Pretty in Pink

This morning I overheard Spencer offering Michael money if Michael would wear a pink shirt. I think I was so confused by the fact that the conversation had nothing to do with Star Wars that I may not have chosen the best possible way to respond. And how was that? Well first I established the specifics of Spencer's proposal. I ascertained that Spencer was offering all of the money in his piggy bank PLUS all of the money in his bank account if Michael would wear a pink shirt in public for an amount of time not less than one minute. Wow. I then established that Spencer was willing to make such an outlandish proposal because he thinks it would be the height of embarrassment and lunacy for a boy to wear something that "girly" in front of other people. I tried to reason with Spencer (foolish). I told him that lots of men wear pink shirts. He didn't seem to care. I tried to make it more concrete by saying that lots of men at my workplace wear pink shirts. It's possible that my five-year old son doesn't identify with nameless guys at my work though, as he remained unswayed. Michael interjected at this point. And he was reasonable and sensible. He told Spencer that he'd do it, but he only wanted four dollars and he'd wear the shirt all day. I was impressed that he seemed to recognize that the proposal was inequitable, he didn't want to take advantage of his brother and he was okay wearing pink. Good for you Michael. I went upstairs and brought down one of my pink shirts. It is a running shirt. It is sleeveless. Michael put it on and immediately declared that he'd need more money because the shirt looked too "girly."