At Times I Am Downright Maniacal

When I was maybe a freshman in high school, I had a major crush on this girl. That’s hardly an original thing for a high schooler to have, but I digress. Kat had a regular babysitting gig for some family in town. One day she asked me if there was any chance I could fill in for her, since she had something she had to do. (It was probably a date or something. Yeah I was that guy in high school.) Anyway, money is money and I like kids so sure, I’ll do it.

The babies to be sat were two girls, the older one was maybe in the early years of middle school and her sister was a few years younger. I played with them, read to them, we drew pictures, generally fun stuff. Then it was time to put them to bed. Let me preface this part of the story with a note. I had never had a babysitting job before. Never. I didn’t know the standard dynamic. So when the kids fell asleep after I read to them, I stayed in the room. I sat in a chair in the corner and read to myself by a dim desk lamp. I later learned that a good babysitter will leave the room, ransack the fridge, and watch late-night TV til the parents come home and pay you. My bad. I hope I did not come across as creepy.

Flash forward a few years. Now I’m in college and my little brother is in high school. I never heard tell of him going out with a girl or anything. He was, I assumed, a late bloomer just like me. In retrospect I think that was a stupid assumption and that he was just out partying with girls and we never knew back home. It comes to light that my little bro has landed a girlfriend. Well isn’t that cute. I meet her. She’s nice and good-looking to boot. Way to go, Ryan. After they’ve been going out for a few months, there’s going to be a family party and this girl’s family is going to come, too!

Well isn’t that swell. The families (future in-laws?) all together having a blast. Well when the little lady’s parents show up, they look a little familiar. And then they drop the bomb. “Yeah, you babysat the girls a few times, don’t you remember? Sally swore us to secrecy at first. Don’t tell Ryan, she said! Haha, isn’t that funny?”

Oh yes. It’s hilarious. I love knowing my brother is having wicked hot makeouts with a little girl I used to read bedtime stories to. And I’m sure she loves coming over for family dinners and seeing the guy that made sure she’d brushed her teeth and washed her face. That’s Deliverance funny, right there.

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