Apparently I'm not mean enough...

I love these kinds of conversations with Rix - it really shows me (and, well, you) how he thinks. He is so analytical!

It all started with the Wii. If you've ever been in our house for more than ten seconds, you know that Rix is completely obsessed with the Wii and anything that has to do with it. He is super competitive (meaning he yells and screams and groans when he loses) and if he isn't playing the Wii he is thinking about it.

Anyway, Rix got on the topic of what happens to the Wii when he goes to college. He wanted to make sure that I knew it was a possibility that he would take it to school with him. I tried to explain that by then he would probably have a cooler gaming system than the Wii, but 6-year-olds don't think that way. All he could think about was how cool the Wii is now and he was really concerned about what the (far) future held for his precious game.

I told him that since it was a family game it would probably stay here and he could play it when he visited. We talked about how he would come home for holidays (and day we don't get mail is a holiday for Rix, since he knows the mail man doesn't come on holidays. I think it's a holiday when there aren't any bills in the mail) and how maybe his children someday would think it's cool he had such a vintage gaming system.

Rix still held onto the fact that he doesn't want to separate from his Wii.

He put the facts together and decided that since the Wii was staying at my house, so was he. Including his future family. And he didn't care what his future wife said. I said to him "Rix, I monitor how long and when you play the Wii. That won't be fun when you're older! You should move out and have your own games so you can be your own boss." This sort of talk usually works with Rix. He likes being the boss. He is so my child.

Then he says "Yeah, but if I move out, who is going to watch my kids while I play? I need to live with you so you can babysit." Oh, his poor future wife. I feel for you. I really do. It looks like Rix will be living with me for the foreseen future. I need to be meaner.