My 7 year old likes to tease me. I know exactly where that teasing gene came from: my dad…my uncles…my grandpa…There’s a long lineage of teasing that has been passed on to my son. 
So you can imagine the fun he is having with my upcoming LET’S NOT TELL ANYONE MY AGE NOW birthday. Unfortunately for me, somewhere along the way these past few weeks he has learned that his mom is not too happy about her upcoming age change. Therefore he has decided that it will be pure amusement to torment me about turning LET’S NOT TELL ANYONE MY AGE NOW.
Is it April Yet?
His teasing most often occurs in public places. School parties, the post office, grocery store. It will start out nice and innocent like when we’re in the produce aisle picking out bananas. “Mom, is it April yet?” At first I will naively think that maybe he’s hoping there will be strawberries to buy in April, that is until I hear his follow up question: “Mom, aren’t you 40 now?”
I then do the “pretend I didn’t hear it” tactic and don’t respond. This never works with my son, though, and he repeats the question in an even louder voice, “MOM, AREN’T YOU 40 NOW?”
I respond in an equally loud voice, “No honey, I am definitely not 40″ and give him a wink and a big wide “Silly little boy” smile to nearby shoppers.
Nothing gets by this kid though. He will then respond in a scolding voice, “Mom, Dad said you were turning 40.” I then lower my voice a bit and say, “Yes, honey, but it is not April.”
Now this is the time when I begin to curse the day that he learned about the calendar in Kindergarten and I make note to write to his teacher advocating that calendars are not taught until 2nd grade because this is when he decides to reply, “Well mom, April is only a few weeks away so you’re really 40.”
Bless my child. I can only hope that someday he marries a patient woman who is not afraid of aging.
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