Vacation Fun: Wish You Were Here

What To Expect When You’re Expecting doesn’t begin to cover real parenting quandaries, like today’s issue: When on a family vacation, how do you handle it when your 9 year old charges that her great-grandfather murdered her fish?

The fishing trip that was supposed to build a great family memory went very awry when Great Grandpa ignored the 9 year old’s “catch and release” approach to fishing. Great Grandpa’s approach is more along the lines of “catch and kill”… which is what he did… to the fish the 9 year old caught… when he bludgeoned it with a can opener… and then fried it up for lunch.

Neither party is talking to the other. Neither one can see the other’s side. It’s like the nuclear arms showdown with Iran, only the fundamentalist nut job in this scenario is my 93 year old grandfather.

So while you might have gotten a vacation postcard from me that said what a wonderful time we’re having, that was sent yesterday.