The Mom Test * e-mail post

I was out walking with my son a few days ago. He picked up something off the ground and started to put it in his mouth. I took the item away from him and I asked him not to do that.

'Why?' my son asked.

'Because it's been on the ground, you don't know where it's been, it's dirty, and probably has germs,' I replied.

At this point, my son looked at me with total admiration and asked, 'Momma, how do you know all this stuff, you are so smart.'

I was thinking quickly. 'All moms know this stuff. It's on the Mommy
Test. You have to know it, or they don't let you be a Mom.'

We walked along in silence for 2 or 3 minutes, but he was evidently pondering this new information.

'OH...I get it!' he beamed,

'So if you don't pass the test you have to be the daddy.'

'Exactly,' I replied back with a big smile on my face.