Mom, what’s adult TV?
Yes, the above title of this post is a REAL question my 9 year old son asked me today?
Luckily, we were in the van heading to the creche to pick up the little one so he wasn’t able to see the various looks that crept across my face.
- Look of disbelief as the stunning realisation of what he wants to know comes to mind. I mutter to myself, oh my!
- Then the sheer look of fear as the knot in my stomach tightens with me thinking about just where he heard such a term.
- Next comes the nervous giggle as I try and stall time, hiding the embarrassment about what exactly I may need to tell my innocent young child.
- And last, but certainly not least is my serious mommy face that sets the tone for the forthcoming biology lesson followed by a severe lecture! Do I really have to tell him? Nah!
It turns out my son has just discovered the amazing virtues of “On Demand TV” and was flicking through all the available on demand channels when he came across one entitled Adult TV? (Don’t worry, this household does not pay for this channel, not that there’s anything wrong with that if that’s your kind of thing and we also have parental control locks on the remote so he couldn’t access it anyway.) He asked his ever so mature, 12 year old brother who couldn’t really tell him anything other than it’s what grown ups watch which led him to ask me.
So, I did what any self respecting parent would be and I answered his question with a question!
Me: What do you think it is, son?
Son: It’s a TV channel that adults like to watch.
Me: Yes, son that’s right, but not all adults.
Pause. Silence. I breathe a sigh of relief and so I drive on . . . until I hear this.
Son: Where there are breastasis.
Shock, gasp, horror.
Me: Who told you that?
Son: {Insert big brother’s name}
I turn so fast to look at my oldest son who I might add, is trying not to cheesily grin in the seat next to me, that I get whiplash.
Me: Huh? What? How do you know? And, what do you think you are telling your little brother that for?
Oldest son: I am 12 ye know. I kinda know a lot mom.
Me: What, what, what?
Son: Mom, I never want to look at breastasis on the TV. You don’t have to worry about me looking at them.
Me: Good. Want to go and get an ice cream?
You try and shelter your kids and look what happens! Why the heck does Brighthouse Networks have to have such a channel on its line up anyway? Grrrrrrrrrrrrr!
Breastasis?
On demand…great but……
very funny though. Did hubby laugh when you told him?
We don’t watch “movies” but for a while we had a couple of dvd’s. They were used so little that I had forgotten they were in the top of the linen closet. Noah was looking for something and had pulled a chair to the closet. Guess what he found. And guess how long he looked at the pictures before I found him. It was very uncomfortable to have that conversation with a 3 year old. But the good news is I won’t have to do too much explaining when he hits puberty!
This is why I’m so glad mine’s going into the priesthood. I couldn’t handle those questions.
Doh!
LMAO.. Do you need me to come over and talk with them again. ~Grin~
Yeah, those questions do take you by suprise, you should have pointed up and said, oooo look, there’s a bird!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LMAO! That’s hilarious… luckily Gage is extremely shy when it comes to that kind of stuff. He senses it’s something he’d be embarrassed about and he leaves the room, but not before he turns a bright shade of red. And that’s just watching George Lopez.
Ok! That is just funny..plain and simple…I dread the day when my daughter asks me that question!