Saturday July 31, 2010

Worst Part of the Day-

One of the Radiologists from work asked me to go out to lunch with him, his 2 youngest kids (7 and 9), his friend from grade school (blind date set up). Of course I would join in...a social gathering involving food and kids--hurrah. I opted (so g.d. intelligently) to bring only 1 child--my eldest and brightest.

I should've known it was trouble as we step foot in the eerily quiet sushi restaurant. The Rad's 2 kids were sitting spine straight and quiet. They actually did not speak at all for much of the lunch. (I knew this threw Scarlet off--she loves the kid intro of , "hi, wanna be friends?" She is soooo sensitive; she thinks if other kids don't speak to her that they don't like her.) Scarlet quickly started to dominate the conversation and become almost boisterous. Next she was eating with her fingers and declared the sushi "absolutely dis-GUSTING!" (yes, I know the child is 6...). After she returned from going to the bathroom at one point, she announced to the table how she passed the men's bathroom and "saw someone's butt!"

Needless to say, I, too, was thrown off/mortified. (Though even as I type, it is making me laugh a tad. Is she Sasha Baron Cohen's young sidekick?)

It was a LOT to take. As we drove home she justified each action:

Q. Why were you grabbing food with your fingers? A. I couldn't use the chopsticks.

Q. Why were you non-stop talking? A. No one else was talking.

Q. Why did you say the food was disgusting when you know you simply say, No, thank you.

A. It was disgusting.

Whoa.

Best Part of the Day-

Getting the hell out of the sushi place.