I think it’s a factor of both her age and personality, but Big Sis asks lots of questions. Generally, these range from the biological to the metaphysical. Here is a sample from the last 24 hours:
- What do muscles look like?
- Where does the wind come from?
- What is skin for?
- Where were all the people when there were dinosaurs?
- Is my brain round?
- What happens if you mix purple and green?
- What makes you grow old?
- What’s this bone called (holding a random part of the body)?
- Why do babies come out of bottoms?
- What is your elbow for?
- What does Friday look like?
- Will we live forever?
The last one in particular gets asked about 10 times every day. It appears that I’m not giving her the answer she is looking for - and she keeps trying, looking for a discrepancy.
My answer goes along these lines :
“(Begins with an inward sigh) - Well honey, we will all die one day. But, probably not until we are really, really old which is a long time away - so you don’t have to worry about it now!”
She goes quiet and mulls this over, only to raise it again a few hours later.
Today it was somewhat different. Big Sis, out of the blue, stated quite clearly that:
“We will live forever, Daddy said so!”
I immediately called DSO at work and he confirmed that upon the 5th asking last Sunday, when he had been trying to get something done (put up some shelves I think - please see post about jobs list), he had responded in exasperation, with:
“Yes, Yes honey - whatever!”
I went back to Big Sis and explained that Daddy was rethinking his position and that they would discuss it further tonight. She immediately came back with her own solution:
“Okay Mummy, this is what happens - we live forever and ever and ever, and then, after that, we die!”
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