Leta: “Mom, Dad?”
Both of us: “Yes, sweetie?”
Leta: “Did maps exist when you were my age?”
[HOLY SHIT I’M ONLY 36, NOT 90.]
Me: “Yes. Yes they did. But some things have changed since then. When I was your age there was a country in Europe called Czechoslovakia. Now that country is two different countries called the Czech Republic and… what’s the other one?”
Jon: “I think it’s Slovakia.”
Me: “Right. DUH. And Germany used to be two different countries: West Germany and East—”
Leta: “OKAY. All I asked is whether or not maps were around back then. I didn’t ask what you were wearing or what your hair looked like or if you liked pizza!”