The following took place after school today:
“Did you watch ‘The Fairly OddParents’ when you were a kid?” Cody asked.
“No, that show wasn’t invented when I was a kid,” I said.
“So, what DID you watch?” he asked, clearly awestruck by the fact that this particular cartoon wasn’t on when I was young.
“‘Scooby-Doo,’ ‘Alvin and the Chipmunks,’ ‘Tom & Jerry,’” I said, trying to name some cartoons he had heard of.
“You watched ‘Tom and Jerry’?” he giggled incredulously. A newly devoted fan of the always-riotous T & J, Cody had just ordered his very own DVD with his birthday money and spent the past weekend watching it over and over.
“Well, yeah,” I said defensively.
“Hey, Logan!” Cody yelled. “Mom watched ‘Tom and Jerry’ when she was a kid!! Do you know how OLD it must be?”
I’m sure I didn’t look very pleased at this point. It really would have behooved Cody to say something complimentary to make me feel better, but being 7 and completely oblivious to my sensitivity to age, as well as the steaming look he was receiving, he ended with,
“Hey, Mom? My teacher knows more than you do.”
Grrrrr.
Have your kids given you any similar “compliments?”
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