Don’t Tell Mom: Garage Secrets

dads what was your don’t tell mom about this moment when my kid was about 11 he walked

into the garage and caught me staring at a motorcycle i absolutely did not need and definitely

did not tell my wife about i looked him dead in the eyes and said don’t tell your mother

and i’ll let you sit on it like a throne he agreed instantly loyalty secured

every saturday after that we’d say we were “running errands” which somehow took two hours and involved

zero errands i’d let him hold on while i rode slow and every time i’d say if your mom

asks we went to the hardware store fast forward a few years he gets his license my wife

says absolutely not you’re not ready i’m sitting there listening knowing this kid has better