K is for Karma

You know the saying, “I hope you have a kid JUST like you someday …”

Well thankfully, I don’t.

Wait.

That’s not entirely true – Dude is like me, only a watered-down version of me. For example, he’s stubborn. He’s obstinate. He’s moody. He’s quick to anger. He has a potty mouth when he’s upset. (Which he TOTALLY gets from me. *ahem*). He’s a total geek. He doesn’t have a lot of friends. He doesn’t WANT a lot of friends. He’s a homebody. He’s a thinker. He’s creative, in quiet ways. He can be a jerk sometimes. He can be quite loveable sometimes. He’s smart. He’s aggressive. He’s no nonsense …

Well geez, I guess the kid IS a lot like me. Which probably explains why we butt heads all the time.

Dude and I can’t be in the same room when we’re angry at each other. It gets violent. It’s mostly verbal violence – I say things I regret, he hurts my feelings with some of the things he says to me.

So yeah. My oldest son and I are quite a lot alike, actually. And I guess he’s given me a lot of grief over the years because of that fact. Not NEARLY on the same level as the grief I gave MY parents growing up, but enough for me to say, yeah, karma tapped me on the shoulder and gave me a child a lot like me and oh boy my parents are probably smiling right about now.

But we’re not bad people, Dude and I – we’re just not always easy to be around. (Just ask Kevin). Dude and I are hard people (though I’m way harder and way more obstinate). We’re tough nuts to crack, I guess you could say.

But for all of our disagreements and head butting, I wouldn’t trade the kid for anything in the world. He’s part of me. He’s me, only WAY better.

So though karma tried to kick my butt, I fought back … and won, I think.

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