A toddler’s thoughts on marriage
Moments in the Minivan — By Rebekah on May 14, 2008 at 6:56 pmJim and I recently went on a short overnight trip to celebrate our fourth anniversary. (Yes – only our fourth…two babies, four houses, and four and a half jobs later, here we are!)
When I was describing to our son Jack why we were taking this trip, I found myself talking about marriage. By the way – any of you with toddlers know that you never knowingly walk into these conversations…they just happen. And when you look back, it’s hard to even find the thread sometimes. But that’s what happens with a little “why” machine in the house.
Me: Honey, when you go to school today, Mommy and Daddy are going to go on a trip. Grandma and Ms. Leanne will put you to bed tonight.
Him: Why?
Me: Mommy and Daddy are celebrating being married.
Him: What’s married?
Me: Well, when a man and a woman decide they love each other so much that they want to be together forever and have babies, they get married.
Him: What’s married?
Me: Well, Mommy and Daddy are married. Grandma and Grandpa are married. Aunt Anne and Uncle Kerry are married….(this went on for a while, with me providing a laundry list of married couples he knows).
Him: <very matter-of-factly> I want to marry Grandpa in two weeks.
WHAT?!?!?
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In two weeks I expect to see pictures of that amazing wedding!
My little girl Tori (just turned 3) is insistent that she wants to marry her daddy. I tell her that daddy can only have 1 wife and that is me. She asked how can you be my mommy and married to daddy at the same time????