"Deep Thoughts...by Braden"

I wish I could crawl inside a child's head and figure out why and how it thinks like it does.  The things that come out of their mouths totally blow me away.  Sometimes there's no rhyme or reason to the thoughts that pour forth from their little mouths, and yet - to them - the questions and comments make complete sense.

Take for example one conversation with Braden from just this weekend.

Braden:  Mom, are girls like cows?

Me:  Huh?  What do you mean? 

Braden:  Well, mommy cows feed their babies milk from their bodies, and human mommies feed their babies milk from their bodies, too.

Me:  Yeah, that's true.

Braden:  Then girls are like cows.

Hmmm...while he's somewhat on the right track, I take exception to being compared to a cow!

And that's not all.  Girls and children must be on his brain because the next conversation I'm about to reveal came about only a few hours later...again with no context and completely out of the blue...

Braden:  When I get married and have children, I'm never gonna take my wife out on a date.

Me:  Why not?  Don't you think your wife would like to go out to dinner with you once in a while without your children?

Braden:  Well, yeah...but don't you have to pay for someone to watch your children?

Me:  Ummm...yeah.  You have to pay a babysitter so that your children will be safe.

Braden:  Well, I'm not going to waste my money on a babysitter.  Why can't they just watch my children for free?

Me:  Because that's not the way the world works.

Braden:  Then I'm not going to take my wife out on a date.  Or, I guess my wife can pay for it.  That would work.

Me:  Okay, but I think most married couples share their money; so if your wife pays the babysitter, then you're paying the babysitter because your wife's money is your money.

Braden:  Huh?  What do you mean?

Me:  Well, when you get married, lots of times you and your wife take all of your money and all of her money and you put it in the same pot and you both use it.  You share the money.

Braden:  What?  Oh nooooooooooooo....I'm not sharing my money with a girl!

Ugghh!  Thank goodness he's only six!  This gives me plenty of time (I hope) to correct his thinking before he starts dating and expects his date to pick up the bill!  As for the whole babysitter thing, well I guess I could be persuaded to live close and help out with that little expense when the time comes.  Ha!