{"id":15702,"date":"2026-05-01T23:35:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=15702"},"modified":"2026-05-01T23:35:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T23:35:33","slug":"mums-drivers-licence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=15702","title":{"rendered":"Mum\u2019s driver\u2019s licence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"82\" data-end=\"129\">A mother is driving her daughter to a playdate.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"171\">\u201cMommy, how old are you?\u201d the girl asks.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"173\" data-end=\"241\">\u201cDon\u2019t ask a lady her age,\u201d her mother replies. \u201cThat\u2019s not polite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"273\">\u201cOkay\u2026 how much do you weigh?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"275\" data-end=\"323\">\u201cThose are personal questions,\u201d the mother says.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"325\" data-end=\"362\">\u201cWhy did you and Daddy get divorced?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"364\" data-end=\"401\">\u201cEnough questions!\u201d the mother snaps.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"403\" data-end=\"517\">Later, the child\u2019s friend says, \u201cIf you want answers, just look at her driver\u2019s licence. It tells you everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"519\" data-end=\"577\">That night, the girl tells her mother:<br \/>\n\u201cI know you\u2019re 32.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"579\" data-end=\"630\">Her mother is shocked. \u201cHow did you find that out?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"632\" data-end=\"666\">\u201cAnd I know you weigh 130 pounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"668\" data-end=\"702\">\u201cHow on earth did you learn that?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"704\" data-end=\"748\">\u201cAnd I know why you and Daddy got divorced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"750\" data-end=\"756\">\u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"758\" data-end=\"788\">\u201cBecause you got an F in sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"795\" data-end=\"803\">\n<p data-start=\"805\" data-end=\"852\">A little girl notices her mother\u2019s white hairs.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"854\" data-end=\"894\">\u201cWhy are some of your hairs white, Mom?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"896\" data-end=\"982\">\u201cEvery time you do something wrong and make me sad, one turns white,\u201d her mother says.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"984\" data-end=\"1062\">The girl thinks for a moment, then asks:<br \/>\n\u201cSo why is Grandma\u2019s hair all white?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1081\">And finally:<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1083\" data-end=\"1127\">A boy starts eating before prayer at dinner.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1129\" data-end=\"1172\">\u201cWait until we say grace,\u201d his mother says.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1174\" data-end=\"1204\">\u201cI don\u2019t have to,\u201d he replies.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1232\">\u201cThat\u2019s our rule at home!\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1234\" data-end=\"1319\">\u201cThis isn\u2019t our house,\u201d he says. \u201cThis is Grandma\u2019s house\u2014and she knows how to cook.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>A mother is driving her daughter to a playdate. \u201cMommy, how old are you?\u201d the girl asks. \u201cDon\u2019t ask a lady her age,\u201d her mother <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=15702\" title=\"Mum\u2019s driver\u2019s licence\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15703,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15702"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15704,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15702\/revisions\/15704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}