I Hate Uncle Preston

Just the other day, I was taking a dip with my two nephews in the pool outside. They have kind of become my new crew that I tend to hang out with, which works out great because I have no friends and since they are so young they think I am super dope because I hang out with them all the time. We were enjoying the splendid afternoon together talking about manly things like wars, women and the frustration of the dewey decimal system. My nephew James (the one featured in the picture) often gets a kick out of taunting and calling me inappropriate names while his parents aren't around. I know he is just buddying around, but I made the rash decision to pick him up and throw him into the pool. Lifting him up and throwing him in the pool was a piece of cake since I've got a bowflex up in my new place and I have basically gotten huge using it. Unfortunately upon surfacing from the depths of the 5 foot pool my nephew seemed to be chocking and somewhat upset. He scrambled to the side of the pool and on his hands and knees coughed for a solid seven or eight minutes. Throughout this time I tried to give him words of encouragement so that he could pull through and continue having fun. I told him words like "Suck it up! Be a man! Quit faking! Don't be such a baby!" and "I will buy you pizza if you never tell your mommy and daddy about this!" After coughing and burping he seemed to be doing fine but he looked at me very intensely, as if he were going to avenge the death of a loved one. It was in this moment that my nephew looked at me and said,"I hate you!" He repeated it a few times sometimes yelling it pretty loud but I just laughed and laughed. Children always say things, but most of the time they don't really mean it.

After this incident I told my nephew that I was going to make him love me whether he liked it or not. He didn't seem pleased at the time with my proposal because he claimed that he still hated me. I didn't know then nor do I know now how exactly I am going to win back my eight year old nephews love.

Here are some other pictures. They aren't really related to the story in anyway, but I think they help us understand more about life and what our purpose is.