Oh, waitress!
WK and I had a date Saturday. Hubs is busy all weekend reffing a soccer tournament, so the boy and I went to a car show displaying in the old downtown.
After we had walked around looking at all the cool rides for a while, we stopped in a small Italian restaurant for lunch. We ordered sandwiches and talked about the show as we waited for our meals.
A young girl brought our food, sat the plates down and asked, ‘is there anything else I can get for you ladies?’
I froze. Looking up from my plate, I tried to gauge WK’s reaction to this faux pas. He had this peculiar expression on his face – somewhere between shock and amusement. I managed to croak out, ‘no thanks, we’re fine.’
WK told me later that poor girl almost immediately realized her mistake, turned back toward our table, uttered something close to ‘oh, crap,’ and hid out in the kitchen. She never returned to our table, another waitress replenished our drinks and brought the check.
We both chuckled a little and tried to enjoy our meals, chatting around this 2000-pound gorilla sitting at the table. He still had that ‘look’ on his face and I couldn’t hold it in any longer. I started to laugh, out loud, body shaking, tears rolling, hand over mouth guffawing.
Every time I managed to compose myself, I would looked back at WK, with his half smile, and start all over again. I finally choked out between spasms, ’stop looking at me!’ All the while WK kept saying, ‘really, Mom,’ and ‘are you okay?’
As we finished our sandwiches, I regained control, and WK went outside to see more of the car show. Later when I caught up with him, I asked if he was finally going to let me take him to get his hair cut.
No such luck. He’s still reluctant to lose the shoulder length locks, but agreed to do ’something different’ to avoid this same mistaken identity in the future. I told him that I thought he was a good looking boy, but maybe a not-so-cute girl.
‘I make a really ugly girl, Mom.’
‘Yeah, you make an ugly girl.’
hi TARa,
thanks for the note. sorry you didn’t hear from the man already. all the stress of wondering over that probably was the reason your laughter here was EVEN sweeter.
so funny.
loved hearing that you got to have hearty hard laughter! i love the hard laughter where i can barely catch my breath .. or where i almost pee my pants … where my side hurts a little … oh and snort laughing, too! sounds like you had a groovy time guffawing!!
i’ve had some hard good laughter this week, too! love it. it’s better than chocolate! he he.
great day girlie, kathleenybeany
[Tara R.] Beany… that may be it, trying to hold in all the stress cuz of the job… I felt bad laughing like that, but I just couldn’t help it. He was laughing and had such a funny expression.
Oh that’s hilarious! That poor waitress really made your day! My cardio coach says one minute of laughter is equivalent to ten minutes of exercise. Sounds like you got your workout for the day!
[Tara R.] Nicole… if that is true, I should have lost at least five pounds.
I laugh inappropriately at my kids all the time, particularly my youngest. The other day, as we were in the car (parked), waiting for the school to open, she was doing one of her monkey routines of climbing on the middle console…and fell right to the floor. I laughed and laughed! She tried to be mad at me, but eventually gave in and started laughing, too.
[Tara R.] April… same here. I probably would have been fine, except he started laughing and I just lost it. If we hadn’t been in public it would have been much worse.
Holy Cow! That is TOO FUNNY!!
[Tara R.] Ms. H… I know! He was even fighting not laughing out loud. WK took it a lot better than I expected him to.
This is hilarious. It’s nice that he took it with such grace, though. And I love that he’s still standing strong about the hair. That’s pretty bold of him.
[Tara R.] MommyTime… he has gorgeous hair, I’m kinda glad he still wants to keep it long.
LOL! That’s too funny! Apparently it didn’t bother him!
[Tara R.] Stacey… he told me that he was more angry that the waitress didn’t apologize, but he wasn’t embarrassed. I think my laughing so hard was more embarrassing.
that used to happen to me and my high school bf all the time – same shoulder length locks and defiance to cut them off. it was always good for a laugh! i’m glad he knows how to laugh, himself.
[Tara R.] Zoeyj… he has never taken himself very seriously. Besides, he does have beautiful hair, hair any smart woman would envy – blond, thick, curly – it’s just not fair.
Too funny! I guess longer hair on boys is back in style. A few days ago mistook a boy down the street for his sister until I saw him up close. Thankfully, my boys like to keep their hair short.
[Tara R.] Bad Momma… WK used to get a buzz cut, shorter than military style. I guess he is just making up for lost time.
Oh, this is classic! Love it! Tell him you’ll braid it for him next time so it’s out of his face. hehe
[Tara R.] SWC… he did come home and brush it out of his eyes. Hopefully this will get him to do at least that.
lol oh man!
[Tara R.] Ashley… I’m still laughing.
As a middle school teacher, I truly admire kids who are willing to take criticism or even ridicule, rather than change who they are. I also admire parents who can let their kids walk around with long hair, looking less-than perfect, all in the name of individuality. It’s just hair. Your son sounds cool.
[Tara R.] Half-Past… he is really cool. I don’t think he would change for anyone. He likes being WK too much, and I’m learning to pick my battles – hair isn’t one of them.
That is so hilarious I bet the poor waitress was so embarrassed. Calling a boy a girl ranks right up there with assuming women are pregnant that aren’t.
[Tara R.] Amanda… yep, she had to been. Cuz, if you actually look at WK, there is no way you would make that mistake.
Oh man… poor waitress….. I am sure she was so flipping embarrassed!
What a funny story!
[Tara R.] OHMommy… it was really hilarious, or at least I thought so.
Okay, I just wanted to stop by and let you know that WordPress and I didn’t get along and I’m going back to blogger so be sure to change me back to blogger because I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t get your comments.
[Tara R.] Allie… sorry to hear you’re moving, I’ve already fixed your blogroll listing. Thanks for the change of address card. I wouldn’t want to miss your posts.
I don’t feel bad for the waitress at all
It’s so awesome to read that you guys can laugh together…sounds like a fun day.
[Tara R.] Jen… the boy and I can get into some serious trouble when we go out in public. People want to be us, cuz we do have so much fun.
HA HA HA HA HA.
it sounds like you guys had a great day!
[Tara R.] Heather… a good time was had by one and all. He kept his hair, I had a good laugh… all’s right with the world.
funny stuff, poor kid, he took it well though… bless
[Tara R.] xbox… he has a strong sense of right and wrong. He wasn’t upset that she mistook him for a girl, he was angry she didn’t come back to say ’sorry.’ Besides, he had much prettier hair than she did.
She obviously went on hair alone . . . she just didn’t get a glimpse soon enough of that oh so handsome face, I’m sure.
This is why so many youngsters use the seemingly “gender”-less “You guys . . . “. Apparently, girls can be GUYS . . .
[Tara R.] LaskiGal… he does have pretty hair, and not just a pretty face. I kid him about it and will ask him to do the ‘Prince Charming’ hair sweep from ‘Shrek.’
That’s rough! Especially as a teen. Glad he took it so well, though!
[Tara R.] Nissa… he was great. He was more embarrassed that I was laughing like an idiot than what the waitress said.
I love that the waitress was too embarrassed to even show her face again.
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I LOVE that your boy is secure enough in himself and his hair that he didn’t let you cut it off immediately. Seems like he is developing a strong sense of self. Good job, Momma Tara!
[Tara R.] Nikki… I call him Samson cuz he won’t get his hair cut. I love it too. I gave him the same talk as his sister …’keep it clean, keep brushed, keep out of your eyes, and you can keep it long.’
What a GREAT story.. seriously the fact that you could not stop laughing had me laughing.. and that waitress.. too funny that she would not even show her face again!!
[Tara R.] Kim… I’m not sure the waitress didn’t come back because of what she said, or because I was laughing so hard. No matter, the boy and I had a blast that day.
Hahaha. That’s a GREAT story. I’m so used to people calling my 1 1/2 year old girl a boy, but I’d never have thought that a grown child would have similar issues. lol
Sounds like he’s got a good head on his shoulders though since he doesn’t sound like he got upset at all.
[Tara R.] CableGirl… it takes a lot to phase him… besides he loves that hair, and it would take something seriously heinous to get him to agree to cutting it.
LOL!!! Ahhh… time to be proud that your son is self-assured and confident in his masculinity.
[Tara R.] Deb… it may be more of a ‘I don’t give a shit’ attitude than confident masculinity. I am proud that he really doesn’t care what other people think about him. He is very much his own person.