Apologizing was of course the right thing to do, but I’d also add a good explanation for why I was acting that way in the first place so that he could understand where I was coming from. Having been in dire straits due to a light failure, it’s much easier to understand why so much emphasis is placed on the flashlight.
Yeah, I wear one around my neck, have a spare battery on my keychain as well as 2 more lights hanging there. Don’t like fumbling around in the dark. Where there be rattlesnakes and scorpions and brown recluse spiders.
My 5 year old has 2 lights of his own, including a Sipik clone won here on an O-L giveaway. That one is now sporting a 14500 protected cell for maximum brightness. I got a new Solarforce L2P in the mail yesterday. Took it out of the package and Daniel was like “That light is going to make my lights jealous! They’re going to kick it’s tail for looking so beautiful!” I think he’s a flashaholic, wouldn’t you say? lol
I meant to reply to the thread when it came out, but kept avoiding a response as it hits so close too home. Not the part about your response to your son’s statement. That is completely understandable. We all do things like that and it takes courage to ask someone for forgiveness afterwords. You did the right thing.
The part that I hit me (from the perspective of my life) was why your son made the statement in the first place. I, of course, don’t know why. Nor, do I want to pry. If you are like me, you struggle with balancing your attention for you hobby with your attention to your love ones. It may be that your son was just trying to say, “Dad, I love you and want more of your attention”.
Thank you for this thread. It made me realize what I already knew but avoided. I need to shift the balance a little bit more to the loved ones. Even just a little bit can make a big difference.
My son the one who said its just a light tonight just asked me if he could have one of my C8LU3’s because he was tired of walking out in the dark in our property early in the morning on way to work, I jokingly replied why it’s just a light and we both had a good laugh! But it sounds like your son is well on his way to lots of good harmless fun and Impressing his friends with his light sabers co congratulations!
