Girlwithoutawatch

(6 yr old) Philomena – You know Mummy, today a friend at school said that it isn’t always a man and woman who get married, that sometimes two mummies can get married to each other and have babies as well. But I told her that would be impossible because if two mommies got married together they would have far too many children.

Me – Too many children? 

Philomena – YES! Because they BOTH would want to have babies and they BOTH would be having them at the SAME TIME!!! So they would make TOO many babies to take care of!!!  And then who would take care of the babies???!!! BECAUSE, well, they would both have to work ALL THE TIME to feed the babies! AND BECAUSE, you see, also, there wouldn’t be a daddy in the house to stop them from having all the babies! AND —  

(4 yr old) Luna (interrupting) – If there could be two mommies who are married, could there be two daddy’s who get married as well?

Me – Yes

(6yr old) friend sitting with us – I like having one mommy and one daddy.

Luna (interrupting) – MUMMY it’s more fun if I have TWO daddies ’cause if one daddy go to work and one daddy don’t go to work, when I’m sick one can stay with me!

Philomena – Then I’d like TWO mommies AND two daddies!