Romeo and Juliet

This is a conversation I overheard between my daughters Gwen (10) and Maddie (8).

Gwen: I like our song about Romeo and Juliet but I don't think they were very smart.

Maddie: Why not.

Gwen: Well Juliet pretended to be dead and instead of making sure Romeo drank poison and died too and then when Juliet woke up and saw Romeo dead she killed herself too. I think that is just stupid. If that happened to me I wouldn't kill myself, sure I would weep for a couple of days but I wouldn't kill myself about it.

Maddie: Yeah, me to.

I am glad that my girls aren't overly dramatic and have a love of life, I have always felt kind of the same way about Romeo and Juliet, they seemed overly dramatic, immature and selfish throughout the play (yes I know I am a cold and heartless woman). The part I found hilarious is the fact that Gwen used the word weep rather than cry. You can tell she reads a lot because I read the word a lot more than I ever hear it. I think that I am going to start using the word from now on.