This may well be my shortest post ever, but a post of any length should count toward the goal of writing something for National Blog Posting Month, so let's go with that. I'm almost positive that I've never shared this story here before, but if I have, please forgive me because I suffer from a severe case of CRS. Last year, my then seven-year old son told all the kids on his school bus that his Russian father had killed a man when he was a boxer. And while it is true that my husband was an amateur boxer as a young man, and it it true that he broke one guy's nose (and also had his own nose broken), he never killed anyone. Afterwards, I was put in the awkward predicament of trying to decide whether I should send a note to his teacher or something. It's really hard to send an email that says, "By the way, my husband never killed anyone, despite whatever rumors might be swirling around". How to handle shit like this is never covered in any parenting books. I could probably write my own book giving example of things that aren't covered in most standard advice books. I'll try to share other stories here as I think of them (hence the title name of "Part One"). In advance, you're welcome!
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Margot
11/3/2016 09:26:20 am
So...how did you end up handling it?
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Gina W.
11/3/2016 09:40:05 am
Well, I told him it wasn't true. For some reason he really did think his Dad had killed someone. Even last night I asked him, "Did you really think that happened?" and he said yes. Sooooo...great. :/
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Kathleen W
11/3/2016 10:29:34 am
I was met at day care one day by congratulations. My daughter had told everyone I was going to have a baby sister for her. I wasn't pregnant.
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Gina W.
11/3/2016 10:35:33 am
Hahaha!!! Oh wait, I mean, how terrible for you. :)
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11/3/2016 05:12:45 pm
I'm told that once when we were on an airplane when I was a kid, I loudly and inexplicably announced out of nowhere, "I was in your tummy on your honeymoon!" to the complete and utter mortification of my mother.
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Gina W.
11/4/2016 10:05:38 am
Love this story. Truly. It's so funny how back in the day, the thought of being knocked up before marriage WAS SO SCANDALOUS! Haha.
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11/10/2016 10:39:05 am
At least "He killed a man when he was a boxer" sounds less dark than "He used to be in the KGB and killed a man" or "He shot a man in Moscow just to watch him die" or "When you stab a man in the Siberian winter steam rises from the wound. The ancient Muscovy people believed it was his soul fleeing."
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Gina
11/10/2016 03:44:54 pm
Funny you mention the KGB. My husband was "invited" there for a job interview when it was still the Soviet Union, but he declined to go.
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