Well played, son, well played
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So tonight my tween son asked me if I’d ever been in a mosh pit. I said yes. He said what’s a mosh pit? I said it’s kinda like dancing and fighting at the same time. He was confused about why people who were dancing would want to hurt each other.
So I’m sitting there trying to think of a way to explain, and I was reminded of something I used to tell him when he was little. If he came up to me upset because some other kid had bumped him, I’d ask him what game they were playing. If the answer was something like “bumper cars” I’d tell him that by playing a game like that they’re giving permission to bump into each other. Getting bumped is part of the fun that they agreed to when they started playing.
So I said to him, “Remember what I used to tell you if you were roughhousing with your friends and somebody got hurt?”
And he looked me straight in the eye and said “Always hide the body?”
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Make sure you write it down so you can share it with him when he's older.He's a smart one.
I'm sure you're having a great time raising him, helping him become a man. Well, eventually.
Great story!
who is suspicious here, him or you 
"Always hide the body"? 
A chip off the old block, heh EarlG? I always established an ironclad alibi before anything else. It's always worked for me. 
