We’re Sure She Will Grow Out Of It…

At The Checkout, Children, Editors' Choice, Grocery Store, Overheard, Perfect Comebacks, Religion, USA | Right | April 8, 2024

I am checking out a customer who is here with her daughter and her mother, so three generations of women. The daughter — four years old — is having a great time talking to herself. The grandmother seems to be upset by this.

Grandma: “It’s totally inappropriate for her to have an imaginary friend, and I’m embarrassed by it!”

Mom: *To Grandma* “You get on your knees every night and talk to your sky friend and ask him to forgive you for gambling even though you play the lottery every week. She’s a four-year-old girl. What’s your excuse?”

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