What is the best excuse you have heard lately?
The best excuse I heard lately is from my 4-year-old kid. That little fellow is full of excuses, and most of them make sense, at least from his point of view.
Right now, he is with me at my parents’ home. He is bonding well with them. My dad is not so well, so he is mostly interacting with my mom and her daadi (grandmother). Every night, he insists on sleeping with me, but I am mostly on my Kindle before sleep. Sometimes I tell him stories from my childhood books, and he loves them.
Now my mom, a better storyteller, is around, and he realizes that too. Every night he goes to bed with me, then goes to his daadi, saying, “I want to sleep with daadi.” He listens to at least 5 stories from her(he remembers them well and tells her exactly which story to tell). Once all stories are finished, he asks to go back to me for sleep.
When my mom asks why you are going to your dad? You promised to sleep with me. He gives excuses –
1) I am getting a smell from you (he says this to me too when he goes to my mom)
2) But I have to sleep with Dad too. I want to sleep with both of you, so now it’s Dad’s turn.
We both smile at his cleverness. Kids are like that; they can get anything they want just by being true and honest. I learn a lot from him.
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