Kids are smarter than we give them credit for. I read in a book once that there can be no secrets in a home where there are children. The meaning of that statement is that kids notice everything. They hear everything and see everything, and even if they don’t know exactly what’s going on, they know if something is unusual or not right. And kids aren’t always completely innocent, either. They’re not immune to a little blackmail from time to time, even though it’s usually harmless. Now imagine if you’re a child and you know your mom is cheating on your dad. Now imagine that you know who the man is who she’s cheating with. What would you do? How would you handle it? In the joke below, we think the paramour got exactly what he deserved.
A woman is having an affair during the day while her husband is at work. Her 9-year-old son comes home unexpectedly, sees them and hides in the bedroom closet to watch. The woman’s husband also comes home. She puts her lover in the closet, not realizing that the little boy is in there already.
The little boy says, “It’s dark in here.”
The man says, “Yes, it is.”
Boy ~ “I have a baseball.”
Man ~ “That’s nice.”
Boy ~ “Want to buy it?”
Man ~ “No, thanks.”
Boy ~ “My dad’s outside.”
Man ~ “OK, how much?”
Boy ~ “$250?”
In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the lover are in the closet together.
Boy ~ “It’s dark in here.”
Man ~ “Yes, it is.”
Boy ~ “I have a baseball glove.”
The lover remembering the last time, asks the boy, “How much?”
Boy ~ “$750?”
Man ~ “Fine.”
A few days later, the father says to the boy, “Grab your glove, let’s go outside and have a game of catch.”
The boy says, “I can’t, I sold my baseball and my glove.”
The father asks, “How much did you sell them for?”
Boy ~ “$1,000?”
The father says, “That’s terrible to overcharge your friends like that… that is way more than those two things cost. I’m going to take you to church and make you confess.”
They go to the church and the father makes the little boy sit in the confession booth and he closes the door.
The boy says, “Dark in here.”
The priest says, “Don’t start that crap again.”
