Kids know too much

Last week (or maybe it was the previous week), we were sitting around the dinner table. Talking about the fact that Jenn is pregnant again.

I know this next question was coming at some point, but I wasn't ready for it. Christine asked "So , Mum? , How did you get pregnant?" and this point I couldn't see myself, but I knew I went white as a sheet. I don't want to talk to the kids about this stuff, especially at the dinner table. This is the stuff horror movies are made of. Almost like a dream where you're trying to run away from the "bad guys" or monsters and you can never run fast enough.

My tongue felt like it was all swollen and there was a gianormous lump in my throat, just about to choke me. Doing the only thing I could , with sweat on my brow, I glanced at Jennifer, hoping she was going to say something profound. I swear the clock stood still, even though it was probably one second. Then the silence was broken and the answer came. ....... Though it wasn't from Jenn, it was Zack and he responded with absolute certainty and confidence as if this moment was rehearsed a thousand times. "They Humped!"

Jenn at this point could do the only thing that she could, turned away to "pretend" to tend to Nathan , when in fact she was laughing, though no sound was being made, though the glance she gave me and the trembling of her torso as she laughed gave it away. Though in her retreat from battle, left me all alone with the attention of the loin fruit. Luckily for me, Christine said "Ewwww" and Zack said "They kissing humped!" (whatever that means)....

I thought I was white before, but I in fact it wasn't till then that I was completely and utterly defeated and dumbfounded. How do you respond to that? Uhhh, ummmm... Well,... There isn't a response, you just have to accept that your 7 year old knows more than you think they do.