Do you two have to do THAT?!?!

My soulmate/husband/lovah is HOT. Oh yeah..........H. O. T. Hot. He is so hot I have a hard time keeping my hands off of him. 12 years we have been together and I still like looking, touching, smelling, - I will stop there....because I think you can get the picture.

So our children are coming into the ages where they notice every little touch/grab/kiss/look. They see it, their eyes get big and they start the giggling and the whipsering to each other....did you see where daddy put his hand....snigger, snicker, snigger, OH NO...they just kissed..ewwwwwwww. Did you pinch daddy's BOTTOM.....ack gag gross!!! I never thought it would be such big news to them since we have always been this way. I just thought they would see it, go "Oh they are doing that again", and ignore it. But lately, they HAVEN'T been. Every little touch, whisper, kiss has been reported throughout the house.

"GUESS WHAT THEY ARE DOING NOW YOU GUYS"
"R-boy - Daddy just kissed mommy"
"Girly-girl H - Did daddy touch your boobies?!?!?"
"E-girl - Mom looked at daddy with those silly eyes"
"J-elf - ewwwwwwwwww no more kissies"

My lovah thinks its hysterical and has turned the groping into a game. He tries to get grabs, kisses, feelies etc without the kids noticing and is quite masterful at it. He is usually at his most competitive in the middle of Target. Which is usually a little embarrassing because, yes, your 8 year old didn't see it, but that 55 year old lady over there did. *ahem*

So we were sitting on the couch snuggling, watching tv with our love children when our oldest turns to us and says.

"Why do you two have to do that?"
"Do what?" My lovah and I proclaim?
"Do THAT"
"You mean breathing?!?" I reply, "because its a pre-programmed response from our brain...Why?" <--insert giggles from myself and lovah.
"YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN MOM....THAT"
"You two are always acting like you are in LOVE" pipped #2 Girly-Girl H.
"Well because we arrrrrrrrrrrrrre in love" My lovah quippes
"Well, its kinda gross you two...you need to stop" R-boy states matter of factly.
"Yeah and we are tired of seeing you two french kiss" * E-girl says.
"E-girl, we are not french kissing. Just watch your movie"
"We can't...because you are doing THAT."

I will spare you the circle conversation that followed for the next 15 minutes (man we love tormenting them) We finally told our children when mommy and daddy do "THAT" it means we still love each other. And they should be happy we do love each other because it wouldn't be a fun life if mommy and daddy didn't like each other. This is when the light bulb flicks on. (I alway love seeing the dawn of realization sweep across their faces) It was my son who said it first.

"If you didn't do THAT then you two probably wouldn't be married, would you.? Or if you were...you would be fighting."

"Exactly"

"Well....I guess its ok then."

"As long as its not french kissing!!!"

Deal.

*Disclaimer. We do not french kiss in front of our children. E-Girl thinks all kissing is french kissing for some reason, no matter how many times we try to tell her otherwise.