this is quite true to some.

Now I throw the questions to the ‘boys’, were you pumped up during your prom night?