I should have posted this when it happened. I'm doing it now so I don't ever forget:
I was dropping Ernie off at school one morning, and we were talking in the hallway because we were a little early. And Ernie consulted me on a matter that had been weighing on him for what seemed like a while: "Dad, Lilly says that I can't marry Lenora because she's my sister..." So I told him that's right, Lenora's off limits. Well, I didn't realize how seriously he would take my flippant response. He just got real quiet and started trying to repress his tears, and he said, "But I WILL marry Lenora. I want to always live with her, because I love her." He wasn't shouting or pouting or anything. He was just clearly VERY let down that he and his sister wouldn't always mean more to each other than to anyone else. He was very sad and a little pissed. It's sweet how well he and Lenora get along, so I'm glad someone other than me had to break the bad news to him. For the record, Lilly - a girl in his class - tells Ernie, her parents, and anyone else who will listen that Ernie is HER boyfriend, so there may have been some manuevering on her part. But she is a very cute, sweet little girl otherwise. Post on meeting up with Lilly to follow.
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