I can't count the number of times I've had to tell my children, "Stop licking ketchup off your fingers. Ketchup is for french fries not fingers" or "Don't just lick the ranch off the carrot. If you want the ranch you gotta take a bite of the carrot."
Well, tonight Jeff brought Wing Stop home for dinner. Now anyone who's gone to Wing Stop knows they have some of the best ranch dressing on the face of the earth. Wing Stop knows this and they're quite stingy with it. They give you these tiny little cups so you learn to savor every drop.
We'd just about finished eating when I looked up and saw Jeff wiping his finger around the inside of the cup and licking it off. Our kids were right there. Before I could think I said in my most motherly tone, "Jeffrey, STOP that." He gave me a look and I immediately realized my mistake.
"Why?" he asked. "Because it's gross and bad manners," I whispered. He looked me in the eye, reached down, picked up the ranch cup lid, and started licking it. "What about this?" he asked, "Is this gross?" By then, I knew better than to answer.

