My little sister got married yesterday.  Congrats Tree and Luke!  No I do not have to apologize to my brother Jeremy about my dad blog post of How To Make Fun of Your Older Brother, because he got a real kick out of it.  I have to apologize for being one of two dads encouraging a little kid to do a ghost video – maze thing.

It all started out one spooky night after a sister’s wedding, we were watching ghost sightings that I got via email.  The first one was the Michael Jackson Ghost Video. That video was so scary it scared my 10-year-old nephew 4 feet into the air. The version below does not have a scary figure jumping out like what I showed my nephew.

Then we were going to scare my 8-year-old nephew. He does not scare easy and did not have a problem with the above video.   He then wanted to try the ghost maze video/picture offered by my almost 16 year-old nephew.   This is when the scary stuff happened. 8 year-olds do not have fine motor mouse control when it comes to small corners with mazes.  My 8-year-old nephew got tired of it but of course my 7-year-old niece wanted to try.  After hearing from her dad to hurry up and get it over with I thought it was OK to go.  Little did I know another innocent 7-year-old niece was in the background watching and wanting to try. Well after 10 minutes of taping, she finally did it with a little help from her older cousins.  Well the result was one little scared girl who almost peed her pants and another scared girl who cried and one Uncle in trouble with his brother and sister.

I know it was not all my fault they viewed the tape but I still was the responsible adult in the situation.  I even laughed some from my niece’s reaction to the maze picture. It is the immature dad in me.  So I took the steps on how to apologize to this situation and applied to my sister, brother and sister in-law.  They had a right to be mad that the responsible adults in the room did not stop it.  I would be mad too if my kids were going to have a sleepless night because they saw a scary picture that they had never seen before and they were not expecting it.

To refresh your memory of how to apologize….

1. I am sorry.
2. It was my fault
3. How do I make it right “that is how I can tell sincerity”

So here is another example on how to apologize.  I am sorry to my brother, sister and sister in-law for letting their kids see something I knew they shouldn’t.  I share in the blame for this and take responsibility for not being a responsible adult in the room. It is my fault.  I really cannot take what I did back but I can be more responsible in the future.  I have been a very responsible uncle in the past and I will again in the future.

There is my apology.  The thing is I have a video of this and my brother in-law wants a copy.  It could be a web sensation and I bet you are itching to watch.  If I did that my apology to my sister would be down the tubes but her husband wants to watch and had some laughs about it.  What to do?

Real Dad Blog Version:  It can be very funny to show kids and adults scary things that make them jump until the line is crossed.  When the line is crossed, apologize.  The question is, what to do with the video?

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