The Rare Breed of Boy

There is a rare breed of boy that many may think stopped existing as far back as the 70's but I can testify that although rare they still exist. It was near the end of Summer 2017, my friend asked me if I would take her son and his best friend to the waterpark because she had 3 tickets she wanted to use before summer was over. She will take her son to a waterpark but does not enjoy it herself so she bribed me with a free ticket and money to buy food. I accepted and took her son who was transitioning between 6th and 7th grade and his best buddy who was 7th going into 8th.

It was a hot day in August but the waterpark was not very crowded, we went on every slide at least once. The slides we really liked we were able to get in line over and over yet not wait for very long. We ate, rested, played in the kiddie pool, lazy river, did a few more slides and then exhausted finally decided we had enough. It was an all day thing, we came a couple hours after it opened and were about to leave pretty close to closing time.

The boys had came already dressed in swim trunks and had regular clothes in folded in plastic bags that we put in the locker. We all came into the locker area the boys were nonstop talking about every thing we did that day, the scary water slide, the fast water slide, the dark water slide, the racing slide, etc. As we walked into the changing area I expected that the boys would either wrap the towel around themselves to get undressed or use the stall where the toilets were. Instead without ever dropping the conversation and with no hesitation whatsoever my friend's son pulled off his shorts and so did his older friend. They showed no sign of shame, they didn't attempt to cover themselves even though I was right there with them they just chattered away. The only time they stopped is when Austin asked should I take a shower? I said that they should and they picked up the conversation again and walked to the shower area naked as the day they were born and took a shower.

After the shower they walked out and dried themselves and argued over a can of AXE Body Spray before getting dressed. I always wonder about boys between the ages of 10-18 that are not hung up about nudity. How were they raised? How did they not let this culture influence them? I've seen this rare breed sometimes and I have always wondered how they ended up that way in this day and age. It doesn't bother me but it is a curiosity.

Ghost