This Relationship Has (Week)Ended

(My new group of fifth-graders just got into the new school, and don’t know me so well yet. I’m a goth, and dress mainly in black.)

Kid: “Miss, you wear six rings. Does that mean you have six husbands?”

Me: *jokingly* “Yes, one for every day of the week. And Sunday is my day off!”

(The group giggles. Later, when we are playing outside, another little girl approaches me.)

Girl: “Miss, I saw [name] was wrong; you wear only five rings.”

Me: “Yes, that’s right.”

Girl: “That means you have Sunday and Saturday off! You’re very smart!”