William

William: mom! Mom! Do you know some people can live to be really old?

(I brace myself for learning that "old" people are 20 and positively ancient)

Mom: really? That is amazing!

William: yeah! One woman loves to be 200!

Mom: really? That seems very old (and I'm relieved to know that I won't be quantified as really old until 200).

William: yeah! She must havE experienced so many things! It's amazing to think about all the different times she saw!

Mom: it sure is! She also must have eaten a lot of vegetables. You know, so she could stay so healthy... (Shameless vegetable plugs are allowable in the mom handbook from
2012).

William: mooooom....really? With all the other amazing things, that's all you can think of?

Mom:.......
(Processing)
(Guilty of being shallow)
(Pride for raising such a smart child)
(Must try harder)
(If you would just eat more vegetables, maybe I wouldn't have to talk about them all the time)

Well, staying healthy is important to living a long life, but you are right: someone who is 200 years old has probably seen many interesting things.

William: so. If she was 200 years old, how long do you think it took?

Mom: took for what?

William: you know- for her to get that old?

Mom: ... 200 years.....
(Still have some things to teach him. Sure he still has a few things to teach me)

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