Ben as a Boyfriend

Ben is a late bloomer in the girlfriend department. He has his first real girlfriend now, and as Evidence, there is a pale aqua stuffed animal on his bed. Also, he cleans his room occasionally now.

His new girlfriend is a very likable knitter. She and I launch into knittalk while Ben smiles patiently in the background. Patience is something that Ben has been developing slowly, sometimes VERY slowly, since his childhood, and I always wondered how girltalk would tax his patience, given that his favorite topics of conversation are video games, anime, history, and military history. Oh, and Cuisine, which is a good thing because his girlfriend is Vegan. But I hear them chatting, as she talks the usual girl thing about people, what they do, how odd they are, what their pyschological issues are, and he makes intelligent responses.

Women indeed are a civilizing influence.

Ben has even become interested in the world of knitting, though we can’t push it too far. He’s proud of his girlfriend’s accomplishments. (To see her knitted objects for sale online, go to http://www.etsy.com and search for knitNfrog. Ben bought from her and gave me a beaufiful soft brown scarf with embroidered dragonflies on the ends. I love it.)

She has in turn gotten from him a fondness for anime and grade B (or C) movies.