7/29/2008
On my way to work this morning (I ride a bus between Annapolis and DC every morning), Julie IM’d me with this cute little story regarding my youngest daughter, Marleigh, who is 5-years-old:
Marleigh is funny….she asked me how much Mikaela’s baby bed was….so i verified that she was asking about the crib. I told her $300-$400 and she put her hand up to her mouth (like, “oh, no”) and I asked her what was wrong….she said, “I was just wondering what if I changed my mind and wanted to have babies” I told her not to worry that we would buy her a crib—she was happy with that.
You see, she has been insistent that she was never going to get married and we have been always replied with an answer like, “that will be your choice honey.” What made her suddenly think about marriage, babies, and cribs, I have NO idea.
Personally, my plan once the girls get to be dating age — which I’m thinking will be age 24 or 25 – is to buy a shotgun and put it in a glass case with a little sign that says “Break In Case of Boyfriend.” There’s no doubt in my mind that I’m going to be “Jack Byrnes” crazy. Byrnes is the father played by Robert De Niro in “Meet The Parents.” You know, the one who gives Focker (Ben Stiller) the lie detector test and has his friends at the CIA run a background check?
That will be me. You know, background checks are not that expensive these days.
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