A Family Favorite Story

The boys and I were remembering a vacation with some friends of ours, the Chapmans, back when the oldest boys were 4 and 5. Back then, we had been talking a lot about if something was an accident or if it was on purpose. At that age they would get hurt sword fighting and such and we would have to clarify if the child was intentionally hurting the other or if it was simply play.
Well, we were with the Chapmans at their beach condo when our oldest, who was 5 at the time, got in a verbal argument with their daughter, Julie, over whose sun glasses it was they both wanted. My oldest was not being so sweet. The 4 year old saw the struggle and decided he would be the "good guy" and went up to her and wanted to let her know he was nice unlike his big brother, so he said, "Julie, you are my bestest girlfriend." He meant nothing by saying "girl"friend. He meant friend, but Julie took him wrong and hauled off and slapped him across the face for calling her girlfriend. He stood there in shock. If that was not funny enough, he slowly turned to where the adults were sitting and said, "That was no accident."

Thank you Julie for giving us something to laugh about for years. It is still as funny now as it was back then.