Thursday, November 18, 2010

Was That A Compliment?

One of my running routes takes me right past my son Sam's work. He's an exercise physiologist and wors in a studio quite close to home. Whenever I run past I always look up and I've never seen him ... that is until yesterday. He poked his head out of the window and yelled a greeting as I was running by.

Later that day he came home (for food because he's always hungry) and asked if it'd given me a lift to see him.

"Of course" I said. "Did you see me looking up at the window as I ran by?"

He laughed. "No, my client was running on the treadmill facing the window. He said that everyone seemed to be out running this morning and that there was a good-looking runner just going past now. I looked out then had to tell him that it was my Mum."

Boy, was I flattered. I wanted to know how old this client was. (Usually the ones who think I'm attractive are seniors) And he turned out to be in his mid-30's. I was feeling REALLY good about myself until Sam opened his big mouth and said
"but you should see his wife, Mum. He's obviously not very fussy!"

Thanks Sam for keeping my ego in check. Remind me to do the same for you one day.

16 comments:

  1. Hahaha! Your son is so funny! I would definitely take the compliment though - you should be proud.

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  2. That is really funny! I agree with Liz, take the compliment for sure! Thanks for the question in your comment. I'll answer it in a post soon.

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  3. That's a funny post Char :)

    Have a nice wekend|

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  4. Still rockin' it after all these years!

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  5. That's pretty funny! I say, take the compliment and run with it! :)

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  6. Good, funny post to start the day with.

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  7. Haha! Kids :) I would totally take the compliment...he probably just can't bear to think of someone seeing his mom as hot ;)

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  8. Hahaha! Too funny! But I'd still take it as a compliment!

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  9. Ha, ha, ha!! Gotta love kids! I vote with everyone else, though, take the compliment and ignore the rest. :-)

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  10. Haha! Awesome. I guess it's good to have someone keep our egos in check.

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  11. What a nice compliment! Even better that your son was willing to admit it. ;)

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  12. Nice! Love how those sons put us moms in our place, lest our heads get too puffed up!

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  13. Take it as a compliment! The guy may have married his wife for other reasons, but you got a compliment just by running by! That's great!

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  14. Take the compliment! Your son is probably much younger and has different taste.

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