"I'll be done with my breakfast in one Mommy second" J said when I begged her to hurry up for the gazillionth time this morning.
"What is one Mommy second ?" I asked her never having heard that one before.
"It is the time J takes to finish her milk" she told me.
"So what would one J second be ?" I wondered aloud
"The time it takes Mommy to finish her breakfast" she replied promptly.
I also found out that "one Mommy second" is bigger than "one J second" and this is obvious for more reasons than one. According to J, they vary in direct proportion to our ages. Thus Mommy Second/J Second = Mommy's Age/J 's Age.
I guess the point she was trying to make is that my expectation for the time it should take her to finish her breakfast is unrealistic given the Mommy-second to J-second ratio. This was possibly the simplest lesson on gravitational time dilation anyone ever received.
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That was so refreshingly cute..what would we do without these absolutely invigorating quibbles from our kids ..and to think of it the undeniable logic of it all
They deserve a hug:)
Thanks, Kaveetaa. There is so much I learn from J all the time and almost always the lessons come out of the blue :)
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