So I’m on babysitting duties for Sarah, and I’ve kept the dogs imprisoned in their kennels until now, because, well, they’re a pain in the ass. Mostly John is, because he really, really, really wants me to be his best pal, and, well, I don’t. Cat person. Not dog person.
When I chat with Sarah on the phone in the evening, I can generally hear John and papa Crunch wrestling in the background. They have this sort of moany growl that isn’t quite a growl, isn’t quite a whine, but is somewhere in between. Sarah complains constantly that they like to wrestle right under her feet.
They’re a foot away from my chair at the moment, and the only reason they’re not under my feet is because I have blocked access to under the desk.
Okay, watching Crunch chase John around the coffee table was funny.
But I still prefer cats.
The kids are old enough now, and I’ve known them long enough, and done this often enough, that bedtime was a breeze. No tears. I was shocked. And no real objections from the older boys, either. I gave them ten minutes of reading time before lights out, and that was that.
Either I’m getting better, or they are.
Yeah, I know. It’s them.
“Mostly John is, because he really, really, really wants me to be his best pal, and, well, I don’t.”
Where did you get the term ‘Best Pal’, Meryl? Is it a term you made up or is it a throw back from childhood?
I am seriously curious…
I don’t understand the fascination with cats.
I don’t know, it just came out. But I never made that term up. It’s been around way longer than I have.
Thanks. I was curious as it was the mentoring term used between the older children in my family to the younger ones.
Rick was ‘Best pals’ to Tim, Carol was ‘Best Pals to me, and Kathy was ‘Best Pals’ to Liz.
Being that it was a red letter term in my family and that you used the term, I was wondering of its origin. Thats all.
Being that I do not hear that term anywhere now, except for my family, I assume it is a cultural phenomenon that belongs to our generation and it hasn’t extended beyond that.