This Woman’s Work

Louise Finch - 8 Mar 18

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This Woman’s work

Women’s international day they said…well, not in our house pal. 😏

Our house in the middle of our street is a house occupied by 3 males…and me.

To be fair, the noise, energy & smells are bordering on international… they certainly warrant their own passport. Foreign bodies in this girls world.

Its three against one and so ‘this woman’ needs to be three steps ahead at all times.

Don’t get me wrong, I love boys. I mean…I love them.
I love hanging out with boys, I love their company, their humour, their simplicity, their logic, their flirting, their silliness, their competitive nature. I love them.

I also love (having) my own little boys… Boys are renowned for being cuddly and they are a million miles an hour of non stop fun…BUT, you need your wits about you and a 2 for one deal on Valium and Hendricks at all times!!

I must confess, I always imagined myself having girls. Ballet, barbie’s, tutu’s and wedding dresses but I have two boys and as it turns out I love football, wrestling and having Lego cars rolled over my face… who knew????!!

I’ve lived with boys many times ( family natch ) but also as a student, sharing strange homes with strange boys and their even stranger habits.

The boys that didn’t possess a single pot or pan in 4yrs or didn’t change their sheets all term. The rare boy who’s mum had given him a last ditch survival guide on how to throw together Tuna – pasta ( ‘hello dolmio, old friend old pal’) and how to stick a wash on.

These strange and wonderful boys would then take up enormous amounts of space on the sofa. Legs and arms splayed wide with entitlement, watching tv with one hand roaming idly down the front of their own sweat pants …as if stroking the old family pet 🌵 ( Who says men can’t multi task?)
‘It’s comforting’ They would shrug nonchalantly by way of explanation . Boy logic…simples.

Their rooms would omit a somewhat unidentifiable smell…you couldn’t quite put your finger on it but perhaps one of them just had 🤔 The smell of…boy.

Now, as I live with my big man and two little men…I regularly book in much needed girl time to prevent me syncing up with the boys and just in case we all start growing beards at the same time each month 😳

Pointlessly I fluff the cushions three times a day or introduce a pink hue to the otherwise dove grey, man cave.

This boy-home that knows ( not) the meaning or presence of the ‘C’ word…because passive activities such as ‘colouring in’ have no place here In our home…in our lives!!!!! 🙆🏾

Sit still???…. I don’t think so..It’s fight night!

So I surrender, slam another testosterone patch on my upper arm, scratch my virtual balls and join the scrum.

The first rule of fight club is …there are no rules and the current obsession at chez Finch is for Old Skool Classic, ROCKY. It’s now my specialist subject and yes Magnus Magnusson I can pretty much quote all six movies.

You will find me on any given night ( as I stir dolmio at the stove ) …wearing something very feminine in protest, shouting over to the kids in my finest, fake Russian accent,
‘If eee dies….eee dies’ 👊🏽

‘Mummy …I will be Rocky and you can be Adrienne’ shouts my little one, bouncing into the kitchen and sending me flying, face down into the John West with a sharp right hook on my backside.

‘No waaaaay ‘ I say, pulling the tin off my face and sticking the big gloves on…
‘I want to be Apollo Creed…or else I’m not playing’

‘Fine’ he sighs …😏

In fact, I’m so indoctrinated with testosterone that I catch myself trying to protect my imaginary Schlong with my left glove as I duck and weave through the strewn, pretty cushions…fighting the natural urge to ‘re-fluff’ them mid take -down.

Sooo, with a heavy heart ( full of love) and the merest hint of a genetically modified Adam’s apple …I ask my boys this Mother’s Day to let me be a girl…even just for a day. Think woman….Think international…what do you get…holiday 🤔😎✈️ 💃🏻 💕

Lou Finch
41 3/4 ( always)
Xxx 💋

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Louise Finch

I am a 42 year old mummy of two boys ( 12 & 7) I used to be a Booker with Elite Models but set up my own business 'style philosophy' - personal shopping & styling to fit around my youngest little boy who has cystic fibrosis. I have started climbing mountains like a crazy woman to raise money to support CF to help my little man who climbs his own mountain daily. Currently I am lecturing at The London College of Style and began writing a comedy blog about 9mths ago which I absolutely love doing and really just hope it gives you all a good old laugh. Lou xxxx

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