mamato3 all-boy boys Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Background: I'm at Applebee's eating with my family, and the children's menu asked some "Would you rather...?" questions about butterflies and caterpillars (an Eric Carle theme). This evolves into a discussion between my dh and 10yo ds and 6 yo ds: "Would you rather be on fire or be a girl?" Without hesitation both boys say "be on fire." DH: "be on fire." My dad who is eating with us: "be on fire." The Young Life area leader who is serving us our breakfast at the restaurant: "be on fire." Today, out homeschool group has a recitation. The eight boys eating ice cream post-recitation: "be on fire." A homeschooling dad: "be on fire." I'm at 100% of men who'd rather "be on fire" than be a girl.:lol: So I started asking females: "Would you rather be on fire or be a boy?" (trying to parallel the language here, since I'm asking kids and adults). I've got two female responses: "be a boy." So now I'm asking you all to ask your husbands and kids this question and respond on the poll. Curious to see if the trend continues. DH, my dad and I discussed why we're getting the answers we're getting. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyP Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 14 yo DD - be on fire 16 yo DD - be a boy, wait, which part of me? (apparently if only an appendage is on fire, she will stay a girl, if it's her whole body, she will be a boy) me - I'd be a boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 Male: Would rather be a girl, but would never ever admit that especially in front of other guys because then they might tease me about wanting to be a girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamato3 all-boy boys Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 Male: Would rather be a girl, but would never ever admit that especially in front of other guys because then they might tease me about wanting to be a girl. That's true, but that's one of the reasons we hyposized for their answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherLynn Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 My boys said BE ON FIRE but my DH said "I'd be a chick, but a very ugly one!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchfire Posted June 8, 2009 Share Posted June 8, 2009 My ds is asleep, but I can guarantee he'd say be a girl. Dd1 is also asleep; not sure which she'd say - she loves being a girl but she also hates pain! Dh said be a girl. I said be on fire. We're a very odd family. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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