A Formal Apology

Well, men, as it turns out I owe all of you an apology. For years and years I have been baffled that there are certain words in the English vernacular that when uttered cause an immediate chuckle, smirk, snort, or burst of laughter from each of you. "Really?" I've thought to myself as a boyish grin crosses my husband's face. Really? I would expect this from a twelve-year-old boy, not a grown adult. I have rolled my eyes on many an occasion as these common words slip through a normal conversation, and every man in the room snorts into his shoulder. Can't you just grow up and let that kind of humor go? Don't you realize how juvenile you appear by laughing at that? Little did I know that it is part of the Y chromosome to react in a laughing manner whenever a bodily function word is uttered. I had no idea!!

How did I figure out that men don't really have any control over their reactions to the choice words relating to bodily functions, you ask? Well, it happened just last week. It was Brenton's late night for classes, which means I put Ryan to bed myself. I was just about to give him a bath, and was pulling off his diaper when I noticed he was not finished loading it up. So I simply said, "Oh, do you need to poop?" Ryan looked at me and burst out with a giggle. Surprised, I quickly told myself, "Oh, he just thought the way I said that sentence was funny." So I tried saying a few different words, such as, "ketchup," and "pumpernickel." Zero reactions. Nothing. Then I tried funnier words like, "dribble," and "flobbywobble." Again, nothing. I resigned myself, looked straight at my son, and said, "poop." He gave a huge smile and a big chuckle. I couldn't believe it! At only five months old my little boy knew there are certain words that are just funny because he's a boy, poop being one of them. I was shocked!

So to all you men, I apologize. I didn't know that you literally have no control over laughing at these simple words. For every time I rolled my eyes at you, poked fun at your inability to compose yourselves, and even got ticked off, I'm sorry. It turns out you were right all along, and you can't help it. My apologies.