A Baby Story and More

TLC was on the television and it was lunchtime at the Perica household. Megan was watching the television before Bryce came in from caulking the house. He sat down at the table, disappointed that Megan was watching A Baby Story on TLC. Lunch was a ham sandwich with a dill pickle. Dill pickles and ice cold milk is one of Bryce’s favorite food combinations.

With nothing to read and a boring program on the TV, that Megan was infatuated with, lunch was going to be interesting.

Bryce thinks shows like A Baby Story and A Wedding Story are some of the saddest shows cable television has to offer. The programs are clearly marketed to women. There is nothing wrong with this, Bryce thinks, but he still doesn't like watching them. He sat at the table waiting for Megan’s overemotional reaction to something seen time and time again on television, a baby.

Here it comes. Even though he has been averting his eyes for the last ten minutes he can hear the baby crying. Finally breaking down, he looks at the TV. The doctors reached into a woman and pulled her kid out. The baby was pissed, probably because he was covered in red goop and he smelled. The males at the table nearly gagged on their lunch and immediately averted their eyes once again.

Bryce sneaks a glimpse at Megan. There are tears in her eyes. A Baby Story made her cry. This is so unfathomable to Bryce. He draws his lips tightly together and his eyes grow to an enormous size. He looks back out the window. Yeah, he is a guy. Megan is a girl, but the difference between the two never ceases to amaze him.

Later on at lunch…

“Greeley Bee (Megan’s dog) is going to have such a good weekend,” Megan says.

“Oh yeah, why?” Dad inquires.

“She is going to her best friend’s house, and she is going to see her boyfriend.”

Bryce bats his eyes, dumbfounded.

“Is Greeley fixed?” Dad asks.

“Yes.”

“What was the problem?” Bryce asks.

This prompts a short chuckle from Dad.

Casual dog discussion continues and eventually Megan comments on how Greeley looks so much like her parents.

“Now, c’mon, a dog is a dog,” Dad says.

“Nah ah. Greeley has her mom’s legs and face, and her dad’s eyes,” Megan testifies.

Bryce thinks that things couldn’t have been weirder once A Baby Story made Megan cry. Bryce was wrong.