I love how kids’ minds work. They come up with the strangest things, cute, sometimes really honest.
Today my daughter Anna, age 5, told me that she didn’t want to get married because she didn’t want a shot in her butt.
How did she figure that one out?
Very simple, Mommy. “You get a shot in your butt when you had the baby, so I don’t want to get married. I just want a man.”
I had to get some steroid shots when I was pregnant with this last baby so Anna took this to mean that if you are married you get a shot in your butt. I tried to explain to her that marriage doesn’t necessarily mean a shot in the butt, but she insisted that no matter what she will never get a shot in her butt, or get married, but she still wants a man.
I love it when my kids say these things. It jolts me out of my usual compulsive thinking and repetitive thoughts and obsessions. It’s awesome. Really it is….
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I am beginning to think that shots in the butt are just a part of life. That’s something they don’t tell you as a kid…
That’s true – though my kids are terrified of shots in the legs – I actually got them in the butt when I was little but times have indeed changed now it’s legs for little kids and butts for big mommas….
Yes, injections in the bottom are definitely a part of life, especially for a man like me who travels extensively and needs booster shots every six months. In my youth, I was terrified of having to pull down my pants and bend over for the inevitable shot back there but I am now inured to the experience.