This kid is trying to kill me with her big brain and is processing things way faster than I am ready for her to.

So tonight as I was putting her to bed, she asked me as always who was picking her up from school tomorrow. I told her that it would be Daddy. She got whiny about it saying she hadn’t been with me for very long, which is also normal. I told her that Daddy and I get to share time with her because we both love her so much.

The she said, “Well since you both love me so much, maybe you and Daddy should get married!”

blink blink blink

I said, “Well, Daddy and I used to be married but we aren’t anymore.”

This apparently blew her little mind, even though she knows from old photos that we all used to live together. It never dawned on me that she didn’t get that we had been married.

She said to me with wide eyes, “But when you get married you are just married forever.”

At this point in the conversation things started moving in slow motion for me. All I could hear in my head was “Don’t fuck this up. Don’t fuck this up. Don’t fuck this up.” How do I explain this to her? How can I tell her about the concept of divorce without planting a seed in her head that Daddy and GF might not be married forever (which I absolutely do NOT want to do)?

Then she reached up and tickled me and told me that I should get married so she can have a Step DaDa.

Thank you, dog, for that exit from the conversation. I swear sometimes that kid can read my mind. Maybe she could tell that I was not ready for this conversation and was letting me out of it easily. I have a rule that I will NEVER lie to her so I try to be honest with her about everything, but sometimes it’s a struggle to be honest and also keep things on the right level for her maturity. I also want to use the “you’re too young to understand right now” answer sparingly. Something tells me if she had pushed me on the topic, I would have had to pull it out tonight.

I swear, if a glass of wine weren’t four Weight Watchers points, I’d be drinking one right now.