Young people!

Ever time I have seen my son wrestle has been in a tournament. Tonight, I watched him wrestle in a dual meet for the first time. A dual meet is one school vs. another. 

He won his match but he didn’t wrestle all that well. It is obvious that he has improved since the last time that I saw him before Christmas. However, he was huffing and puffing.

After the meet, I asked him why HE thought he was so weak. I had expressed my opinion in the form of a prediction three days before the match so I kept quiet.

It was interesting to watch what happened next. He actually tried to answer me without opening his mouth. Wounded ego can have that effect.

“I guess it was from cutting weight.”

It was as if his lips were stuck together, not unlike when Agent Smith is beginning to interrogate Mr. Andersen (Neo) in the movie “The Matrix”.

Why don’t young people listen to older people??? They think that we are stupid! But we’re not! We were…

back when we were young people.

And then we got older and realized that we were stupid and so we became wiser and now we are trying to help you. But they are still young! And therefore, they are still…well…you know…

“Sooooo liiisssstennnn to meeeee! I am trying to help yoouuuu!!!”

Why am I on this little rant? Thank you for asking.

My son has decided that he has to rediscover all of the dietary laws for himself. What do I mean by that?

For several days after Christmas, he stuffed himself on everyone’s favorite health food…potato chips! (If you haven’t read the post about God, Satan and food, please do. It is hilarious. Potato chips show up in the eighth paragraph.)

Then, after his first post-Christmas practice, came home and announced that saturated fats really hinder your performance!

“You’re kidding me! Did you discover that ALL by yourself? WOW! Son, thanks for telling me.”

So, his latest dietary hypothesis has been that he wrestles better when he gorges on food between matches and then radically cuts weight a few days before. And I have to give him credit, he has proven that he can lose weight quickly and very predictably. In fact, he lost 10 pounds in two days before tonight’s match…

and he was weak.

So, his theory has been disproven. He has REDISCOVERED what his mother and I have already known and have been trying to tell him. But, alas, he had to discover it for himself.

I think I agree with the grumpy old man on the porch in It’s a Wonderful Life who said, \”Aw, youth is wasted on the wrong people!\”