Me- "I said it's bedtime. Get your things please and get in bed."
Younger son- "Yes Sir."
Me- "I told you. Ma'am or Captain. But not Sir. But I prefer Mom."
@Shelter I called my mom "Chief", probably from watching the old George Reeves Superman episodes where Perry White was alwaysy yelling at Jimmy Olsen not to call him "Chief". She was always good-natured about it but I realized years after I had outgrown it, that she never really cared much for it.
Awwww.
I think that's sweet.
Both the usage and the realization.
And then I think about what it would be like to be called Chief one more time and I need a tissue. Or a box.
@Shelter I know. I'm on both sides of that. My folks are gone now. I dream about them every once in a while and I think about them every single day. And my son is about to enter his senior year of HS, is writing his college essays, touring campuses, will soon apply, and this time next year will be getting ready to head out for college. I'm not ready to be an empty nester.