L: "Mom, guess what Caroline did today at the after school program!"
M: "What?"
C: starting to smirk
L: "She held hands with this boy!"
M: "What!"
L: "Yeah, I think they were planning it on the bus. And he said he already has another girlfriend at school! He's in first grade!"
C: still smirking
M: "Caroline, doesn't your school have a no hands policy???"
E: "Why are you getting upset by this?"
C: "We held hands the whole time. And he says we are going to get married."
Once dinner was over Evan and I had this conversation in the kitchen
E: "It's really not a big deal."
M: "Yes it is! How are you not worried about this!"
E: "Why are you worried?"
M: "Because she has no understanding of what is appropriate and what is not! He could tell her that they should start kissing and she would totally do it!"
Despite our many attempts to rein her in Caroline has a reputation in this house of continually not understanding what is appropriate. An example; pulling her pants down and mooning people to get a laugh. There may or may not have been guests present while that happened. She has no filter yet.
The next morning while brushing teeth before school:
M: "Caroline, I suppose if you want to hold hands with this boy that's ok but if he suggest that you should kiss each other then you say, No thank you! Kissing is for mommies and daddies only!"
C: "But we're going to kiss."
M: "What?!? No. You say NO THANK YOU!"
C: "He said we're going to get married. So I'll have to kiss him when we get married!"
M: "Yeah, ok when you're 26! Sure. NOT ANYTIME BEFORE THEN. (under my breath) Not sure what he's telling the other girlfriend at school but sure."
