My son likes to skateboard and longboard. When I leave in my car, he likes me to pull him along with the car for about 500 feet and then he lets go. I know I shouldn't do it, but we do it when no one is around and he enjoys it so much. When I do it, I always hope no one is watching us, but picture all of the neighbors at their windows watching and thinking what a horrible mom that I am for doing this. After he lets go, I quickly drive out of the neighborhood!
Since this story involves me, of course all does not go well. Yesterday, I was on my way out, and he wanted to hang on. So, unfortunately, I agreed. Usually, when he lets go, in the rear view mirror, I see him wave and then he gets smaller and smaller. This time, I saw him wave and then instantly his socks and shoes! This is exactly what I was afraid of, and why I was embarrassed in front of any neighbors watching. I stopped the car and opened the door and asked if he was ok. I was hoping so because that was the funniest thing I had seen all week! (I needed to be sure he was fine before I could laugh about it.) He didn't look too happy, but said he was fine (although he looked like he was about to throw up), so I told him to go home and I would call him, and I high tailed it out of the neighborhood!
I called him about 10 minutes later to find out what had happened. Turned out he just lost his balance because his feet were not placed properly. He said that just after he fell, he did think he was going to throw up. I almost lost it at that point. After how funny the fall was, if I had turned around and then seen him throwing up, I would have laughed until I cried! (Yes, it again seems that I am a bad mom, but it was funny.) I was able to convey to him the images that are now etched in my brain forever, and then he too laughed and found the extreme humor of the situation. This is one situation that we both would have found throwing up to be funny. [Obvious Disclaimer - Don't Try this in your neighborhood!]
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