Evemenn --

Thanks for this story. May I have your cousin's name so I can tell the story with credit?

(I, too, know from experience that hanging out with little kids is often more comfortable than hanging out with grown-ups; they're not as deeply indoctrinated in cultural taboos and the secrets that everyone knows but doesn't dare mention out loud in "polite" society (as if staring and whispering were ever polite).