A Conversation with my Daughter About Romance

Tonight, while washing dishes with me, Kira asked, "Have you ever dreamed about a fairy tale romance?"

"Sure," I said.  "When I was a teenager."

Kira sighed.

"Ah, but real romance is better than fairy tale romance," I said, as the anti-princess in me surfaced.

"Why?" my innocent daughter asked.

"Well, a fairy tale romance is all about, what?"

"The first kiss," Kira said, sounding dreamy.

"Yeah, and how many of those do you get?"

"One," she said.  "Until you kiss a new guy."

Yeah, that was another subject for another day.....  "And then what happens?" I asked.  "Is the romance over?"

Kira replied, "They live happily ever after."

"And what does that mean?" I asked.  "Does that ever happen?  In real life, you learn how to be happy even when you're miserable."

Unsatisfied, she asked me about my first kiss.

"It was really awkward," I said.

"And your second kiss was..." she sighed loudly.  "What was your second kiss like?"

I thought about it for a moment, then said, "I don't remember."

She seemed disappointed.

I thought about kisses, and the kisses that matter.  Then, I said, "You know what kiss I remember most?"

"Which kiss?"

I replied honestly.  "The kiss I got today from your dad."

:)  Yeah.  That's romance, baby!