My husband’s aunt was getting married at a fancy country club, and we were all invited. We decided to take the two older kids and leave the toddler at home with my sister. They got new clothes for the occasion and were drilled over and over about proper table manners for the luncheon that followed the ceremony. During lunch, I glanced at the kids’ table to observe their behavior. They spoke to the kids on their left, then switched and spoke to the kids on their right. Very proper.
Later, I asked what they talked about. Throwing up, they said.
Retroflash/100 words
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funny, well written
Perfect!
Thank you!
Oh Risa, I love this so much! A perfect RetroFlash!
Thank you!
Laugh-out loud funny. You trained your children well. I even love your Featured photo.
Thanks, Betsy! I had fun looking for a pretty picture. The aunt who got married loved to use flowers for all occasions.
As others have said, this is perfect! Manners are often about style not content, right?
That’s hysterical, Risa. I’d be tempted to say “out of the mouths of babes” but well. Oops. I guess I did.
Good one, Tom! Thanks.
LOL! That’s what kids do — if you’re lucky, they will follow the directions given, but no more.
So true!
Ha, ha, ha, how true! Bet the kids had a great time.
Yes, they were very proud of themselves!
They certainly did!
Well Risa, it was surely among the least superficial of the polite conversations that took place at that wedding luncheon!
Probably true!
The subject of vomiting complements the reference to new dressup clothes wonderfully. Thanks for a creative twist on “manners.”
Thank you, Dale. We were thankful there were no active demonstrations at the table.
I agree with Betsy–I laughed out loud. Great story. It brought to mind the time my mother impressed on us children that we must all eat our vegetables, and then she looked on in horror when we were at a local restaurant in the Vietnamese countryside, and saw we were downing all the fresh, uncooked vegetables likely to give us intestinal parasites.