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Ok so let's cut right to the heart of it.
Girls ask for things that they don't really want they may think that they want them, but they don't really want them. Or more specifically, they don't want the reality that goes along with them.
Take ponies, What women really want is a flying unicorn however since those don't exist yet what they will settle for is a pony. But they don't really want a
real pony.
Real ponies require hard work. Lots of ***shoveling and back breaking labor, then the pony gets moody and kicks her in the shin for no reason...so yes all of the promises to take care of the pony forever last about fifteen minutes.
no... what they want is a magical charm around their necks that when they blow it a magical flying unicorn appears and whisks them off to rainbow princess happy farm where animals never poop, they all smell like wild flowers and they do whatever the girl wants.
but since rainbow farm doesn't exist they all want to live on a farm filled with puppies and kittens...
except they don't want to live on a
real farm that smells like ***is constantly dirty and animals routinely die... and it's far away from the mall and their favorite sushi place.
Happily Ever After - Blame Walt Disney and their Daddy
It's our fault as fathers. We try to construct an elaborate and impossible set of hurdles to protect our daughters from smelly boys.... Prince Charming, Magic Castles, Stables full of Flying Unicorns, Barns full of cuddly animals, rooms full of puppies and kitties, servants that cater to your every whim...a life filled with tea parties and cotillions...
PARKER /waltz around the room to the music
Nikolce /conductor hands
Hoppy doesn't really want a
real trivia game. She wants a fantasy one. She doesn't want to run it nor moderate it nor organize it nor develop it or even be expected to participate regularly
she wanted to
play it a couple weeks ago when she mentioned it and five bucks says she had her beau take her to a sports bar for video trivia to get it out of her system back then and she got bored in ten minutes.
but the moment has passed. just
let it go rooks.
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you don't just need a trivia game, you need the trivia game hoppy wanted to play with all the people she wants to play with, and all the questions she knows all the answers to and all of us to be giddy with joy while she wins and you would need a time machine to make it all happen when she wanted it back then.
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The next best thing...
ok so I will let you in on a secret. One of the greatest secrets of all time. the next best thing to a magical flying unicorn is not a pony, it's a horseback ride through the country and if you can't afford that, buy her a stuffed winged unicorn and MOST IMPORTANTLY indulge her in her fantasy for a little while.
The dream (you can't reach) - Magical fling unicorn
The dream they settle for / want instead- Pony
The next best thing - horse ride
The next next best thing - pony toy
What they actually want -
Attention
really they just want their dad or the man in their life to tell them their ideas are great and spend a little time with them in magical rainbow unicorn pony farm