A few years ago we were on vacation in Phuket, Thailand. One day we were all sitting under an umbrella on the beach when my dad suddenly shouted across the entire beach:

“MaryAnn! This sunscreen doesn’t work at all! I’m just getting redder and redder!”

My mother, who had bought SPF 50, looked confused. After 57 years of marriage she knows my dad has his moments, so she went over to investigate.

It turned out that for two full days my father had been generously smearing himself with aftersun lotion, firmly believing it was sunscreen.

There wasn’t a single spot on him that wasn’t bright red. He looked like a boiled lobster.

Every single summer I’m reminded of this story. And every single time I laugh just as hard.

Some things never get old.

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