Seeing that I hang out around a lot of moms, I've gotten to know some of them. When ever there is nice weather, they always comment on how happy I must be. It's as if everyone knows how much I love the heat. Today was the warmest yet and everyone was talking about it. The third floor of the house was actually hot and I needed to open the windows. Everyone also comments on how it's never this warm and nice. Apparently, I picked the right year to live in France, because if this was mild, I can't handle real cold.
The kids all came home at different times, which meant each of them was in the kitchen getting snacks at different times. When this happens, I usually end up in a conversation with them for varying lengths of time. The 13 year old boy is known to be very quiet. He gives one word answers and sometimes doesn't feel the need to respond verbally at all. But when it's just the two of us in the kitchen, he usually talks freely. The mom also told me he's quiet talkative outside the house, which is the opposite of most shy people I would think. At dinner the girls started in on him again for this and that and made a comment about the silence. He sat there not saying a word when I finally said "he talks plenty, but the way you two argue, I wouldn't say anything either". I wasn't sure how we'd take it, but he gave a nod of agreement. Apparently I know a thing or two about shy younger brothers.
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