Bears and the inconvenience of hibernation...

The Boy has acquired some odd fascination with bears. He is coming to CA for the Holidays and, when I asked what he'd like to do, he insisted that he wants to see a live bear in the wild. I curse whoever put this idea in his head because I fear I'll never hear the end of it until I feed him to a bear. When I explained that bears hibernate in winter, he felt that was pretty inconvenient and suggested I simply wake them up. Alright, babe. I'll get right on that.

Now, I'm sure he just brings it up to annoy me. He finds it humorous to antagonize me and then he claims he is doing it out of love, to stimulate my mind (that is seriously a direct quote). Smart men are a pain in the rear. However, it is easy enough to ruin his little games if I simply agree with him or respond with questions:

The Boy- "Are we going to see a bear?"

Me- "What kind of bear do you want to see?"

This requires him to think to play along, and in the end he usually gets bored and changes the subject for me. He cracks me up.

I will end with Akin's assessment of the above:

A: Like a little kid- if you don't laugh at their fart jokes,

they get bored and decide to flush stuff down the toilet
instead.