In Which I Think It's Probably Not A Good Idea

Social Butterfly (in black) and her FFF (Friend From Forever), Care Bear

 

For many years All-Star softball was our life--at least for the months of May and June. Practice every night and tournaments every weekend. In this photo SB and CB are playing for different leagues, but before that they played together.

One year, CB's mom and I decided we would share a room at the Embassy Suites in Irvine while we were up there for a tournament. If you have any experience with club sports and tournament play you know exactly how fast the expenses start racking up. Cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching!

At the last minute CB's mom needed to stay home, so it was CB and her dad and SB and me. Which was totally fine with us--our families have vacationed together for years, so seeing each other in our pajamas was not a problem for us. Besides, the rooms are suites so there's plenty of room.

We didn't realize how odd other people might find it. There was more than a little whispering and quite a few sideways glances. We didn't care because . . . well, that's just the way we roll. And if my husband and his wife didn't have a problem, why should anyone else. We found it pretty amusing.

Saturday night, after the team dinner, we went back to the room to get some rest before an early game.

Care Bear: I was thinking about it and I think SB and I should sleep on the comfy bed and you and my dad should sleep on the pullout sofa.

Me:?????

CB: We're the ones that need a good night's sleep because we have games tomorrow.

Me: Oh. That makes some sense, but NO.

A good laugh was had by all the adults involved. The kids never did figure out what the problem was. Bless their little hearts.

Comments

[kate]

oh, they do come up with some funny s**t.

[phd in yogurtry]

Oh the innocence. Don't you want to bottle it up, put it on a shelf and bring it out in the years ahead?

I just think this is hilarious.

[Cheri]

Great post. I slept with my best friend's husband once. He is also a good friend of Tom's. My kids were there too. Seriously, we all stayed at the apartment of a friend of ours in LA when she was out of town, and she'd promised him and me (separately) that we could use her place -- on the same night. He slept in one room and we slept in the other, but "I slept with my best friend's husband" makes for a good first line of a story.

[Angie]

Yup, The innocence is priceless. I pray they don't get it for a long long time. "getting it" somehow ruins the magic of it all. Doesn't it?
KEEP BELIEVING

[Kristen]

Innocence is such a wonderful thing.
Your cutie daughter looks so much like you, love!

[Jamie]

Marriage has a way of fading out sleepovers, I suppose.

[Tootsie Farklepants]

Oh lawdy!

[sue bull]

gotta love their innocence and long may it last!

[Becky]

SO Cute! How sweet! (deep sigh)

[Don Mills Diva]

Bless their dear wee innocent souls!
You guys should have really played the situation up just to get the gossip flowing...

[Reluctant Blogger]

haha oh such innocence. It's funny how people get worked up about people of the same sex being friends. Mostly I laugh about it but some times it gets a bit irksome.

[Heather]

I find it hilarious that they wanted to kick you out of the comfy bed. Have you slept on a sofa bed recently? No thank you!

[Jennifer H]

My, they do come up with things, don't they? Of course, ever after, they would have said, "Remember the time my dad slept with your mom at that hotel?"

[Janet]

Oh, to be that innocent again :-)

[Green Girl]

Oh how funny! I'm glad you handled the chatter gracefully:) Those tournament team$. My kids are banned from participating for that very rea$on.

[Fannie]

Great story! And I find providing fodder for the rumor mill to be HIGHLY entertaining!

[Stu]

I don't sleep on the fold out if I paid for the room (with Stephanie or anyone else). Now, when the kids start caughing up for the hotel room then they get first dibs.

-Stu

[mike golch]

LOL,lets hope kids never figure us out.

[JCK]

This was great! And I would have picked out your little girl in a heartbeat. She looks just like her mama!

[CC]

oh boy!!!! Well, at least she's still innocent!

[Suzanne]

This is FUNNY!
I too have male friends that WE have known for years and it would be like sharing a room w/ a brother....
It is great that the girls did not even find it odd....well adjusted kids!

[kcinnova]

Sweet innocence! And even better than "my mom married her divorce lawyer."

[Domestically Challenged]

Their innocence is so refreshing.

[David]

I loved this story,
thanks Jenn!

[Kellan]

What a cute story - one day they will get it.

Have a good weekend - Kellan

[Susan]

I remember the baseball tournament years. They lasted all summer. Luckily we had a camper and stayed at camp grounds, which saved us. We were actually in a tornado one year at a 10 and under State BB Tourney. The players got to stay at host families. I don't know if they still do that.

[Irish Goddess]

Oh, I love that.

[Angela]

That would have made things much more interesting
too funny