Nosy Knickers

I admit I am a pretty nosy person, always have been. And since apples don't fall far from the tree, my son Ian is very nosy and inquisitive too.  He will ask me about something and not even wait for my answer and ask me another question. Sometimes I have to tell him, "No more questions!"  Once I was writing a text to someone and Ian was leaning over my shoulder reading out loud what I was writing and asking who was I texting.  I sent the text to the wrong person, and not just the wrong person but someone who never should have gotten that text! I banned Ian from talking to me if I was texting for a while after that.

You know when you ask someone about something and they say, "You don't want to know" I wish I could leave it there and be satisfied. Being a nosy person you often find out things you wish you never knew. People hurt, people can be mean, people can make stupid choices. And once you know about it, you have to carry it too, while trying not to tell it to someone else. Noeses and mouths go hand in hand. What the nose sniffs out, the mouth wants to spill out.

I am trying to keep my nose AND my mouth in check. "Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they seem intelligent." Proverbs 17:23.  And as Ian would say, in regards to this verse.....You just got burned!