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I was dating my wife (girlfriend at the time) for about a month and got some bug up my butt to take her to my home town to meet my parents. We arrived on a Saturday morning that just so happened to be my sister’s birthday. Big plans were in the works to go out and celebrate at one of those Asian-themed, fill-up your bowl, we’ll grill it for you, you eat it type of restaurants. We arrived at the restaurant and took our seats. The restaurant had a big gong that they would hit for birthdays and special occasions. My mom took notice and yelled to my sister “Hey, maybe they’ll hit the bong for you! Go see if you can hit the bong!” All of us just about fell out of our chairs we were laughing so hard. My mom looked at us and blurted out a confused “What! What’s so funny?” It took a while but I finally stopped laughing and tried to explain the faux pas. Before I could spit out my explanation my future wife proceeded to set the story straight “That’s a gong, not a bong. You smoke dope with a bong, you make crashing noises with a gong.” Now that wasn’t the end of the conversation. Mom had to do a round-robin interrogation clockwise around the table starting with my girlfriend; after all she did explain the difference between a bong and a gong. “Have you ever hit a bong? Have you ever hit a bong? Have you ever hit a…..oh never mind?” Needless to say, my wife’s introduction to my parents was un-fricken-forgettable and dinner was definitely the high point of the trip.
WHAT CAN I SAY? YOU OBVIOUSLY MARRIED UP :o)
ReplyDeleteNow wait a minute...I didn't just volunteer the information. None of you would tell her, and she wouldn't let me alone until I did. She cornered me!! What was I supposed to do? It was the first time I met your parents. I couldn't say "no, I'm not going to tell you why these maniacs are laughing and falling off their chairs. I'm just going to let them continue to make fun of you..."
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