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Do all 8 year old boys chat nonsense? A lot ! When do they improve to be able to have an interesting convo

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LovelyYellowLabrador · 05/08/2022 13:29

It’s usually would you rather be able to fly or hop really high

would you rather be Batman or Spider-Man

I’m really stressed as i don’t know what ice cream to pick 😏

back to what is this path made of ?
whats tarmac ?
can we exist on earth if the moon didn’t exist
( how the hell would I know !)

x a million very day !!

i do love him dearly though !

OP posts:
JS87 · 05/08/2022 14:05

No-one has mentioned minecraft, fortnite or youtubers yet! Despite being told an awful lot about minecraft over the course of several years I still understand very little about it.

beeswa · 05/08/2022 14:06

MinnieMountain · 05/08/2022 14:02

Would you rather… (insert entirely random scenario)?

All the time .

Georgeskitchen · 05/08/2022 14:08

Definitely normal behaviour!!
Would you rather be a giraffe or a tortoise?
Would you rather smell of pooh or wee?
No teeth or no hair?
And on and on and on it goes🤣
Wait till around late teens/early 20s for a more grown up convo 🤣🤣

FuglyHouse · 05/08/2022 14:10

I walked past a woman who was discussing her "third favourite whale" with her child. It brought back happy memories!

NooNakedJacuzziness · 05/08/2022 14:22

Aw sounds cute. We just have dull conversations about what shall we have for tea and who's doing the washing up (child free household). No one's interested in my third favourite whale 😫

HorseInTheHouse · 05/08/2022 14:26

NooNakedJacuzziness · 05/08/2022 14:22

Aw sounds cute. We just have dull conversations about what shall we have for tea and who's doing the washing up (child free household). No one's interested in my third favourite whale 😫

Nothing to stop you asking your partner what their third favourite whale is. Then you can announce yours! Or ask your partner to guess!

inappropriateraspberry · 05/08/2022 14:26

I also have a 7yo daughter, but her conversations are mainly around Disney princesses and Lego friends! A lot more boring than OP's!

hagelslaagfiend · 05/08/2022 14:27

Not by 12. Most conversations are legend of Zelda breath of the wild based in our house.

Saisong · 05/08/2022 14:30

My now 12yo (but it has been going on for a looong time) seems to have a touching faith in my ability to know just about anything. Most of his conversation starters go "Mum <pause> do some people ... then comes a completely random, apropos of nothing, question about being able to lick eyeballs, commit dastardly crimes, survive catastrophes, eat various poisons ...
His faith in me is touching, despite there often being very little evidence that I (or anyone else for that matter) will be able to give a rational answer! It also winds DH up just ever so slightly that he is not asked for his opinion, at least in the first instance.

shinynewapple22 · 05/08/2022 14:32

1VY · 05/08/2022 13:33

when are they able to have an interesting conversation?

it depends. My 16 is there now. I’m still waiting with my 18 year old.

Ha ha - I was going to say about 19!

SisyphusDad · 05/08/2022 14:46

Currently on holiday with my DSs, 16 and 18. They do this all through dinner. The younger one likes to start from the position that black is white and dares either of us to disagree with him. It makes for - um - interesting conversations.

BabyChickenHead · 05/08/2022 14:48

These are all questions my 36 year old husband asks me

DoNutSweatTheSmallStuff · 05/08/2022 14:51

Yes! This is my 9 year old!

Recently I got asked which one of the family I'd pick if one of us HAD to be thrown into a volcano...!?!

Needmorelego · 05/08/2022 15:00

@beeswa I actually do have a favourite road sign. It's one we pass on a bus when visiting relatives.
"Badgers Crossing"

VegetablesAreMyFriends · 05/08/2022 15:19

My 12 year old has been there for a couple of years now. He's great company.
My 17 year old - I'm still waiting. I think it'll be 25 for him.

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LovelyYellowLabrador · 05/08/2022 15:26

You guys have blogged me a bloody good laugh !!!
im actually going to use some of these in him !!
evil laugh !!
starting with what’s your second favourite
road sign !!

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LovelyYellowLabrador · 05/08/2022 15:27

Given me ! Not blogged me !

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lakedistricthillwalker · 05/08/2022 15:33

My darling niece is like this, I take her every now and again to give her parents peace. 'What's your top three favourite dangerous insects that you wouldn't want to be locked in a room with?'

Brogues · 05/08/2022 16:45

Yes, 8yr old DS in a restaurant last week - do you know what trophallaxis means mummy? I did not!

beeswa · 05/08/2022 19:44

Needmorelego · 05/08/2022 15:00

@beeswa I actually do have a favourite road sign. It's one we pass on a bus when visiting relatives.
"Badgers Crossing"

Smile.. my favourite is the duck crossing sign , however he asked for my second favourite , I still havnt got answer for that one .

mibbelucieachwell · 05/08/2022 19:52

How fast can dogs run?

Yes but how fast?

fedupfrazzled · 05/08/2022 19:54

Why is everything a competition?

Who would win out of...

Would you rather....

What are your top ten favourite...

Needmorelego · 05/08/2022 20:00

@beeswa oh second favourite....ooh that's a tough question indeed 😂

MacaroniBaloney · 05/08/2022 20:10

'In Minecraft....'

And I'd plaster on a fake interested face.

GoldPig · 05/08/2022 20:22

all the ‘would you rathers’ used to drive me nuts. Now he’s 15 and I can barely squeeze three words out of him. Until bed time that is. Then we get the monologue of grand life schemes.