Do you ever get that “puppy dog” look from someone? Anyone? I get it. A lot. Specifically from my favorite 3 boys.
Logan does it when he doesn’t want to do something. It is usually accompanied with whining.
Anderson does it when he wants something. It is usually accompanied with begging , pleading and bargaining.
Kevin does it all the time. When he wants something, when he doesn’t like something, when the world has wronged him, when he is deep in thought. I am convinced that he is the world’s best “puppy dog face” maker. He should give lessons to people. I think that while growing up he must have found it very effective and now is just second nature to him.
Personally, I would like it to be removed from the expression memory inside his brain and never have to see it again. For that matter- I would like it removed from all people’s expression memory. It annoys me.
Do you ever see in those movies when people get fed up with something and they envision themselves reacting in this totally outlandish and caveman like way?
I totally did that today. For a split second, when I was given the look from Spouse when I asked if he was getting sick again after returning home from the doctors with #2. He says “YES! I have been sicker than crud for days now!” and then throws the puppy dog face on and sighs as if to say “you haven’t even noticed that I am SO sick- what are you going to do to make up for it?!” To clarify: he was sick a week ago and got better-ish and now seems to be heading back down the sick road.
It was right then that I saw myself in an ape like manner running over to him, jumping on him, throwing him to the ground, ripping of that puppy dog face and stomping on it. I must have some serious pent up hostility towards the puppy dog face to envision that!! I stood there beside myself that (a) my husband thinks I don’t notice when he is sick and (b) I can’t believe that somewhere in my brain such a reaction to a puppy dog face is stored.
Maybe it is the use and abuse of the puppy dog face from my 3 favorite boys. Maybe it was sleep deprivation at its finest. Lack of chocolate. Too much chocolate. (It’s a very delicate balance, you know) Maybe it is the idea of what I thought was my husband getting better and is now starting to get sicker possibility. (Have I ever mentioned that my husband turns into a completely helpless fetus when he is sick? I feel lucky if I don’t have to hold the tissue under his nose when he needs to blow. That level of helplessness. I REALLY don’t like being his nursemaid when he is sick.)
The good news is I didn’t actually act like an ape. I giggled a little bit- which seemed to throw the puppy dog face into defensive mode and the “pig snort” was added by the spouse.
You know, the grunt type thing that happens when the puppy dog face fails. It’s the nasal version of a sigh and kind of says in its own language "Fine! Be that way!!” That’s the one I am talking about. Its next in line in the order of animal body language.
Following that comes the “herd of angry elephants stomp,” the “if I had poop I would throw it at you monkey arm cross” the “bird in a bird bath fit on the floor” where all the limbs flail about. Mostly accompanied by the “screech owl howl.”
Please tell me I am not alone. You guys all experience a little bit of the wild kingdom in your children/spouses, right?
Oh, great. It IS just me.
Logan does it when he doesn’t want to do something. It is usually accompanied with whining.
Anderson does it when he wants something. It is usually accompanied with begging , pleading and bargaining.
Kevin does it all the time. When he wants something, when he doesn’t like something, when the world has wronged him, when he is deep in thought. I am convinced that he is the world’s best “puppy dog face” maker. He should give lessons to people. I think that while growing up he must have found it very effective and now is just second nature to him.
Personally, I would like it to be removed from the expression memory inside his brain and never have to see it again. For that matter- I would like it removed from all people’s expression memory. It annoys me.
Do you ever see in those movies when people get fed up with something and they envision themselves reacting in this totally outlandish and caveman like way?
I totally did that today. For a split second, when I was given the look from Spouse when I asked if he was getting sick again after returning home from the doctors with #2. He says “YES! I have been sicker than crud for days now!” and then throws the puppy dog face on and sighs as if to say “you haven’t even noticed that I am SO sick- what are you going to do to make up for it?!” To clarify: he was sick a week ago and got better-ish and now seems to be heading back down the sick road.
It was right then that I saw myself in an ape like manner running over to him, jumping on him, throwing him to the ground, ripping of that puppy dog face and stomping on it. I must have some serious pent up hostility towards the puppy dog face to envision that!! I stood there beside myself that (a) my husband thinks I don’t notice when he is sick and (b) I can’t believe that somewhere in my brain such a reaction to a puppy dog face is stored.
Maybe it is the use and abuse of the puppy dog face from my 3 favorite boys. Maybe it was sleep deprivation at its finest. Lack of chocolate. Too much chocolate. (It’s a very delicate balance, you know) Maybe it is the idea of what I thought was my husband getting better and is now starting to get sicker possibility. (Have I ever mentioned that my husband turns into a completely helpless fetus when he is sick? I feel lucky if I don’t have to hold the tissue under his nose when he needs to blow. That level of helplessness. I REALLY don’t like being his nursemaid when he is sick.)
The good news is I didn’t actually act like an ape. I giggled a little bit- which seemed to throw the puppy dog face into defensive mode and the “pig snort” was added by the spouse.
You know, the grunt type thing that happens when the puppy dog face fails. It’s the nasal version of a sigh and kind of says in its own language "Fine! Be that way!!” That’s the one I am talking about. Its next in line in the order of animal body language.
Following that comes the “herd of angry elephants stomp,” the “if I had poop I would throw it at you monkey arm cross” the “bird in a bird bath fit on the floor” where all the limbs flail about. Mostly accompanied by the “screech owl howl.”
Please tell me I am not alone. You guys all experience a little bit of the wild kingdom in your children/spouses, right?
Oh, great. It IS just me.
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