Procrastinet

Great Moments in Parenting #3,754

filed under: Dadditudes

So I'm reading to Lisa aloud from this very funny piece on Defective Yeti, wherein a 13-year-old relative tells Matthew Baldwin "If you keep hugging [your son] like that, you're going to make him gay..."

As is my wont, on finding this funny I repeated it a few times, chuckling. From behind me, Max pipes up.

Max: If you keep hugging him, you're going to make him GAY...

Me: Yes. Gay means "happy!"

[This is my standard approach to unwanted repetitions - confidently side-track them. Max usually follows.]

Me: So - if you keep hugging him, you're going to make him HAPPY!

Lisa: (Good one, hon.)

Max: You're going to make him GAY.

Me: You're going to make him HAPPY.

Max: Gay.

Me: Happy.

Max: ...Gay.

Great. Nice job, Dad.

Posted by rjt at October 15, 2006 10:03 AM