How Old Are You?

This is an often asked question & usually addressed to little children as a conversation starter.

However when asked that question at this age, the usual answer will be "A lady never reveals her age" and people won't push it anymore I guess.

What happens when our own children asks us that question?

Number 3, when she was about 9 or 10, had asked me "What year were you born mama?"
I had answered "1974"
Her response (with confidence) was "There is no such year" (she was born in year 2000)

That was a hoot. Definitely a worthy entry for "Kids say the Darnedest Thing".

Number 5, aged 7+, asked me a couple of days back " Mama, how old are you?"
I answered "44"
She replied (completely impressed) "Wowwww, that's almost a hundred years old!!!"

I laughed despite the worrying fact that my kid thinks that I am almost 100, for the fact that she WAS impressed.

These are conversations that I will always remember. For the element of fun. For the innocence. For the closeness that we had. Because in another couple of years I will probably be too old for her and her cool friends. Yet I will always be their mama, for better or for worse, in old age or young :)