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Brings a whole new meaning to Christmas stocking

Nov 22, 2009 Help Me! I have a teenager

A couple weeks ago I sent Keaton and Justis a message on Facebook (’cause the way to a teenagers heart it through social media, duh!). I asked them to please send me their Christmas wishlist. But apparently deciding what you want for Christmas is long, thought provoking process because I have yet to get a response. I’m not fully understanding the hesitation. I mean, I’m 35 and I have a wish list a mile long of everything from books to a new DSLR. So this “let me think about what I want” thing has me totally baffled.

Today Justis called. I used it as an opportunity to pounce on him about his wish list. “Dude? You haven’t responded. What do you want?”

I was expecting him to ask for some really expensive gadgets like in previous years. Maybe an iPod Touch. Or a new laptop. But instead he got a little excited and said…

“Oh I really need socks.”

I was speechless. Never in a million years did I expect my 17-year-old to ask for socks. For Christmas. And be almost giddy about it.

“Um. What?!? Socks?” I asked.

“Yeah, socks. And money.”

“Really?!? Just socks? You can’t think of anything else?”

“No. Really just socks and money. Oh and maybe an Xbox 360.”

And there it was. Finally. He’s not getting an Xbox 360, but at least he asked. I was starting to worry he’d been taken over by aliens or something.

So tomorrow? Over my lunch break? I’ll be shopping for socks.

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