Lessons From Disney

I’ve have been taught many lesson from Disney:
1. I can expect a man on a white horse to show up at my door minute now (BTW, Disney, if this doesn’t happen soon, heads are gonna role).
2. All stepmothers are evil.
3. I wasn’t crazy; my toys did talk and move about when I left my room.
4. Fish are friends, not food.
5. Never trust a man who sings about being covered in hair or eating five-dozen eggs.

So it will come as no surprise that I found myself intrigued by the royal wedding. It was a real life Disney film that I would get to witness. Because of my fascination with this event, my brother Ryan bought me the DVD for my birthday. He was so excited about his gift, even going as far as to send me a text telling me that my gift was “tight.”

The DVD was lying on the counter on Saturday and I kept seeing my niece look at it with wonderment. Who is this man dressed in red? Who is this woman with a crown? Being the good auntie that I am I asked her, “Do you want to see a real princess get married?”

We sat down to watch the wedding. That’s when I discovered that everything American’s know about the British comes from Disney films. Annie began by asking where the Queen was. When I pointed out the lovely woman in yellow, she followed up her question with, “Is she good or evil?”

When they arrived at the alter, Annie asked me, “Why does that man have a funny outfit on, like in The Little Mermaid?”

Annie then asked where William’s mother was. AWKWARD. Gramps stepped in by saying that she had passed, but that his stepmother was present. Annie quickly replied, “Oh, stepmother, so she’s not nice.”

I couldn’t help but giggle. Another generation ruined by Disney.