| (I’m running errands for my pregnant wife. While walking to a nearby store, I see two teenagers harassing a child that is only four or five years old. I shoo them away from the boy, and he introduces himself.)
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| Me: | “So, where’s your mom at?”
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| Boy: | “She’s in the store. Do you have kids?”
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| Me: | “Not yet. We’re expecting a baby girl soon, though.”
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| Boy: | “Well, she’s going to turn out nice, like you! So, I’m going to marry her someday!”
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| (I laugh, and play along while I bring him to the service desk, and wait until his mom picks him up. Six years later, my daughter comes home from school and introduces us to a friend that defended her against a bully on the playground. I didn’t recognize him, but he certainly knew who I was!) |
