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metaphortunate son ([personal profile] metaphortunate) wrote2014-09-22 09:37 pm

non-parents

My mother and I took the kids out to dinner tonight.

Sitting at the next table on the patio were a group of people with a number of small dogs in doggy football jerseys. They looked at the 12-month-old, with his toothless grin, who cannot speak English, feed himself properly, or stand up without holding on to things; and then they looked at the 3-year-old, three times his age, who speaks in complex sentences, walks for blocks, pretends to be an airplane, pours his own water, butters his own bread, and cuts his own meat; and then they asked me if they were twins.

Non-parents, I know it's just three short years since I left your ranks, but you are hilarious.
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Re: Harimad here

[personal profile] laurajv 2014-09-25 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
yes, but which is more likely:

that the 6" taller child with more complex sentences and much clearer pronunciation is just THAT MUCH MORE ADVANCED, or that he's older? Like. Occam's Razor that stuff, fellow humans