are you a mom?

My sweet tooth has been deprived for almost a month now of those chewy and soft chocolate chip cookies. A guilty pleasure, that is only to be eaten on special occasions. So what’s the special occasion you ask? I’ve been craving cookies for a few weeks and that is a world record. So to celebrate the world record, today was that day I finally gave in and decided to buy the ingredients. With the shopping list in one hand and the other navigating the uncooperative cart, I searched for various foods. While I was in the section where you wouldn’t find a vegetarian in sight, yes the meat aisle, I parked my cart on the side. As I contemplated on what meat to buy, I have this conversation with a boy of 10 years old.

Little boy: “Excuse me, are you a mom?”
Me: Shocked at the question I crack a smile and say, “Uh no.”
LB: With a big smile on his face he asks, “Oh, then can I have your number?”
ME: Even more surprised by his question, I laugh hysterically and said, “Uh no thank you.” And I walked away pretending to look busy.

Is that the new pick up line going around these days? When I was in the aisle of heaven, yes the ice cream aisle, he ran into me again and said with a huge smile, “Heeeeyyyyy there! I’m back!”

He’s such a persistent little boy. All I can do is laugh because I’ve never been asked if I was a mom to be used as a pick up line. I wasn’t even with a little kid, unless you count my younger sister who is only 2 years younger than me. I should have said, “Yes I am a mom,” and point to my sister and said, “And that is my daughter.” That would have been hilarious just to see what his expression would be. I thought I’ve heard every pick up line there is, I was wrong.