The other day I told the girls about the line in Romeo and Juliet where Juliet asks the Nurse what Romeo told her, and she replies, “Your love says, like an honest gentleman, and a courteous, and a kind, and a handsom, and I warrant, a virtuous–Where is your mother?” to which Juliet responds, “How oddly thou repliest: ‘Your love says, like an hoest gentleman, Where is your mother?’” Dina didn’t think too much of it, but Bassie thought it was hilarious, and she’s been bringing it up every chance she gets. And, apparently, I give her plently of chances.
For instance, the other night, when I was looking over her shoulder at a story she was writing, and as I walked away said, “I really love your story…I have to go to the bathroom”.
“‘I really love your story…I have to go to the bathroom?’ Mom, you are a master of romance.”
This is what happens when you introduce your children to Shakespeare.
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