When Life Imitates Being a Parent
The following is an actual conversation that took place between Mr. Bogarella and myself bestowing the “fun for the whole family” virtues of the Playstation 3:
“We got to get a Playstation 3. It would be something everybody could enjoy, and its a Blueray DVD player, and we’d actually be saving a few dollars by purchasing it as part of the PS3.”
“We have a DVD player!”
“We don’t have Blueray.”
“Why do you want a PS3 so bad?”
“Steve has one.”
“And if Steve ran out and did something stupid, would you do the same thing?”
“But Ryan is getting one and Jorge is getting one!”
“You don’t need it!”
“I can’t be the only one of my friends without a Playstation 3!”
In the end, like a BAD parent, I caved. Why? Because I was sooo sick of hearing about it.
Lessons learned:
1. A PS3 will NEVER be fun for the whole family.
2. Just because an attempt will be made to get you to enjoy this system doesn’t mean it will prevent him from playing Tiger Woods 2008 for 20 hour intervals.
3. If you go out to a movie and have a really great night and expect it to end romantically, you are wrong. Mr. Blogarella has the phone in hand, and if he thinks Steve is awake, he’s calling him to challenge him for a nightcap match up.
4. The longer the boys have these devices the more brain cells they lose. Now one is accusing the other of tampering with the controller so they can’t shoot the ball strait. They both need a time out, and you’d think living an entire state away would be enough space to keep these two seperated long enough that they can behave themselves when it comes to gaming, but no.
5. Everytime he turns on the machine I hear an “I love you!” But I don’t think its directed at me. He says it is, but he’s lying.
6. Don’t ever EVER ever agree that a purchase like this can be made based on the premise of shutting somebody up. Sadly, a similar method is also how he finally got me to agree that we needed a flat screen television.
