I happened to be home earlier than usual. Around 3pm, our son walks in and says to his mom. Mom I have a friend who wants a play date. He is outside. I tried to tell him not to come, but he still did.
Not sure what to say, I paused to hear my wife’s reply. Long and behold, she looked straight at me and said…Honey, can you go handle the situation!
That put me right on the spot. I certainly was not about to let her down nor was I ready to make my son look like the boy who has parents from ‘you know where’. I went outside, introduced myself as dad and asked his name. The next question was whether his parents were aware of his whereabouts. He hesitated, so I asked for the phone number to called them up.
After getting his guardian on the phone, I explained to her, that her son was at my house. She was fine with the fact that she knew where he was. Well, the play date was good to go. I bet too, my son was happy to get an age mate to play with. Phew!
Hehehehehe.