Do Boys Grow Up?

@paigea (36316)
Canada
December 26, 2020 3:04pm CST
Hubby and I went skating this morning. We had the rink to ourselves which is lovely. Of course skating laps is boring for Hubby. He was shooting pucks at the nets. He kept shooting pucks near me as I skated. Very annoying. I have asked him not to do it many times. So, I skated to the puck and put it in my pocket. I told him that if this was school, the puck would stay in my pocket for the rest of recess. I thought that was a joking way to say his behaviour was childish. And annoying! Did not work. He just kept doing it. And he can not grasp that it is annoying! Finally, in an effort to annoy him, I pushed the nets around the rink so he had to replace them. So, do boys ever grow up? He is 77. EDIT Hmmm, while I was out yesterday, he went skating without me!
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
26 Dec 20
That would annoy me with enough is enough. Too bad your school teacher trick didn't work. I can't use that trick on my husband, because he was a teacher when her first began his career. No, boys don't ever grow up. We must learn to live with it or kill them.
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@DianneN (247186)
• United States
26 Dec 20
@paigea The Forester Sisters!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
26 Dec 20
@DianneN I always thought that was a fun song!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
26 Dec 20
You can't live with 'em and you just can't shoot 'em. Men! I'm talkin' 'bout men Who sang that?
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• United States
26 Dec 20
It sounds like he's gotten into his selective hearing phase. Ya know, the one where we KNOW the man heard us, but he acts like he didn't.. To answer your question... No, boys never grow up!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
26 Dec 20
I was afraid of that!
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• United States
26 Dec 20
@paigea Wish men came with an owner's manual or something!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
26 Dec 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I suppose they could say the same thing.
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@DaddyEvil (137461)
• United States
26 Dec 20
Oh, goodness! That sounds like a lot of fun! I wish I had been there, paigea! Uhm... no, men don't ever "grow up". We grow out, old and grumpy...
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@DaddyEvil (137461)
• United States
27 Dec 20
@paigea Well, I haven't gotten to the grumpy stage, myself... *grinning and giggling*
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Dec 20
I am not yet grumpy.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
27 Dec 20
Oh no. Grumpy old men are the worst!
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Dec 20
I'm glad he still enjoys his hockey.
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@vandana7 (100526)
• India
27 Dec 20
What is it about American guys - you all are kinda physically grown ups, but mentally ...sigh.
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
29 Dec 20
@vandana7 Ahem. They're from Canada. If Trump builds another wall, maybe we can stop the illegal immigration of those crafty Canadians.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
29 Dec 20
He does enjoy it so much. Until Covid, he was living his childhood dream playing shinny 5 days a week!
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Dec 20
If I tell my husband something annoys me, he says 'That's your problem, not mine!' He does it even more, trying my patients. 'NO!' Most boys never grow up.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
26 Dec 20
Well, that is not what I want to hear!. Sounds exactly like what he was doing. And really, he thought I should find it fun.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
26 Dec 20
@kobesbuddy Not cute, but coffee in bed every day is lovely!
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Dec 20
@paigea Some of the things they do, are suppose to be 'cute!' But who ends up getting hurt? You or me!
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
26 Dec 20
None of us have to really grow up. Have fun!
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@TheHorse (220068)
• Walnut Creek, California
27 Dec 20
Hah! Good point.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
27 Dec 20
I suppose, we should remember how to be silly.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Dec 20
@paigea Life is too short not to!
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@vandana7 (100526)
• India
27 Dec 20
American guys never do. I have known Indian men to be grown ups, but my father does not qualify.
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@vandana7 (100526)
• India
29 Dec 20
@paigea From what you have mentioned, I can only sympathize with you. The honest answer is...the mutation which makes men immature has reached Canada.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
29 Dec 20
Hmmm, so there might be hope for my Canadian guy?
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
29 Dec 20
@vandana7 Sad, but true
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@rebelann (112959)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Dec 20
Oh sure, many of them grow up to be 6' or taller but not many mature all that much.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
27 Dec 20
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• United States
27 Dec 20
sounds like a most 'njoyable time together, e'en if'n ya got a lil miffed with him. he 'twas jest tryin' to've a bit 'f fun. grow'p? i know a few who've done such...
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
29 Dec 20
Too bad Hubby and I have different ideas of fun
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• Midland, Michigan
26 Dec 20
I guess they don't our at least some don't. Are you a considerable amount of years younger than him then? I'm impressed that he still skis.
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• Midland, Michigan
26 Dec 20
@paigea then your about my age. I'm five and a half years older than me husband and in better health.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
26 Dec 20
I am 10 years younger. He impresses me too. Really he is still in better shape than I am in many ways. I hope we get to ski this year as we didn't last year and it will start to seem hard to take up again. Hopefully skating, cross country skating, and snowshoeing will keep me going.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
26 Dec 20
@MarshaMusselman age is only a number.
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@Fleura (30539)
• United Kingdom
26 Dec 20
Take comfort in the thought that staying young at heart is good for his health : ) At least he doesn't make a big joke out of farting any more - or does he??
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@vandana7 (100526)
• India
27 Dec 20
Point is whose health...LOL
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@vandana7 (100526)
• India
27 Dec 20
@paigea You got that one perfectly.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
27 Dec 20
Oh my, don't get me started! Old men certainly don't fart less
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@andriaperry (117130)
• Anniston, Alabama
28 Dec 20
No
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
29 Dec 20
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@Hytton03 (5451)
• Philippines
26 Dec 20
Haha. Yeah boys like that. Like my husband He really loves to annoys me, like when I'm busy using a computer and do something that i need to be serious my husband keep disturbing me and i said stop I'm answering a questions he laughing and keep disturbing me then when I'm done i annoys him when i see him busy for a revenge haha.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
27 Dec 20
Yes, revenge can be fun.
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@Hytton03 (5451)
• Philippines
28 Dec 20
@paigea yeah
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@Giannna (1040)
• Novi Sad, Serbia
26 Dec 20
Never ever!!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
26 Dec 20
Oh no! I had hope!
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@Giannna (1040)
• Novi Sad, Serbia
26 Dec 20
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@AmbiePam (93738)
• United States
26 Dec 20
It's funny how guys never fully mature.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
27 Dec 20
Funny.
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• Pamplona, Spain
10 Jan 21
It can be annoying for him to keep doing that and sorry your teacher thing did not work. Boys never grow up no.
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• Pamplona, Spain
11 Jan 21
@paigea I have a brother that has never grown up either.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
10 Jan 21
I was hoping to hear that they do finally grow up
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
12 Jan 21
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@much2say (55901)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Jan 21
Hockey boys do their hockey thang on the ice - they can't help themselves . If you take the puck away, they will find some other way to be annoying. Oh I miss skating!!
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@much2say (55901)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Jan 21
@paigea True! Oh, I just saw your EDIT !
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
10 Jan 21
They can always find a way. Go skating!
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
15 Jan 21
@kaylachan (71519)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Dec 20
In his case, I guess not. Some guys can be real childish.
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
27 Dec 20
Yup.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
26 Dec 20
My husband and 2 sons would never just skate either,too boring
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
27 Dec 20
I get that, but leave me to skate in peace.
@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
28 Dec 20
Sorry you're talking some terns here which as a layman like me couldn't understand. What's a puck?
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
4 Jan 21
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@paigea (36316)
• Canada
28 Dec 20
A hockey puck is a hard rubber disk. It is "shot" into a net with a hockey stick.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
4 Jan 21
@paigea I have seen it. Thanks for pointing that out.
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