From Tom’s book of Stupid Proverbs…
“Hey, Tom! Wanna get margaritas?” (I don’t even like margaritas! Eeeew). “No, sorry, Jason!”
“Hey, Tom! Do you and Anne wanna play Laser Tag tonight?” (I would like to!). “Nope. Can’t.”
Our single friends (and even Jason, our principal who’s a new dad!) loves to ask us - on verrrrrry short notice - if we’d like to go out. Today, I decided it was time to school them. I decided to go with the use of King James English:
“Thou art single and free to fly by the seat of thy pants. When thou marriest, thou wilt have to plan ahead. When thou parentest a child, thou wilt have to plan even better.”
That’ll show ‘em.
Parenting and marriage are blissful things; wouldn’t trade ‘em. But our single friends just blissfully go about their business and think, “Hey, I’m gonna go parasailing” (okay, not in Bolvia, but you get the idea). Being connected to people has made me and Anne into very wise planners.
Our version of “spur of the moment” thinking is “Hey! Let’s turn on NPR on iTunes!” It’s nice to be so spontaneous.
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