My 11 year old son has gotten to the point that he requests WSTW be played when we are driving somewhere. Tonight as we drove to the Bear/Glasgow YMCA for a quick swim, I started listening to the lyrics of the song playing on the radio. The song is “I Kissed a Girl,” a techno-rock sort of song that is basically about a bisexual first kiss. Not that there is anything wrong with that…
I kissed a girl
I liked it
The taste of her cherry chapstick
I kissed a girl
Just to try it
Hope my boyfriend don’t mind it
Now, it had a nice beat and I could dance to it (although, I really shouldn’t dance) but I thought it would be best to find a good way to change the channel nonchalantly before my 7 year old daughter started asking questions.
“Daddy?“
“Yes?” Oh good, she wants to talk about something, that will distract her from the song…
“I kissed a girl, but I didn’t like it.“
“Oh?” Shit.
“Yeah, we banged our heads together and we kissed at the same time. It hurt.“
“I see.“
Then she started to sing along… It isn’t easy being a parent some days.