I hope you didn't eat the donut that Jake gave you last night, my daughter says to me this morning.

I ate some of it I say guiltily, thinking she's going to give me a spiel about nutrition and weight loss.

Oh, because Dillan licked it. He thought Jake was going to eat it.

Say what?  At first I thought she was pulling a cruel joke.

But as she continued to repeat over and over, I started to get the picture.

Jake got out to take his friend Dusty's snowboard out of the Jeep for him and Dillan said "Watch this" and licked Jake's donut - all over. 

Oh, how interesting I say, silently thankful that he didn't roll it in something or spit on it. 

To begin at the beginning… Jake, my son was snowboarding with his friends last night, and picked my daughter up on his way home.

When they got home I was in bed but he asked me if I wanted his donut because he got too many and couldn't eat it.

And I thought that his natural aptitude for sharing chocolate with me was a good thing. 

Normally, after I go to bed I don't eat double chocolate sprinkle donuts but that fateful night… I made an exception.

So I took it. And I ate a few bites, congratulating myself that I stopped and even thinking too late that I should have saved it for my daughters lunch. To my credit, in my sleepy stupor, I was thinking it would be too stale by morning… dieting while sleeping is supposed to be easier than this…

So I didn't think much of it, actually I had forgotten all about it until this morning when I was asked THE QUESTION.

It could be worse, Dillan is one of my favourite son's friends, and he's clean. But I don't know if I like him THAT much. Eating his donut lick is taking it a little far. I start to wonder if he brushed his tongue, or when did he brush his teeth last? Did he floss? Isn't HIS mother supposed to be worrying about such things?

And suddenly my tongue doesn't feel very good. 

Maybe I'm weird, but I do think it's funny. It's going to be a classic. And I can't wait to see the expression on his face when he sees me next time.

He's a shy, nice donut licking kid. It's going to be a hoot. I could really have some fun with this one.

Any ideas? Maybe I should offer him a donut

Oh, and nice sister. Kids. Never a dull moment. 

BTW, Aurelia Williams has put out a guide on a subject that has a lot of us baffled, in her Real Life Guidance series.

It's called Understanding Your Teen for those of us who just don't understand :0)