Bye, bye Birdie...
I love that movie. And, not just because it's a year or two older than me. I also adore Ann Margret. (This post is about sons and Dads, but allow me to expound about AM for a minute...) That woman is, always was and probably always will be gorgeous, sexy, talented, sweet...I've got her biography. Any movie I see her (or Patty Duke's) name on, I watch. Her birthday is two days (and several years) before mine. I swear, if I ever went nuts and got plastic surgery, I'd wanna look like her. The first movie I saw her in was "Bye, bye Birdie." And, before anybody gets to wondering, I also think Bobby Rydell is adorable (still) and he lives right in Philly. (Conrad, however, was a doofus.)
Anyway, there's a song in that movie, sung by Paul Lynde called, I believe, "Kids". (I also love Paul Lynde. He cracked me up when I was a kid and he was in the center square. I still watch old Hollywood Squares on the Gameshow Network.) backtothepoint...That song is what I hear in my head every time I see or think about Aaron, Eric Jr.'s best friend here...(as opposed to Jersey.)
I already wrote about their exploits during Eric Jr.'s last visit. Well, after Eric had gone home, Aaron stepped in a HUGE bucket of shit all by his lonesome. And, his foot ain't out of it, yet, as far as I'm concerned. While he was on punishment from the original incident, he decided to leave his house at 11:30pm to go to a diner with his sister. They got home at 3:30am. When he was asked if he had retained nothing from the conversation between the two kids and all the adults, including George, he replied "Yeah. I knew I'd get in more trouble, but I wanted to go anyway."
Excuse me?
What da hell is that, if it ain't one step shy of giving his father the finger right to his face? I can't believe the little shit is still alive. His Dad ain't nobody to mess with. He's a stocky little, self-employed(contractor), Harley riding Teddy Bear with a beard and a belly, just like my Dad. Except waaaay younger. I've seen him pissed off. No way in hell, do I ever want to go there. And, if he was my Dad and I was 12 years old, I'd be in awe. It would never even occur to me to do the shit that got Aaron in trouble in the first place, let alone pull the second stunt. I didn't do that kind of shit to my own Dad, either.
Until such time as I understand what was going on in what passes for Aaron's mind when he made that shitty decision, I am not too fond of him. I don't feel like I can trust him not to get Eric Jr. involved in stupid shit. It would be a little easier if Eric Jr. had ever demonstrated one iota of resistance to being led, but....that hasn't happened, yet. To my knowledge, anyway. As much as that bothers me, I think what really is pissing me off, is the utter lack of respect that Aaron showed for his Dad. I am absolutely certain that that is what pissed me off at Eric, Jr., that week. If you can treat your Dad like that, then you must not love him at all, so why don't ya just get away from him intsead of hurting him every day? Brutal, I know, but it's truely how I feel. Not that I'd do anything, but...damn. Sometimes, kids are more brutal, in their ways. My one pitiful defense for feeling that way is that, at least I'm feeling it out of love for and wanting to protect Dad. The kid is just being a selfish, thoughtless little twit. Right?
Sure as hell seems like it.
I dunno. But, I really do want to know just what Aaron was thinking when he did that. I'd also like to know how I'm supposed to be able to think that he won't do it again and involve Eric Jr. We were discussing some new farm rule one day and Aaron said to Eric Jr. "Wait, wait...did my Grandpop (the Bill who owns this farm that I constantly want to bitch-slap) say that, or just your Dad?"
Again...Excuse me?!? You can bet your sweet bippy (yes, I watch Laugh-in, too) that I jumped on that immediately and corrected it-for about an hour. Vociferously. Vehemently. Very loudly. "Just your Dad", indeed. I hear that ever again and we'll be able to add 'violently' to the list.
So, anybody got any ideas about this one? Beuller? Anyone?
Peace
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