"Are They Triplets?" Part III

(You can find Part I and Part II here.)

When I tell people that my boys are not triplets, the next question is...

"Well, are they twins," pointing to Jack and Garrett. I explain that Jack is 26 days older. I have also been asked, "How did that happen?!" I had to bite my tongue before answering without too much sarcasm.

Some other commonly asked questions are:

1. Are they yours? (Um, no, I picked them up off the street corner this morning, yet they call me Mommy.)
2. Where are they from? (As if they must come from Africa, since they are black.)
3. Are they brothers? (If I am the mommy to all three, then that makes them brothers.)
4. whispering Are they adopted? (YES! And there's no need to whisper!)
5. Do you want any more children? (I may be crazy, but I think I do.)

I cannot leave my neighborhood without being asked at least two of these questions. Most of these questions come about because people are not accustomed to seeing trans-racial adoptive families like us. They're forced to come up with questions on the fly. We try to laugh it off, and most days we're pretty good at it.