"Chocolate?"

When Boy RedShoes was about 13 or so, he wanted to go see a concert in Memphis at the New Daisy Theater... it was a band by the name of Limp Bizkit...  His  Mom and I had been divorced maybe   a year... it was an "all-ages" show, so it started and ended  at a reasonable time.  

We drove up and parked across the street from the Orpeum in Memphis... about three or so blocks from the Theater... BRS and I were waiting to cross the street to head down Beale when we hear this voice...


"Can I interest you gentlemen in some Chocolate"? 

I turned and looked... and there was this well-dressed black woman looking at us... I told her, "No, thanks," and we proceeded on...  As we were crossing the street, BRS  kept turning around and looking back while we walked... every so many steps he would turn and look... and he finally said to me, "Dad... that woman doesn't have any candy to sell..."


So, I stopped... and looked back with him... and asked him to take a very careful look at her... and to think about what she asked us...


Then his eyes got really large... and he said... "OHMYGOD... she's a prostitute...!!!"


And then the sentence that really caught my attention... "Wow... my first experience with a prostitute..."


I told him that under NO conditions was he to make that same statement to his Mom!!!


All I could do was laugh... bless his heart...  its a tough world... and so many lessons to learn...


I love my kids...