The kids were sitting at the table the other day, reading messages on little candy hearts, when my son asked my daughter a question. She didn't know the answer, so she asked me, "Mom, what's a soul mate?"
I replied, "Well, it's when two things are meant to be together. Like with me and Daddy. It's love like no other love, and nothing can ever come between you."
She thought for a second about how to properly relay this information to her little brother, then she turned to him and said, "It's like how our dog feels about her bowl of food."
And just like that, I went from someone's soul mate to just another piece of meat.
see...and i would explain soul mates to my children as...it's like me and sushi.
ReplyDeleteJust another piece of meat! That is priceless.
ReplyDeleteYour dog gets MEAT? What happened to kibbles? What, this wasn't the point of your post?
ReplyDeleteYour dog gets MEAT? What happened to kibbles? What, this wasn't the point of your post?
ReplyDeleteThat's funny. Now you don't have to feel bad when you tell hubby to 'bite me'.
ReplyDeleteit's all relative, right? there's passion there, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteI love it. That's a priceless bit of reasoning.
ReplyDeleteOMGosh LMAO!!! to funny!
ReplyDeleteI just love how children process things we try and explain to them
LOVE IT!
ReplyDeletelol Kids!
ReplyDeleteso funny
ReplyDeletekids are priceless
Ok, but if you're bacon, that's a timeless love right there.
ReplyDeleteFrame of refernece, dear, frame of reference. It has to be in terms they can easily relate to. I'm sure the dog really loves its food bowl, it's a source of sustenance :)
ReplyDeleteM soul mate must be that warm fresh baked oatmeal cookie I had for breakfast with my coffee.
ReplyDeleteWhat? Is there something wrong with that?
pretty logical to me
ReplyDeleteYour dog must REALLY love her food!
ReplyDeleteBut does your husband growl at people who try to gnaw on you?
ReplyDeleteHow come I feel like chopped liver all of a sudden?
Now that is funny... I love listening to what children come up with. Priceless.
ReplyDeleteBut is it the only bowl the dog will ever eat from? Only then will you know if they really are 'soul mates' ;)
ReplyDeleteMan, leave it to a kid to boil things down to the essence.
ReplyDeleteSnort! Hey, I think I am going to link to this post in March...all March long I am going to have a Pity Party. Hey, better yet, would you be a guest blogger? Just for one day? Or I could reprint this one, cause, it really says it all!
ReplyDeleteHA!
I can understand the love of a good bowl of food. It really is like no other. :-P
ReplyDeleteVery funny!
LOL--how on earth did we ever learn humility without our children's help?
ReplyDeleteThank you (and to your kids) for a good belly laugh right before bed.
ReplyDeleteNo WAY! That is too good to be true. I love the spin you put on that! You crack me up.
ReplyDeleteha! cleva!
ReplyDeleteHahahahahaha!!! Your kids ROCK!
ReplyDeleteWay too funny!!!
ReplyDeleteYour kids make me laugh so hard. You are incredibly lucky.
ReplyDeleteCoulda been worse. The dog could have been enamored with the toilet bowl.
ReplyDeleteI like her logic!
ReplyDeleteThat is so much better than in our house where the line would be, "It's like how our dog feels about eating his own poop."
ReplyDeleteI would not want to be the one to stand between your doggie and the foodbowl! It is kinda romantic though...
ReplyDeleteTake it as a compliment...men loooove their meat! unless they're vegetarian of course. say, can I use this in a talk sometime? I'm on my way to becoming an ordained unity minister and this will preach!
ReplyDeletecan't...comment...laughing too much...call the medic...!
ReplyDeleteHmmm... she's actually not too far off!
ReplyDeleteAnd all this time you thought you were someones snuggle bunny. Bwah!
ReplyDeleteyeah, but she's brilliant!
ReplyDeleteThat's surprisingly perceptive-- I think you'd be flattered if you could know how romantic are the feelings your dog has for her bowl.
ReplyDeleteAnd be honest-- you wouldn't mind if your husband attacked you like a dog bowl once in a while. Am I right? lol
I think it's a pretty accurate description......
ReplyDeletelol
Don't worry Momo...she'll understand someday. ;)
ReplyDeleteThat is just flat out funny stuff. Seriously, I was laughing out loud.
ReplyDeleteKid's innocence is so adorable. Your interpretation of the comment is priceless!
ReplyDeleteperfect
ReplyDeleteTo be loved like a dog loves his food is pretty high praise based on how my Lab snarfs it down. But what about his love of eating the eyes from my kids' stuffed animals?
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