i have been meaning to blog this story for too long. i have to get it down before it leaves my brain forever. this is my new cameron story from the county fair this year.
we were leaving the fair walking back to the car in the dark just chatting about this and that when cam said, “hey, mom?” (he starts every conversation this way these days. doesn’t matter how many conversations we’ve had in the past 30 seconds. if it is a new topic, he starts off, hey mom?.) Anyway….
“hey mom?”
“yes.”
“did you know that steffin has already had lots of ex-girlfriends?”
“i thought you actually had to have a girlfriend before you could have an ex-girlfriend.”
“mom.” eyes rolled with that duuuhhh look on his face. “do you even know what an ex-girlfriend is?”
somehow i managed to stop my adult logic somewhere in the thin space between the tip of my tongue and my front teeth. i reconsidered my first response in favor of… “what?”
“an ex-girlfriend is a girlfriend you don’t kiss!”
“ooooooh.”
(of course it is. Â i really couldn’t argue.)
We were watching the end of a romantic movie with the kids when Donal suddenly paused it. “We can’t watch that!” he declared, standing in front of the TV, “They’re committing adultery!”
“They’re just kissing, Donal,” Neal said with strained patience, “It’s the end of the movie and they’re in love.”
“Oh,” he said, remote drooping, “But they’re not married yet!”
Are we doing a good job, or does Donal need to get out a little more? Maybe Cam could give him lessons…
baby steps… take comfort in the fact that he at least considered the issue. i think that means you are doing a great job.
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