Raising a Tweenager: The First Zit
My 11-year-old son has been getting the occasional pimple. Recently he passed a milestone of sorts when he asked me how to pop one.
“Oh no,” my husband interrupted. “Don’t do that. You should never pop a zit.”
Excuse me?
This from the man who has, for the last seventeen years I have known him, assembled a full battle attack on every frontal blemish as well as infrequently begging for some backne assistance? Seriously? Don’t pop a zit?
“What are you talking about?”
“I’m just saying he shouldn’t start. He’ll get addicted.”
“Like you?”
“Like me.”
“And what distress has this pimple popping habit caused you?”
“I’m just saying”
I tried to reason with my husband, tried to impress upon him the social suicide–not to mention the pain–of walking around with a huge festering and poppable boil on your face. He kept repeating his hypocritical stance.
Finally, I took my son by the hand into the bathroom where I showed him the proper technique for removing a pimple. There, I did it. Turned him on to the particular joy and accomplishment of banishing a common whitehead.
I’m really looking forward to the first blackhead extraction.
by Lela Davidson on December 29, 2009
in Rugrats, Tweens, & Other Offspring
I get a lot more satisfaction from popping zits than is healthy. I actually have nearly flawless skin (she said glowingly) so I’ve had to get my fix dealing with my husband’s and kids’ little pimple problems.
I can sympathize with your husband. I’m addicted… Just asked for help a day or two ago on one I couldn’t reach on my back.
My wife, Hevyn, is NOT a fan of popping pimples on her face or body. She swears it can damage the skin (hasn’t affected ME so far…)!
Anyway, she had a nice poppable zit a few years back and wouldn’t let me pop it for her. I begged and begged and begged. She finally relented WITH the condition that I sign an affadavit, which she wrote. Being a legal secretary, I’m pretty sure it’s a binding contract. Check it out if you get the chance.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38254605@N00/4228207080/sizes/o/in/set-72157623099974172/
Any loopholes found would be GREATLY appreciated! :)
Richie – that is FUNNY. No loopholes for you.
I’ve been known to stick a safety pin in my face every once in a while. I cannot stand to have a pulsating whitehead shouting out to the world. Luckily…I don’t seem to scar. I’d be so screwed if I did, because I am horribly addicted to picking at just about anything on my body. Yeah, I’m kinda gross :P
Aside from risk of infection, the only downside here is how close to the mirror a person gets. When my sister was a teenager there used to be a small section of the bathroom mirror that had all this… stuff… on it.