schlepping triplets around town sure does draw attention. and then, when they realize that those two over there - that boy and that girl - when they realize that they're twins.......well........the paparazzi is everywhere.
actually, the paparazzi isn't anywhere. even when it's there it's not there.
take a couple of weeks ago, for instance.
a couple of weeks ago, abby and i took the twins and the triplets to lunch at a restaurant in the mall. seated next to us was the local anchorman for the evening news on one of the major networks. next to him was his wife.
his wife kept glancing our way and smiling and we kept glancing their way and smiling.....abby, is that cabot rea from channel 4? i don't think so/i think so/i don't think so/i think so/who knows.
pretty soon, over to our table comes cabot rea's wife.
"are they triplets?" she asked.
"is it cabot rea?" i asked.
"yes," said abby.
"yes," said mrs. rea.
"they're beautiful!" breathed mrs. rea.
"he's thinner than he looks on t.v." i said. (ok.....so i didn't say it. but it sounds funnier if i said i did.)
"and those two right there.....ohmygosh, they're darling! how old are they?"
"they're 3," one of us said.
"both of them are 3?"
"yep. both of 'em. they're twins."
"OHMYGOSH! cabot! they have triplets and twins!"
so, cabot strolls over and smiles and oohs and aahs and does all the things we've come to expect of people when they find out that we have triplets and twins.
but he didn't do any of the things we would expect a news anchor to do. he didn't see news when he saw it.
he didn't say, wait a minute, this would make a wonderful human interest story. would you guys mind?
he didn't say, my camera crew is right across the street, lemme call 'em.
he didn't say, our ratings are slipping lately and we need something that could go viral. you mind?
nope. he didn't do any of that. what he did was, he did what most husbands do when their wives are oohing and aahing over babies. he oohed and aahed, too, to keep peace in the house, and then he took his wife's arm and ushered her out of the restaurant. which totally ticked me off.
i hope mrs. rea made him hold her purse while she tried on every pair of shoes in the mall.
