The Duo-Selfies Discussion

"Hey, Mama... we need to talk."

"Is something wrong."

"It's these selfies... they're getting out of control....."

"What? What do you mean??"

"We... well, we don't need one every day..... ONE... every now and then... okaayyy, I can deal with that... buuuuut, it's gone a little beyond now."

"Too much?"

"Seriously, too much. We need to just cooooool things off a lil' bit."

"But, I..."

"It's aaaalll right, Mama... I still love you... You still love me..... We still love each other. It's just... we gotta slow down on the selfies... people are starting to talk..."

"But, I just really love our pictures together..."

"Shhhhhhh..... don't talk, just trust me... it's aaallll for the best..."

"No, but..."

"Are we good here?"

"You mean, except for the fact that my heart is suddenly hurting??..."

"No heart-hurting necessary. We still got the love, Mama... still got the looooove!"

"Greyhounds are so unfair... grumble, grumble....."

The Dragon Discussion

"But, Dragon keeps looking at me..."

"Just ignore him."

"I can't ignore him... he's looking right at me! He won't stop and I don't like it."

"Maybe he just wants to play with you."

"Well, IIIiiiiii don't want to play with him! Don't you even remember, Mama?? Last time we 'played'..... he burned me."

"I'm sure he didn't burn you on purpose, Day. Dragon is young and learning, just like you are. Sometimes even you play a little too rough and hurt others without meaning to because you suddenly become too overwhelmed and out-of-control with excitement."

"Well, I might be young, too... but, I still know it's not nice to burn friends..... even on accident!"

"You know what else isn't nice?

"What?"

"Holding grudges."

"I'm not holding a grudge! I'm just still full of resentment!!"

"I think my point has just been made."

"What??? Nevermind... Can you just, y'know, put him somewhere else, Mama? Like, somewhere far awaayyy from me......"

"No, I'm not going to move Dragon, Day. I think you boys should work this one out on your own. Friendships aren't always easy but you may just find that the best ones are definitely worth the work of overcoming upsets."

"Mamas are so unfair... grumble, grumble....."

The Ice Cream Discussion

"But, that's the ice cream bucket."
"Sure is."
"But, you didn't tellll me that the ice cream bucket was coming out."
"Sure didn't."
"And you just went ahead and took it out of the freezer? And you opened it?? Without even letting me help???"
"Sure did."
"But, WHHYYY would you even do that?!! You KNOW how much I love ice cream!"
"Because when I do, I end up tripping and falling... a lot.
"And it's myyyy fault that yoouuu can't handle the short walk from the big freezer to the kitchen counter without landing flat-out on the floor???"
"It is, actually."
"How do you figure that??!"
"No figuring, Day, just a simple knowingness based upon past experience. Please don't look so hurt... I wasn't trying to hide ice cream time from you, I was only trying to save myself from having to failingly maneuver my way through the guantlet-like hazards of an overly-excited, gleefully-prancing hungrily-salivating and delightfully-crying Greyhound tightly circling my legs until I fall."
"Mama, listen to yourself... 'excited, gleefully, salivating, delightfully'... ALL good things!! So, even you have to see that your argument is totally and completely just... well..... UNREASONABLE!!!"
"Here's an idea... How 'bout we just enjooyyy some ice cream together instead of worrying about hoowww the icre cream actually made it from the freezer to the counter?"
"So, I'm getting ice cream."
"Of course you're getting ice cream."
"And next time I can help with getting the ice cream out of the freezer?"
"Probably not."
"Mamas are so unfair... grumble, grumble....."

The Towel Pile Discussion

"Really?"
"Yup."
"Did you happen to notice before you jumped up, even in the slightest, what was happening here?"
"Umm... you're gonna have to be a little more specific, Mama... I'm too tired to try and read minds today."
"Two things: folding towels and making the bed."
"Actually, if we're counting... it's three things and you 'conveniently' left out the third and most important of all."
"Which is?"
"ME... tryin' to get a lil' shut-eye here!!"
"Day, you have so many spots you could be comfortably napping in right now. I mean, seriously... you really haaaad to choose the clean pile of towels that I'm right in the middle of folding??"
"Whaaat??? I'm helpiiinng....."
"How is this helping?"
"I'm keeping them warm for you, you know, so they don't wrinkle."
"More like setting wrinkles in..."
"What are you saying? Was that a quip on my physique??"
"No quip... you have an amazingly beautiful physique, Day."
"I know!"
"But could you please move that beautiful physique off of the clean towels so I can finish!??"
"I cooouuuuld......."
*sigh* "Will you?"
"Let me just think... ummm, no."
"Let ME just rephrase that... OFF the towels, Mister!"
"Mamas are so unfair... grumble, grumble....."