Whoops, Sorry I Ruined Christmas (And Catholicism)
Posted by Big Daddy Paul in Paul is a Dork
I often say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Usually, I blame this on booze, but my lack of an appropriate filter extends also to saying things in front of kids that I should not. I am sure that you all have done this too, but Tuesday, I laid a pretty nice whopper.
I was hanging out with a few of my fellow stay at home parents the other night. We began talking about religion and the extent to which we grew up religious versus what we are teaching our kids. With the kids sitting around us at the dinner table, I recounted a story about a friend of mine who has put his kid in a religious preschool, but then told the kid, “You know that Jesus is made up just like Santa Claus, right?” The eyes of both of my friends bulged out immediately and I thought, “Wow, they are really freaking out about my friend.” When one of the moms said, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?” it downed on me that I had just told the kids that Jesus and Santa Claus were make believe. Shit! I had no idea why I thought it was OK to tell this story in front of the kids, but there my story sat, like a giant matza ball, creating a black hole in the room. I quickly looked around the table and saw that the kids were pretty into their dinner, and suavely changed the subject to something way less damaging, (something about the abortion amendment in the new health care bill.) I am going to have to start watching what I say more.
Tags: paul does silly things
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Classic!