I had to take Ashlynn and Brynna to our family doctor today for check-ups. I left the others at home with our oldest, who is now old enough to watch them for a little while.
A gentleman walked in after we had been there for a few minutes, checked in, then sat on the other side of Ashlynn from me. He was smiling at her and talking to her. Then he looks at me, then at Brynna who was sitting on the other side of me from Ashlynn, and asked me, "So how'd you manage that? A red head and a blonde?"
Me: Well, I've got a couple of brunettes at home, too.
Him: You mean you have FOUR kids?
Me: No, I have 6. I also have another red head and another blonde at home too.
Him (with his eyes bugging out of his head): You have SIX kids? You need to teach your husband what a television is!
I didn't dare reply to that one.
Him: You really have 6 kids? You don't look old enough to have six. How old are you, anyway?
Me: Older than I look, evidently. [No joke, I actually get this a lot.] My oldest is 13 and this (pointing to Ashlynn) is the baby.
Him: Six, hmm. (Silence for a couple of minutes.) Are any of them adopted?
Me, laughing: No.
Him: Did your husband have some already when you married?
Me, figuring this guy isn't going to give it up: No. I had all of them. I'm 36 and had my first when I was 23.
Him: You're 36?!? No way you look 36! (Turns to the 3 other people in the waiting room) Do you think she looks 36? I just turned 60! (Not sure what this had to do with anything.)
Silence for a minute.
Him: So, you had all of them yourself? Thirty-six and already have 6 kids. Are you trying to set some sort of record?
Me: No. We just like kids.
Brynna pipes up here: Especially girls!
Me, laughing: Yeah, they're all girls.
Him: ALL GIRLS? I can't even imagine having 6 kids, let alone 6 girls.
He went on to tell me a funny story he had heard from a Christian comedian about dating. I also notice that the tattoo on his arm says something about God on it. Then he continued.
Him: I like kids, too. I drive a school bus and it's the best job I've had in my whole life. You know what the Bible calls children, right?
Me: Yes, I do.
Him: It calls them blessings. And you've been blessed a lot.
Me: Yes, I have.
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Oh, Tami, I'm so sorry!!! The world is full of buffoons, you just have to consider the source.
David, he was really nicer than it comes across in text. I mean, yeah he was asking nosy questions, but it wasn't in a derisive manner. He thought the girls were great and cute. He was really just curious and of course, trying to figure out I how I had 6 kids when I look 25. :-) Or maybe 30.. ;-)
Love this story...reminds me of a day at Sams when this couple followed us around (it was mostly the husband....I think the wife was embarrassed). Every time I turned around, he was right there asking me another question about our family. All the kids were with me...I had just had Jonathan. At first it was funny, but then we felt stalked. Creepy!
I love that story, what would have began to make me uncomfortable turned into a sweet mini testimony...love it.
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