Man Up

Aren't kids great?

My boy is...er..leaving the boy bit behind and applying for Unis next year and I know the next ten months will fly by so I'm going to cherish every last minute. A moment to cherish yesterday.

We were on a family outing to the dentist, as you do, and he went in first.
Ten minutes later, he appeared with a nice shiny grin and said he'd had a filling.
A filling, I said...you didn't come out to wait for your face to go numb???
Nope, he says..I told him to just get on with it..I told the dentist I'd "man up"

My jaw dropped..which was convenient...cos I was next in the chair.

So I stroll in, with a bemused expression on my face and the dentist gave me the update.

" He's had a filling"

Hmmmm...so the conversation went something like this did it, Mr Dentist?
"Just do the filling without the injection, I'll man up"

Dentists probably do laugh.but I've never seen it before..in fact he was doubled up with laughter..a real loud belly laugh...and the nurse was giggling too.

Apparently it went more like....." You need a filling but its only a tiny one..I'm not going to bother with the jab, but I'll stop if it hurts !"

Boys ! Bless !