The other day I asked Luke to fold towels. He does this instead of folding his clothes, which he steadily insists he does not know how to do. I let him fold towels instead of arguing.
Usually he spends most of his folding time telling me about how tired he is, and how he doesn't like to do work, and how he just can't do jobs today, and then he spends a few minutes folding like mad when his sisters are almost done. Today, however, he folded cheerfully. The difference? He folded the towels into triangle shapes instead of squares.
He explained that this method of folding was from North Carolina before I was born (he implied that it was from prehistoric times, but I don't remember exactly what he said...) He tried to get me to fold my things into triangles. He was generally so pleased with himself for having found a superior method that he was cheerful and happy the whole time, even when I tried to get him to fold the towels into squares so they would fit better on the shelves.
I think he just likes to go against the grain, and doing things his own way makes him happy. Guess which side of the family he gets that from?
Usually he spends most of his folding time telling me about how tired he is, and how he doesn't like to do work, and how he just can't do jobs today, and then he spends a few minutes folding like mad when his sisters are almost done. Today, however, he folded cheerfully. The difference? He folded the towels into triangle shapes instead of squares.
He explained that this method of folding was from North Carolina before I was born (he implied that it was from prehistoric times, but I don't remember exactly what he said...) He tried to get me to fold my things into triangles. He was generally so pleased with himself for having found a superior method that he was cheerful and happy the whole time, even when I tried to get him to fold the towels into squares so they would fit better on the shelves.
I think he just likes to go against the grain, and doing things his own way makes him happy. Guess which side of the family he gets that from?
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