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January 4, 2007
Sleepovers
Over the holidays the boys spent a few days with Granny and Big D. During the retrieval visit Haydn got on the phone and called a buddy. This led to the Can Bob and I have a sleepover tonight question to which I replied "No."
It was a 90-minute drive down and another 90 back. It was going to be late by the time we got home.
"Sometimes I'm just not in the mood for sleepovers," I told my mother and father.
"I know what you mean," said Mom, "I think that when bedtime rolls around boys should be in their own homes in their own beds."
"Carol," I started, referring to a woman friend my parents know and who has two boys of her own, "doesn't care for sleepovers either."
My parents both started talking at the same time ...
Mom, with a very serious look on her face said, "She likes to have her kids at home in their beds?"
Dad, not looking as serious said, "No matter what you say you can't get her to spend the night?"
Which is where I was headed with the comment.
Posted by delmer at January 4, 2007 8:08 PM
Comments
I think much more like my dad, too. Comforting most of the time but not always.
Posted by: Rob at January 5, 2007 11:35 AM
My mother, once, damaged a tire on her car. The whitewall had a design in it that she wasn't going to be able to match so she said she'd have to buy 4 new tires.
I asked why she couldn't just buy two tires and have different patterns on each side of the car. Nobody would see both sides at the same time.
She gave me a look and asked, "Have you already talked to your dad about this?" He'd had the same thought.
Posted by: delmer at January 5, 2007 11:44 AM
Women are from Venus.....Delmers are from....(wait for the punchline...)...DelMARS!
Posted by: Pen at January 5, 2007 6:10 PM
It is sooo good that you type that with a British accent ... otherwise it you'd be able to hear the bad-pun groan all the way across the Atlantic.
:)
Posted by: delmer at January 6, 2007 9:21 PM