Conversation from this weekend.
Setting: At my sisters dining room table on Sunday afternoon. After lunch and dessert, people have begun to scatter to the kitchen to do dishes and to the couches to talk. My mother, Mister and I were still at the table talking.
We were discussing my nephew and how exacting he is just like my sister.
Momma: Reb was such a little tattletale when she was little.
me: Did you see her making fun of my report card yesterday afternoon?
The whole family was over at our house for lunch/dinner on Saturday and my sister was looking at my My School Years photo book. It has places where my mother pasted my report cards and little sayings that I said and pictures that I drew ect.. I was not the most reserved child and for controls my talking the mark was probably for SELDOM or some such shit. Shocker no?
Momma: Yes, I saw her. [laughing]
Mister: What about Susan?
me: Yeah, what about me?
Momma: Susan was and is still a very bright girl
but she was
very
active.
Mister: Meaning?
Momma: When I went to pick her up from class on her first day of kindergarten the teacher was very complimentary about how quickly she caught onto things and would follow directions very well
but she said, You need to talk with her about dancing on the tables and desktops.
Mister: Oh reeeaaaallly????? [laughter]
Momma: Yes, our little girl was such a ham, she was always trying to entertain everyone.
Right then my father came in and took some plates from the table to the kitchen and my mother was distracted for a moment. I took the time to lean over to Mister and say
me: If there would have been a pole involved, I may be in a different role of employment right now.
And he responded with
Mister: If that were the case
we probably would have met a LOT sooner.