Tonight my daughter asked me if she could take horse riding lessons.
"No." I told her.
"But why?!?!" she pleaded/whined as only a 7 year old girl can.
"Because you need to learn to swim and then you can take Tae Kwon Do lessons and Piano lessons." I told her, going through the list of things she MUST LEARN because she had the misfortune to be born to me.
"BUT NONE OF THOSE THINGS TEACH ME HOW TO RIDE A HORSE!" she argued.
My husband and I both laughed.
"I think you're missing her point." my husband told her.
Piano, if you don't love it, is a special kind of torture. I took lessons for 7 years. I'm incredibly talented apparently.
I hate it and refuse to play anything except Christmas carols and only with my right hand.
Posted by: Random | February 28, 2013 at 09:11 AM
I was forced to take piano lessons for 12 years. My older brother was the gifted on in that department. Did my parents care? No. When they were trying to sell the old piano a couple years ago, I considered buying it for firewood.
Posted by: Therese | February 28, 2013 at 09:30 AM
she was still thinking about the riding lessons...she block out everything else out..
Posted by: D H ARZA | February 28, 2013 at 01:10 PM
But she has to learn to ride that pony you're going to get her for the next birthday.
Posted by: joeinvegas | February 28, 2013 at 01:22 PM
Ah the dreaded piano lesson.... if only I had persevered. Would love to be able to play now! But I can still ride a horse. Those lessons were so much more worth the money!
Posted by: Beduwen | March 01, 2013 at 11:43 AM