But I Smile Anyway…

“You don’t know anything now mum: nowadays in the streets, its ‘shank or be shanked’.”

Lil Man

A worrying phrase coming from a thirteen year old ‘innocent’…

We were discussing an old mate of his who has become a nasty piece of work, and Lil Man mentioned that he was moving to his school… Me – not a happy bunny.

I was trying to get him to understand how he needs to choose his friends wisely or there are characters who will lead him astray.

The conversation was very teen angsty on his behalf, and there was no middle ground or attempting to understand that he just needs to learn to walk away…

No.

I got the above ‘quote’ flung at me.

Shank, for those you who may not know, is to be stabbed with a makeshift knife.

Scaring the living daylights out of me…

For Linda’s #1LinerWeds.