money talks, but it can't sing & dance, and it can't walk. okay, technically - money cannot talk. or, make sammiches. but, money can buy sammiches!!

firstly, in case you didn't know, today is square root day - 3/3/09. last one was 2/2/04. next one, 4/4/16. i think you get it.


setup: my child's grandfather likes to participate in her education by providing money. my child's father has a difficult time accepting this money b/c he sees it as some sort of charity to us.

convo:

ace - so, dad is giving us [insert amt here {no, i am not typing it in, you nosey parker!}]

mini-me's père - aww... we don't need it. we can make it fine without it. why is he doing that?? awww....

ace - he wishes to participate in mini-me's education, and this is his way of doing that. we will put it straight to tuition. it is like a pass-thru from him to the school. no worries. it is not like we are accepting money from him for ourselves.

[insert 10 mins]

mini-me's père - hey, we could use that money to buy a lawnmower.

ace - [insert deafening silence]


{i feel compelled to point out at this juncture that mini-me is not studying landscape architecture.}