https://mothersofbrothers.com/when-the-bright-is-not-enough/ All about life with boys...and life in general Sat, 21 Dec 2019 17:09:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 https://mothersofbrothers.com/when-the-bright-is-not-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-2547 Jennifer Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:04:12 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=290#comment-2547 If the comment had been phrased as "your rug is sick!" that would have been highest praise, at least to my teenage boys. If the comment had been phrased as “your rug is sick!” that would have been highest praise, at least to my teenage boys.

]]> https://mothersofbrothers.com/when-the-bright-is-not-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-2539 Walking In My Sleep Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:47:13 +0000 http://mothersofbrothers.com/?p=290#comment-2539 Oh, my goodness, this was funny! My husband and I have often laughed ourselves silly about this kind of stuff. I recall one of his aunts who barely spoke English and once, trying to tell my mother-in-law how lovely her new rug was, she proclaimed with a thick French accent, "My dear. Your rug! It make me sick!" Luckily, my mother-in-law, who spoke French, knew what she meant. Oh, my goodness, this was funny! My husband and I have often laughed ourselves silly about this kind of stuff. I recall one of his aunts who barely spoke English and once, trying to tell my mother-in-law how lovely her new rug was, she proclaimed with a thick French accent, “My dear. Your rug! It make me sick!” Luckily, my mother-in-law, who spoke French, knew what she meant.

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