Ya’ll know what baby math is and don’t even know it yet.
It’s simple, the formula is M/12 (or M divided by 12). New parent’s use this math. When you ask how old there kid is, they’ll tell you there kid 34 months old. Which makes you put the hamster back on the wheel to figure out how old “exactly” this kid is (“I know it’s over 2 years old……no wait…3 years old? No that’d be 36 months, AAAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!” grabs machine gun and kills parent’s).
You know what I’m talking about, I’m sure there are people in your family or friends of yours that do this. It’s insane and needs to stop. So this is my proposal: When baby math rears it’s head, look the parent’s dead in the eye and ask, “What’s that in years?” That way, you’ll confuse them, because they’re on a different scale. You’ll snap them out of the micro-managing of their baby’s age and bring them to a moment of clarity.
Here’s how the scenario should go:
Person A: “Wow, what a gift from heaven, how old is she?”
Persons B&C in unison: “She’s 18 months old!!”
Person A: “What’s that in years?”
Persons B&C look at each other confusingly and Person B looks at you and says mournfully: “A year and a half?”
Person A smiles broadly, pats Persons B&C on the back, and mounts his horse and rides off into the sunset, because he knows, he brought some people back into reality.
Benton H...
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