I am up and trying to get ready for my very early flight. I just thought I’d pop in to tell you how the dance went last night. Evidently it was AWESOME. His only complaint was that the 6th graders were ordered to leave before “Money Maker” came on and they were bummed because, well, they wanted to shake theirs, of course.
(Now I’m going to have that song stuck in my head all day.)
His friends all planned to have their parents take them to Krispy Kreme after the dance which, of course, I was totally up for. I drove LilZ by himself because his date’s Mom was there to take her. I still hadn’t gotten to meet her, so I was looking forward to the chance at Krispy Kreme. On the way there, LilZ said this:
She asked me if you know she was black and I told her that it didn’t matter because you were a Democrat and believed in gay marriage and stuff…so you wouldn’t care.
How awesome and hilarious is that! I was talking to her Mom, relaying the story, and she said that she tells her daughter to ask that now because recently, at another post-dance shindig, the parents of her daughter’s date were freaked out and insulting and rude to her daughter. She said, “We just don’t want that to happen again, so we like to provide fair warning because the boys don’t mind – but it’s the parents we have to evidently worry about.”
It’s sad that a girl in the sixth grade has to worry about that crap in today’s day and age. Seriously. Why is this an issue for this girl? She’s a gorgeous straight-A student. I’m so happy that she’s a smart one that I’m thinking about asking her to marry my son to avoid the masses of morons he may try do date down the road. I guess I should run that by LilZ first.
Anyway – he had fun, I actually had fun hanging out with her Mom even though I should have been packing. And now? To the packing.
Hopefully I’ll be able to post pictures from the race tomorrow – and from the gorgeous landscape of Tucson. Keep an eye on my family while I’m gone.
Very sad, but there is hope because the kids are as AWESOME as you and LilZ.
Good luck with the race and have a safe trip.
I’ve drafted three comments and none of them said what I wanted. And that’s because what I really want to say is… unintelligble grunts of frustration, anger and pain for that girl and her poor parents.
im glad lil z is open minded. lol@ money maker being played at the dance. now u know…not even the 8th graders need to be listening to that mess, and i love me some luda[cris]. thats crazy about the girls parents, but im not suprised.
i meant to say the parents of the other boys. my bad.
I volunteer for a reading program at a nearby elementary school, and last week my student and I were reading a book about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a child. In the story, his friend, Bobby (who was white), was suddenly no longer allowed to play with Martin, and we only got as far as Martin questioning why Bobby couldn’t hang out anymore. My student (who is black), said, “Maybe Bobby’s just been busy helping his dad at the store.”
My heart was breaking, and I was relieved that the next day’s mentor would have to be the one to introduce her to the concept of prejudice, not me. How sad this is something we have to teach children.
Wow, that is sad. I’m glad your son had a good time and even though I’ve only been reading for the last month or so, I can’t believe he’s old enough to go to dances. And thanks to you, I have that jet plane song stuck in my head.
Have a great weekend.
Your kid is incredible. How proud you should be.
Good luck tomorrow!
LilZ cracks me up!! I wish he and my daughter could be friends. How great is the girl he went with and how ridiculous that her color was even a thought to some!! We lived in the “south” many years and my daughter learned a lot about racism and she was so funny, she always says “why does it matter what color anyone is?? We all laugh and eat and cry the same”. So true.
Anyways, good luck on your half marathon, I am sure you will do awesome like always!!
I wish I was shocked but, it seems more and more we run into the fact that our generation isn’t has groovy as we had hoped….
how crappy that parents have to warn their kids that someone may not like them based on skin color in 2006.
And I totally hope my kid says that I”m cool and believe in gay marriage….
because if he doesn’t I”m just going to steal LIlZ
My heart goes out to that girl. Being half black and half white myself, let’s just say that I was NEVER the right color for my date’s parents! I spent 10 years with a (white) man (from the age of 16 to 26) whose parents actually wrote him a letter telling him, “It’s not HER FAULT she’s black, but you can’t be with her” (in retrospect I wish he had taken their “advice…”) And, um, this was the late 80s.
Anyway, LilZ rocks – and so do you and MrZ for raising such a fine young man.
That’s completely hilarious. I, too, am a democrat that believes in “gay marriage and stuff.” That’s the best label yet! Glad LilZ picked such a fab girl.
How cute is LilZ! What a great guy! Uh, I’m a Republican but I believe in gay marriage and stuff. Hm, is that an oxymoron? Maybe I should jump ship to the other side!
Love, love, love LilZ AND his cute date! How do I know she’s cute? Of course she is, because clearly LilZ has excellent judgment. I’m thrilled with how those two kids are turning out, and hope that the kids my boys meet at that age are open-minded and such — so much better than their parents’ parents. Times change, but not nearly fast enough.
Hugs and kudos to LilZ! You must be raising him right!
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