selective hearing

// December 22nd, 2008 // Doug, parenting, people, teenagers

We frequently have people tell us, “We can certainly tell that Amy has older siblings.”

Doug hears: “Amy is so bright.”
I hear: “Amy has a teenager’s mouth.”

2 Responses to “selective hearing”

  1. MOM says:
    December 22, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    Kelly’s brothers were 14 and 17 when she was born and they moved out before she learned how to talk. Guess we were lucky.

  2. JayMonster says:
    December 23, 2008 at 4:38 pm

    Funny… I think the selective hearing around here would be the same. Something about men and their little girls that can do no wrong.

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