12-10-2011, 04:39 PM
I just got a call from my oldest begging me to come for the holidays. I am moderately generous, so I always get invited for the big holidays where cash flow is a consideration. This is the conversation:
kid: Please come out here for Christmas or New Year's. My friends can't wait to meet you. I told them you were the female equivalent of "Shit My Dad Says dot com."
me: What the hell? Why would you tell your friends that?
kid: It's okay, they think it's cool because their parents are normal.
WTF? Did I raise kids with no sense of shame? We had the don't-tell-your-teacher-what-your-mom-said-when-she-asks-just-pretend-you-forgot-or-say-something-about-Jesus-but-not-what-I really-said-about-Jesus talk about a hundred times. Now they tell other grown people their mom is a freak.
Of course I am proud they don't lie, but damn.
What do kids/young people say about you?
kid: Please come out here for Christmas or New Year's. My friends can't wait to meet you. I told them you were the female equivalent of "Shit My Dad Says dot com."
me: What the hell? Why would you tell your friends that?
kid: It's okay, they think it's cool because their parents are normal.
WTF? Did I raise kids with no sense of shame? We had the don't-tell-your-teacher-what-your-mom-said-when-she-asks-just-pretend-you-forgot-or-say-something-about-Jesus-but-not-what-I really-said-about-Jesus talk about a hundred times. Now they tell other grown people their mom is a freak.
Of course I am proud they don't lie, but damn.
What do kids/young people say about you?