We are trying to get Re'Sean into the habit of turning to the dictionary whenever he encounters new words, or words he couldn't quite spell right. The husband happens to have this propensity for using seemingly archaic words in our conversations that leaves Re'Sean scratching his head.
This past weekend, we had a friendly debate about how (I feel) men should continue to do spontaneous, romantic little things for their wives as if they're still dating. Kevin's other semi-endearing, albeit irritating trait is that he takes the anti-thesis of your argument and then adds that unmistakable male swagger just to get on your nerves.
So what does he have to say about continued courtship? "Baby, I have already wooed you. In fact, the wooing part was terminated the moment you slipped that ring in your finger," he replied with mock arrogance. Pinch. Push. Punch. Then Re'Sean asked, "What is 'wooed'?" "Look it up," ordered his dad.
Ten minutes later, Re'Sean comes back with the definition, which contained the words "affection" and "marriage." Judging by the blank look on his face, that didn't help. So I tried to break down the meaning to him in the simplest possible terms - to woo is to get a person's attention to like you.
"Oh, you mean to make the moves on someone?" he excitedly jumped in, as if the proverbial light bulb had just been turned on.
Yes, that too, Re'Sean.