TKAM Journal entry#3 Aunt Alexandria

I always dread those terrible family gatherings. Scout is being raised terribly. She could grow up to be a lady but instead she just runs around in her overalls. Whenever I comment on her appearance she gets mighty defensive. Atticus obviously has a problem without a wife around the house. Instead of playing with dolls and having tea parties but instead she runs around the house with her brother and does a mans work!
It kills me to see a relative of mine so...so boyish! I don't like it one bit. Her own male cousin is more feminine than she is. They are very fond of their uncle. I was never really a child loving woman. Children get on my last nerve. I just want them to be perfect and obedient. They are smelly, unpleasant, and rowdy. I just don't know how to relate to them.