It was night an Kid 2 and I were blissfully lying in my bed for our customary pre-sleep chat. I must say, our chats focus mainly on subject Kid 2 finds interesting namely hamsters, smokers vs non-smokers and question of sexual nature or related to hamsters and smokers(are smokers pretty? Do they have sex with each other? Can hamsters smoke? and so on). Kid 2 is 7 and the tallest girl in her class.
Kid 1 was as usual in his bedroom playing a Mario game on his DS (he says it makes him feel sleepy: I am not surprised).
Anyway tonight it was hamster night as the chosen subject.
'Mum?'
'Yes'
'Ok, now I ask you the questions and you answer.'
'Ok.'
'And you have to keep your eyes open.'
The truth was, I loved our chats but to be honest I couldn't bare exploring the intimate lives of hamsters any longer, as all possible subjects had been analysed over and over from many angles. Or so I thought.
'Mum?'
'Yes.'
'Can hamsters be lesbians?'
'What...well, I don't know, I suppose...why are you asking me this?'
'Mum! Stop, I want to know!'
'Well, yes, maybe they can.'
Our conversation continued on this line. If a boy hamster and a girl hamster are together and they fall in love, will they do it? How many babies are they going to have? Can our hamster have babies? Are the babies going to know their dad? Will the dad eat the babies? Will the mum be angry and hate him or will they do it again?
Thankfully, we hit the 9.00 pm mark and I decreed that it was well late and she had to sleep, NOW.
'You'll ask me more questions tomorrow, ok?'
I drifted off to sleep, wondering if I such an inquisitive mind would need a more challenging school environment.