Mickey'snewestfan
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Once when my son was about 3 we invited a new classmate and her parents over for a playdate. When I opened the door my son ran up and announced "Hi Katie! I'm screwing my Nana! Want to help?"
She said "sure" and the two ran off, while we adults stood there, shocked for a moment before I said "I have no idea what he's doing, but I think we'd better check". My mom was in our kitchen standing stock still like the rusted Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, and my son was "fixing his robot" using a toy electric screw driver.
My other favorite is once when I took my son, who is adopted and a different race than I am, to the park and met a new little boy. The little boy asked me about five times "Are you his mom?", "Really, truly are you his mom?", "I don't think you're his mom, are you?." I kept waiting for his dad to say something, and when it was clear he wasn't I started to say something about families not having to match when the kid said "Funny, you look too old to be his mom." The dad was mortified and pointed out the the child that his wife (the child's mom) was significantly older than I was. I just laughed and told the father "Gee, that wasn't where I thought he was going with that line of questioning."
She said "sure" and the two ran off, while we adults stood there, shocked for a moment before I said "I have no idea what he's doing, but I think we'd better check". My mom was in our kitchen standing stock still like the rusted Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz, and my son was "fixing his robot" using a toy electric screw driver.
My other favorite is once when I took my son, who is adopted and a different race than I am, to the park and met a new little boy. The little boy asked me about five times "Are you his mom?", "Really, truly are you his mom?", "I don't think you're his mom, are you?." I kept waiting for his dad to say something, and when it was clear he wasn't I started to say something about families not having to match when the kid said "Funny, you look too old to be his mom." The dad was mortified and pointed out the the child that his wife (the child's mom) was significantly older than I was. I just laughed and told the father "Gee, that wasn't where I thought he was going with that line of questioning."