“Do me a solid, Mom, smell my underpants.” Say what??! Can I laugh at that or would I be reinforcing inappropriate behavior? Or inappropriate language? What do you do with that? Is it open for discussion? Should I ask why he wants me to smell his underpants? Does he really want me to smell his underpants? Is there an issue with his underpants? Does he want to see if they are fresh enough to wear again tomorrow? Is he testing me to see what exactly I will do for him? Did he hear this said on television or on the playground? And since when does my son ask me to do him a ‘solid’? Or is that the least of my woes at this point? I did want to be mad because somehow it must be inappropriate, at least to say anyplace else on the planet besides in his own room to his own mother. Thank God that is where he chose to try this statement out. He did assure me that he had never and would never say that to anyone else, at which point I allowed myself to break down and laugh. I know, I’m a little old to think that the word underpants is funny, but sometimes, it just is.
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