"Grammy, who is the second oldest? Is it Aaron?"
"No..."
"...Peter...?"
"No..."
"Well, I know it isn't David."
Pause. While he continues to stare pensively past me.
Me: "What am I? Chopped liver?"
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| Smyth family circa 1999 |
I know I look young, but sheesh! I wasn't even part of the list!
Although, it's not the first time someone thought my younger brothers are older than I. Based on the family photo I carried around on my mission (shown at right), most people guessed I was the second youngest, and that the actual second youngest, Peter (with the Greg Brady haircut), was the oldest. Guess those of us who look more like my mom got the "slightly younger-looking" genes!
At least my nephew acknowledges that we're all family, instead of just people put on the world to entertain him. You wouldn't believe how long that took for him to learn. Then again, being an only child (and grandchild) for as long as he was, I guess he didn't have any frame of reference. It all makes more sense now with sisters of his own to put things in perspective.
Golly, I love that kid!
4 comments:
Our family is the best and our nephew is such a cute kid!
I agree!
So cute! Do they call you Aunt Megan? I insist on being called Aunt Amy so that the kids get a sense of family order and respect. My nieces always forget because their mom calls me just 'Amy' and she doesn't want the title of Aunt. I think it's cute and age is only in your own head anyway.
Every family is different though. :)
My nephew just calls me "Megan" and the little girls are starting to do the same thing. I always wanted to be "Auntie Meg" but we've never really enforced it. We do refer to my brothers as "Unckie Dave", "Unckie Aaron", etc. I agree that the title fosters more respect... maybe I should start insisting on it :D
Love the "age is only in your head" comment -- that is so, so true!
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