"My Wife and Kids" 2

Fortunately, this week, I was able to catch another episode of My Wife and Kids. Luckily, this episode was just as funny as the last one I was able to watch. On this episode, Claire, Mr. Kyle's daughter, was eagerly awaiting her senior prom which was fastly approaching. A boy she had always liked, asked her to go with him, and everything seemed perfect. That is, until she found out that her parents volunteered to be chaperones at the prom, just so they could keep an eye on her.

To make things worse, Claire's mother Jay, seemed to be more excited about the prom than she was. She made it a point to make sure she had the perfect dress, the perfect makeup, and that Michael, her husband, wore a tuxedo to match. Michael, of course, was more focused on making sure Claire's date kept his hands to himself and didn't try anything. Claire constantly complained about her parents going, but it didn't change anything. Then, on prom night, after Claire's date had arrived, and Michael had given him the rules, Jay came strutting down the stairs wearing the same dress Claire was wearing. She, of course, had planned it out, and thought it was the cutest thing ever; but Claire couldn't be any more upset, and thought they would look stupid. However, no matter how much she complained, Jay wasn't going to change; so they went off to the prom in the same dress.

Once they arrived at the prom, things got even worse, for Claire. Her parents stole the show. They danced, and danced, and danced, until they made history becoming the first non-student couple to win prom king and queen. Some of the other students thought Claire's parents were incredibly cool, but Claire thought just the opposite. She stood in a corner the whole night moping. Even when her date tried to cheer her up, it didn't work. She wanted to leave and thought her prom was a disaster because her parents were there.

After a few days had gone by, Claire still wasn't talking to her parents because of how they had embarrased her. They couldn't get Claire to forgive them until Michael went upstairs to her room to talk to her. He told her that the reason why her mother had been so excited about the prom was because she wasn't able to go to her prom. On Jay's prom night, she was in the hospital giving birth to Junior, Claire's older brother. After hearing such a story, Claire couldn't stay mad at her parents, so she forgave them. The moral of the story is, although we all get embarassed by our parents sometimes, they usually have our best interest at heart, and don't really mean to embarass us. So, the next time your mother or father completely embarasses you, think about what their intentions were, BEFORE you yell at them!!