I Had Bubblegum

I’m allergic to bubblegum. Not all gum . . . just bubblegum. I can’t have bubblegum or anything with bubblegum in it. No Blow Pops or bubblegum ice cream for me. Apparently, I can’t even kiss someone who’s had bubblegum in the past 24 hours or I have a reaction. I found this out when my kiddos started chewing gum . . . they’d chew bubblegum, then I’d get a goodnight kiss . . . and have an allergic reaction; however, it took me a while to put 2 and 2 together and figure out that’s what it was.

Now that we know, the kids are not allowed to kiss me after they’ve had bubblegum, and since it’s baseball season and we always take a tub of Dubble Bubble to the games (seriously, what’s a baseball game without a bunch of 9 year olds stuffing their mouths with Dubble Bubble?) . . . there are a lot of restrictions on goodnight kisses around here.

Princess gets all disappointed and sad . . . sometimes when she gets a cheek kiss instead of a lip kiss, she’ll cry out “But I didn’t have bubblegum today!” I always respond “Maybe not, but I’m not positive you didn’t have any, so no lip kisses today.”

On the other hand, I’m convinced that Dude uses the whole bubblegum thing as an excuse. For example . . . we didn’t have any games from the Thursday before Memorial Day until the Thursday after; however, on Tuesday night I went to give Dude a goodnight kiss and he said “I had bubblegum!” and thrust his cheek at me.

I think the guy has figured out a way to get out of giving his Mother goodnight kisses . . . I wonder what he’ll come up with after baseball is over and I stop buying tubs of Dubble Bubble…