As a stay-at-home-dad I take the kids to most of their activities. Last spring DD was taking swimming lessons and this pretty much meant that I had all 4 kids with me where she took lessons after school. Now, this picture that my wife took today doesn't show DS#2 or DS#3 smiling the way they really can. When they smile, they can light up a room.
Anyway, I had the boys with me in the lobby while DD had her lessons in the pool room (it is an indoor pool) and one of the mom's there was watching DS#2 and #3 playing together and knew that DD and DS#1 were mine too. She said, "Your children are so beautiful, your wife must be GORGEOUS!" (yes, the "gorgeous" was heavily emphasized)
I smiled, laughed, and said, "Thank you, I certainly think so."
Then, it suddenly dawned on her that maybe that wasn't such a compliment to, well, me, and she said, "Oh, I mean, you are good looking too..." (and sort of trailed off) "Is your wife Asian? The children look like they are mixed." Hehe, swift change of subject.
Yes, my kids are lucky as hell they have such a beautiful mother. Come to think of it, I am too. I have noticed other people making similar comments since, but the look on this woman's face when she realized that she wasn't really complimenting me was priceless. I think the children do benefit from having a mixed race background but I like to think that their true beauty lies within--even when they do refuse to smile for their picture.
LOL! That's so funny, but I bet she was really embarrassed! Just remember that you have 50% of the genes in your kids - and I'd say that the mix turned out good for all our kids! ;)
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