The other ‘a’ word
Nov 28, 2009 Family Funnies, The wonderful world of tweens
Last night we took the kids to the local community theater production of Annie. It really brought back some memories for me. Annie was the first show I saw on Broadway and I fell in love with it. I wanted to be Annie from that point forward. As I got older I realized I couldn’t sing. Or dance. So Broadway probably wasn’t my thing, but I still love the theater to this day.
We are season ticket holders to local community theater. As season ticket holders we get coupons for free sodas. Last night I handed a coupon to each kid and told them to go get whatever they wanted.
After a few minutes Keaton came back with a soda. And Spencer was following behind with tears starting to form in his eyes and a pout on his lips.
“What happened?” we asked.
I figured Keaton must have done something to him…like usual. But actually this time Keaton didn’t do anything. And that was the problem.
“I was standing there and they helped Keaton but they wouldn’t help me,” Spencer sobbed.
The problem is Spencer is pretty shy. So they probably didn’t realize Spencer wanted anything because he wouldn’t speak up.
I said, “You’ve got to tell them what you want. Go back and get yourself a soda.”
Spencer didn’t want to go by himself. He was too scared. So Keaton grabbed Spencer’s ticket and went to go buy him a soda. But before he walked off he made a snide comment to Spencer…like usual.
Spencer pushed Keaton and Keaton almost fell over the row of chairs in front of us.
We all yelled at Spencer to knock it off and watch his temper.
“But he called me antisocial!” Spencer bellowed.
Grandma said, “So? That’s not a bad word.”
Spencer said, “It means I’m not good with people.”
And apparently that’s a bad word in Spencer’s dictionary. But at least he knows what it means.
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November 29th, 2009 at 10:47 am
I have to admit – it was the funniest insult that I’ve ever heard! When I was young and used to fight with my brother and sister, we were never that creative
I felt bad for Spencer – its hard being shy. But, it was really hard not to crack up…