Monday, January 27, 2014

I Embarrassed My Son On WiiU Chat

I walked into Tommy's room clad in my Happy Bunny pajamas. Messy hair. No bra because hello, it was night time. I said, "Make sure you put your underwear in the laundry basket this time," because he was about to take his shower. He has a habit of leaving them on the bathroom floor. I don't like touching boy underpants. If I must do it, I have to scoop them up with a t-shirt or something. I'm not putting my bare hands on boy underpants.

"MOM!" Tommy shouted, horrified.

A foreign face stared back at me from the black Wii U console. I assumed Tommy was watching YouTube videos again. But then the foreign face BLINKED. Well, his eyes, I mean. I screeched, grabbed Tommy's pillow, and held it against my chest. Not that my boobs were, you know, OUT or anything. But because, well, a strange kid was watching me and...it just felt weird.

"I'm CHATTING," Tommy said impatiently. "I told you I figured out how to chat and was going to, remember?"

Huh?

Oh. Right. He did come downstairs to tell me something. I was reading. And Tommy was prattling on about some new feature and I was...reading. I mean, if he were discussing something IMPORTANT I would have put my book down. But he was yakking about his WiiU again. He's obsessed with his video games and there's only so much I can take. So I kept reading and was going, "Uh huh," at what I thought were appropriate moments.

And now I had traumatized a strange boy who was watching me with wide eyes. I didn't want to get the kid in trouble. Suppose his parents came in to check on him and they saw me? Clad in my happy bunny PJs. Scary hair. No bra. Then his mother would go, "See? THAT'S who you must avoid online. These type of people are SICK!"

"I'll just....er...go," I said awkwardly. "I'll just..." I tripped over Tommy's Lego airplane. Pieces flew all over the place. I fell over and the poor boy's screen was filled with my Happy Bunny ass. Crap, crap, crap. "I'm sorry. I'll..." I began scooping up pieces.

"Mom! I got it! Could you go? We're talking about our Animal Crossing towns." Tommy scowled at me as I crawled around on his bedroom floor.

"Of course!" I jumped up and my knee cracked. Ouch. Dammit. "Have fun. But remember to--" I snapped my mouth shut just in time. I was about to remind him about the underwear again.

I'm glad Tommy is talking to people. He doesn't talk much at school. He doesn't have friends. He keeps to himself. This is mainly because he's socially awkward. He doesn't know what to say to his peers. He'll talk their ear off about video games but he doesn't comprehend that they like to talk about OTHER things too. With the WiiU, he's surrounded by video game enthusiasts.

Don't worry, I will monitor it. I'm not one of those parents who allow their kids to shut themselves in their rooms, much to Tommy's chagrin. I constantly pop in.

At least now he'll socialize with kids his own age.

But note to self? Stop at his door and check to see if he's chatting next time.

I promise I won't traumatize another child. (And sorry if that kid was yours. If he talks about a weird lady in Happy Bunny pajamas talking about underwear, hi, that was me. Sorry again.)

26 comments:

  1. BWAH HA HA HA HA!! I am CRYING with laughter...mostly, because I can totally see getting this exact phone call from Lisa! ;) Love it!-Ashley

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  2. hahaha!! Oh man--I can see how the kids might be traumatized...but oh how funny!

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  3. It's great he found an outlet to be sociable in! I'm sure there will come plenty a moments when I embarass my daughters in virtual land like that. Not looking forward to it:)

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  4. It's great he found an outlet to be sociable in! I'm sure there will come plenty a moments when I embarass my daughters in virtual land like that. Not looking forward to it:)

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  5. Oh man. I love it. At least you have a great story to tell :-)

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  7. Oh no! I'm sure he's forgotten all about it, though (or at least will soon). I have heard the internet has actually be really great for people who have a hard time socializing with others since you don't have to worry about interpreting body language. Glad to hear your son has found a way to connect with others!

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  8. I'm reading Quiet by Susan Cain right now, and she talks about how introverts find online socializing much less threatening and uncomfortable than IRL socializing. It makes a lot of sense.

    Funny story. Sounds like something I'd do!

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  9. Ha! That's hilarious. We coordinate a walking group for school, and I frequently have kids showing up at my door early in the morning. I look scary most of the time, I'm sure!! :)

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  10. HaHa - this was hilarious!!! Poor Tommy - the underwear thing cracked me up!!!
    Glad that he has found people with the same interests to chat with!!

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  11. hahaha that made me laugh! It could have been way worse and maybe next time he wont forget his undies just in fear you'll mention it while hes chatting lol

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  12. Wait! Tommy is socially awkward? Cause in this story...that would be you!! LOL!!

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  13. Haha! That's so funny! I think when I have kids, and they're chatting on their game systems, I will purposely embarrass them by saying weird stuff or dressing funny if it's video chat. They're definitely going to be known as the kid with the weird mom. And I will be very okay with that. :)

    Michelle
    The Girly Gamer

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  14. Oh, how funny! That sounds like something I would do, if I had kids. It's awesome that he's found such a great social outlet though--that's one of the awesome things about the internet, you can find friends with similar interests no matter where you are!

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  15. Haha, I don't think you will do any permanent damage to either child. I'm sure his mom has embarrassing pajama's too. We all do!

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  16. Hahaha! Awesome! Poor kid. I can't wait to do this to mine though.

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  17. This was too funny! Everyone looks like that at night though, it shouldn't have been to surprising to the other kid!

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  18. I thought one of the perks of having kids was that you get to embarrass them when they are teenagers. I love this story!

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  19. Ha! Poor kid. That sounds like something I would do.

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  20. trying very hard not to laugh :) Does Tommy play Minecraft? If so, I can email you my son's info so they can play together.

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  21. Bahahahahaahaaaaaaaa! No childhood would be complete without an incident like this.

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  22. Love it!!! Happy bunny pj's are better than vampire bunny pj's.

    Thanks for the laugh tonight!

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  23. HAHAHAHA This is something you would see on a sit-com. I'm so glad I read this today. I'm sure this will be me in a few years too! How old is your son?

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  24. Too funny! He'll remind you of this traumatizing moment in the future.

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  25. LMAO I needed that laugh!! (sorry!) :)

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  26. I can totally hear JDaniel and I having the same conversation in a few years.

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