So-So gets married to Lou Lou

 

“Mom, where’s my bow tie?” Ben asked me.  “So-So’s getting married and he said I have to wear a tie.”

Emily was changing into her favorite dress in her room and found Ben’s tie in with her necklaces and threw it at him.  “Hurry!” Ben shouts to his sister and runs back into his room.
“Who is So-So marrying?”  I asked, following him.
“His Lou Lou,” he shrugged casually.
“Who’s Lou Lou?”
“She’s his girlfriend,” he tells me using his “Duh” tone.
“Oh, I see. What does she do?” I asked him, knowing this is going to be good.
“Nothing, she just sleeps in the hamper all day,” he says, pointing at his (overflowing) hamper in his room.
Emily, who is now standing in the doorway listening gives her opinion, “I wouldn’t EVER want to marry someone who sleeps all day.”
Whew! Good to know…

Originally published April 2009