Je t’aime!
Jan 21, 2009 Family life
Yesterday, for the first time, our boy said “Je t’aime” (I love you, in French).
Ok, to be fair, I don’t think he actually understands what it means – love is, after all, a very complicated abstract concept. In the same way he learned to say “You’re welcome” instead of “Thank you” when someone gives him something, he is only repeating what he hears around him. We say “Je t’aime” to him a fair number of times every day, so sooner or later it was bound to be said back to us. And given our enthusiastic response, it should happen again.
But let’s forget all of that intelectual analysis and revel in this one important fact: yesterday, for the first time (of many, I hope), our son told Zak and I that he loves us.
January 22nd, 2009 at 1:07 am
De toute façon, tout ce qu’il apprend est conditionné par vos réponses verbales et non-verbales. Et ça forme des codes qui nous suivront toute notre vie. C’est ça, vivre en société! Le plus important, c’est que s’il le dit, c’est qu’il sait que ça vous fait plaisir, donc il vous aime… Mais ça… je pense que vous le saviez déjà!
January 26th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
T’as raison, oublie toutes ces considération et contente-toi de profiter de ce petit moment de bonheur. C’est tellement magique quand ils commencent à nous le dire!