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Mom asks her young daughter to help set the table

Rebelander Basilan
By Rebelander Basilan
Oct 31, 2018
12:27 P.M.

Here's a story about a mother who asks her daughter to help set the table that will get you giggling.

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This story was shared by a woman who remembers a funny event from her childhood.

Follow us on our Twitter account, @amomama_usa, to learn more and please read the story below.

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Source: Freepik

My mother taught me to read when I was four years old (her first mistake).

One day, I was in the bathroom and noticed one of the cabinet doors was ajar. I read the box in the cabinet.

I then asked my mother why she was keeping ‘napkins’ in the bathroom. Didn’t they belong in the kitchen?

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Not wanting to burden me with unnecessary facts, she told me that those were for “special occasions.”

Now fast forward a few months … It’s Thanksgiving Day, and my folks are leaving to pick up the pastor and his wife for dinner.

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Mom had assignments for all of us while they were gone. Mine was to set the table.

When they returned, the pastor came in first and immediately burst into laughter. Next came his wife who gasped, then began giggling.

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Source: YouTube/Newzmagazine.com

Next came my father, who roared with laughter. Then came Mom, who almost died of embarrassment when she saw each place setting on the table with a “special occasion” napkin at each plate, with the fork carefully arranged on top.

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I had even tucked the little tails in so they didn’t hang off the edge!

My mother asked me why I used these and, of course, my response sent the other adults into further fits of laughter.

“But, Mom, you SAID they were for special occasions!”

This story has been circulating for years and still makes many people laugh. Share it with your friends if it also made you chuckle.

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