It’s only fair to include a conversation between my younger son and one of his best friends I had the good fortune to overhear last week. Both parties in the conversation are four years old.
Best friend: I don’t want to get old.
Luke: You know what? My grandma — my grandma isn’t old, but my grandpa? My grandpa is old.
Best friend: We’re going to be a grandpa when we grow up.
Luke: A grandpa. I’m going to be a grandpa.
Luke and Best Friend (almost simultaneously): I’m going to be old.