Boundaries

He said it to me in a way that was cute, not nasty, so I received it in a way that amused , rather than annoyed me.  Still, what my fourth grade son said to me at drop-off today, reminded me of how our hand-holding days are truly behind us.

For a while now, the pattern that Adam and I have at drop-off is basically that he goes his way (hanging out with his friends), and I go mine (walking away with other parents as we head off to our day’s at work or towards home.)  He and I say “goodbye,” but it’s often at my insistence.

Today though, I realized that I had forgot to check in with Adam about whether one of his friends (who was hanging with him) would be joining us on a quick ski trip to the Poconos  this weekend.  So over I walked, step by step, encroaching on Adam and Jack.

“Hey Jack. Are you going to be joining us for skiing?”

“Yes! Thank you,” Jack said.

Jack is a quiet boy and much more polite than my son.

“That’s great, Jack…..it’ll be fun.”

And with that, our business was complete and my son wanted to make sure I knew it.

“Okay, then,” Adam said.  “Off you go.”

Like I said, it had just the right tone and wit to charm me.  (I think)

So off I went.

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