Mayhem Sportz was their destination last Friday night. My two boys, aged 18 and 16 went and played paintball overnight with a bunch of guys from their youth group. (Well, technically it was reballing which is like paintballing without the paint.) They had a good time, though they decided that overnight wasn't the optimum way to experience paintballing - a bunch of tired and cranky (or wired and hyper) teenagers with guns can be a bit harrowing. Even if they are just paintball guns.
But really I wanted to tell you about their welts. They love to come home and show them to us. The ones where they have been "bunkered" at close range are the ones of which they are especially proud. This part of the boys is frankly a mystery to me - as is wanting to go somewhere with your friends and inflict harm on them as a way to have fun. But they sure do enjoy it.
2 comments:
Joyce not that you wouldn't understand but one of the boys favorite things to do is to show of their war injuries from sports. I have to admit I would come home from some activity and show it to my ex wife and she would say that's gross. I remember when a friend disclocated his finger we all stood around staring at it saying it was gross before we straightened it out (the whole time he's in pain).
It's ironic how different people can be. I'd have looked at your friend's dislocated finger and probably passed out! Then you could have all stood around looking at me and saying "nah, that's not very gross" for a bit before heading off for the smelling salts! :-)
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