Sometimes Don't Ask
Name: Henry W. Farkas
Have you ever asked your child a question too many times? I hope you remember my story
when they start getting frustrated.
My three year old son had a lot of problems with potty training, and I was
on his case constantly. One day we stopped at Taco Bell for a quick lunch in between errands.
It was very busy, with a full dining room. While enjoying my taco, I smelled something
funny, so of course I checked my seven month old daughter, and she was clean. Then I
realized that Matt had not asked to go potty in a while, so I asked him, and he said "No".
I kept thinking, "Oh Lord, that child has had an accident and I don't have any clothes
with me. Then I said, "Matt, are you sure you did not have an accident?" "No," he
replied, but I knew that he must have, because the smell was getting worse.
Soo.........
I asked one more time, "Matt, did you have an accident?" This time, with a little smirk on his
face, he jumped up, yanked down his pants, bent over and spread his cheeks and yelled: "SEE,
IT'S JUST GAS!!" While several people nearly choked to death on their tacos, he calmly pulled up
his pants and sat down to eat his food as if nothing happened.
I was mortified, but some kind elderly people made me feel a lot better, when they
came over and thanked me for the best laugh they had ever had.
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