Pheremone poisoning
Nov. 27th, 2011 09:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsLast night, Omaha and I went to a local pagan potluck. We took Kouryou-can with us, and I have to say that watching her interact with boys her age was a highly enlightening experience. She's completely immune to the boys in her classroom, most of which she's grown up with, but with boys she doesn't know, it's a bit shocking.
She and another girl, E., have seen each other on and off for most of their lives, as well as the boy T. But their encounters with one another have been, at most, once a month, and usually far less often. Both Kouryou-chan and E.-chan are (usually) the kind of independent, hard-working, shockingly brilliant young women that come out of private schools. In the presence of T.-kun, however, they dissolved into giggling fits of girlhood. Half their mental capacity disappeared.
I made a joke about how they were all the same age. T.-kun objected. "I am not the same age. They're twelve. I'm thirteen." I said, "Right. Mentally, all about the same age." That immediately sent the three of them roaring with laughter and indignation.
Later, E.-chan suggested I just leave the three of them alone in one of the guest bedrooms in the house. "If you think I, or your father, or his father, would leave the three of you alone in a closed room, you're crazy." At which point both Kouryou-chan and E.-chan leapt to their feet, got in my face, and told me that I was being sick and perverted. "Good," I said. "You keep thinking that way, both of you, for, oh... about the next six years."
"Yeah, right," Kouryou-chan said. "Not likely," E.-chan agreed. But they kept the door open.
It's all very disheartening to a father, in a way. I'm sure they're both smart girls still, underneath it all. But if T.-kun's pheremones affect them that strongly... Naturally, I'm a dad. I worry about these things.
She and another girl, E., have seen each other on and off for most of their lives, as well as the boy T. But their encounters with one another have been, at most, once a month, and usually far less often. Both Kouryou-chan and E.-chan are (usually) the kind of independent, hard-working, shockingly brilliant young women that come out of private schools. In the presence of T.-kun, however, they dissolved into giggling fits of girlhood. Half their mental capacity disappeared.
I made a joke about how they were all the same age. T.-kun objected. "I am not the same age. They're twelve. I'm thirteen." I said, "Right. Mentally, all about the same age." That immediately sent the three of them roaring with laughter and indignation.
Later, E.-chan suggested I just leave the three of them alone in one of the guest bedrooms in the house. "If you think I, or your father, or his father, would leave the three of you alone in a closed room, you're crazy." At which point both Kouryou-chan and E.-chan leapt to their feet, got in my face, and told me that I was being sick and perverted. "Good," I said. "You keep thinking that way, both of you, for, oh... about the next six years."
"Yeah, right," Kouryou-chan said. "Not likely," E.-chan agreed. But they kept the door open.
It's all very disheartening to a father, in a way. I'm sure they're both smart girls still, underneath it all. But if T.-kun's pheremones affect them that strongly... Naturally, I'm a dad. I worry about these things.
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I wonder if strategically-placed nose-clips...
Date: 2011-11-27 09:23 pm (UTC)And I can vouch for the intelligence-demolishing effect. At about that age, the video game Pong came out. My scores clearly indicated the proximity of pheromones.
Happily, Herself still thinks the whole notion of boys is way too gross for words, especially parental words. (This should hold for about a year and a half, if we're lucky. Six years? Not a chance. I am actively adopting Dutch standards of parenting to deal with the upcoming crisis.)
Re: I wonder if strategically-placed nose-clips...
Date: 2011-11-27 10:32 pm (UTC)Could you elaborate, please?
Other than marrying into a Dutch family
Date: 2011-11-27 11:57 pm (UTC)Re: Other than marrying into a Dutch family
Date: 2011-11-28 12:59 am (UTC)Re: Other than marrying into a Dutch family
Date: 2011-11-28 01:03 am (UTC)