Anymore...
It's true, and this is the story of how I found out.
It was sometime during either kindergarten or the beginning of 1st grade, and one of my sisters had lost another one of her baby teeth. It was only then that I was told that the Tooth Fairy was going to stop by our home to pick it up - specifically the bedroom that she and I were shared as little kids.
All of the other times I was only told of the Tooth Fairy's stopping by only after its coming and going.
While it wasn't the first time that the Tooth Fairy would be in my bedroom without my being aware of it, it was the first time that I was aware that such a cool event was going to happen, and I wasn't going to let myself miss this event yet another time.
That night my parents tucked me into my low bunk bed, and my sister the top bunk bed. They ensured that we both new that the tooth was in the special tooth pouch underneath my sisters pillow.
"When will the Tooth Fairy come to pick it up?" I asked.
"Tonight, when your sister is asleep." They replied.
"Well I'm going to wait up so that I can meet the Tooth Fairy." I informed them, I was desperate to meet the Tooth Fairy because I needed to know that he knew who I was, and that he would take my teeth for cash too.
My parents said, "okay" having assumed that both my sister and I would fall fast asleep without another thought of the Tooth Fairy.
They shut off the lights and went into the living room to await the arrival of the Tooth Fairy, or so I thought.
I layed in bed, tossing and turning, waiting for the magical Tooth Fairy, I wondered how big the Tooth Fairy was, while my sister fell asleep. About an hour went by, the door opened, and I asked, "Tooth Fairy, is that you?"
My mother responded with "Beehive, go back to sleep" then closed the door.
I was still wide awake, time dragged on for what felt like forever, and I couldn't take it anymore. I got up, opened the door, went out, found my mom, and said, "She's asleep, what's taking the Tooth Fairy so long?"
My parents informed me yet again that I should just go back to bed and go to sleep. They put me back in bed, and I informed them that I would not fall asleep until the Tooth Fairy arrived.
After being tucked in again, time dragged by even slower. The door opened again, I looked up, and saw my mother yet again.
She heard the frustration in my sigh, and went back to speak with my dad.
A short while later the both of them sat down on my bed and told me that the Tooth Fairy wasn't going to come to our house that night, because, well, the Tooth Fairy wasn't real anymore.
They sat down on my bed and told me that they didn't want to tell me this, but they knew that I was going to stay awake all night long in a stubborn fashion waiting for the Tooth Fairy.
They told me, "The Tooth Fairy once was real, but wasn't anymore."
This statement left me more confused than anything.
"What are you talking about?" Was my response.
They then went on further to explain that the original Tooth Fairy had died a long time ago, that they have been the ones taking teeth from under both my sisters pillows, that they were leaving the cash in its place, and that all parents do this because that's what the real Tooth Fairy would have wanted.
This news shocked me. Not only was I lied to, but I was also instantly thrown into a state of mourning at the
shocking news that my beloved Tooth Fairy was in fact dead.It the biggest news that I had ever received, and it was in fact a revelation that my world was a lie, I instantly wondered what else was true. God? The Devil, Jesus? Santa? The Easter Bunny?
Their answers were: Yes, Yes, Yes, No, and No.
WTF????According to the both of them, Santa and the Easter Bunny met the same fate as the Tooth Fairy, and that their jobs were pawned off on that of everyones parents.
To this day, I'm 99% certain that they still believe this.
Labels: lessons learned, wtf