Things that boys do that I don't understand.

My husband and all of his friends have PlayStation 3s. Now, let me preface this by saying, no my husband is not 18, he is an adult, yes he has a job and sees the sun on a regular basis, and no he is not morbidly obese. But yes, they all have PS3s and occasionally after work gather to play C.all of D.uty Modern Wa.rfare. This activity does not look fun at all to me. The basic premise is fighting some battle or “death match” in some sort of modern city with extremely large guns. Depending on the city, the people in the game yell in other languages. To my knowledge, there’s no real “mission” per se, just kill them before they kill you. Sometimes he just plays, sometimes he plays the internet people. But it has reached a new level of weird.

I was sitting here reading blogs and then suddenly I hear a mans voice talking to The Boy. Then I hear another. Then I realize I recognize these voices. His friends (and strange internet people) have head-sets and talk to each other during this game. I’ve heard a lot of cursing, a lot of “oh Man!”s. At one point I heard, very loudly “I HOPE YOU DIE!!!!”…and then The Boy died…and said “OUCH!” Really? Ouch? Apparently it’s pretty painful to get beat by kids. (“Maaaan, some 14 year old just beat me! That’s pretty sad.” “No Husband, these are the kids who couldn’t get dates. It’s a happy thing, it’s a happy thing.”) Now, some internet guy has put his rap music up to his speaker. That has also flooded into our living room.

There’s a lot of Blood. and Cursing. and Death. I don’t understand it.

But it makes him happy and he spent the afternoon looking with me and our friends for bikes. Crazy Friend and I spent an inordinate amount of time checking out the crotch/butt padding in the triathlon pants. Who knew that people put so much effort into butt padding. I mean there was heart shaped padding, and extra-long padding and every type you could thing of. Granted, none of this padding is flattering…at all. We also showed him the sports bras at which point he smiled and about-faced. While he enjoys Crazy Friend and her spouse, I don’t know that he loves crotch padding and sports bras. While I conceded a night out at a club to a night in, he did watch Miss American and 4 Weddings with me. He deserves the PlayStation and the boys and blood, cursing and guns.

This is the bike by the way. I tried it out and it’s Ahhhmazing. It’s going to be a hindrance during the triathlon because of the suspension and the bulk, but I’ll get more use out of it. It’s going to be awesome for the Muddy Buddy. By the way, our team name is team MudPie. Any costume ideas? Like for real. We need help.

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