"What does smh stand for?" he asked me.

"Shaking my head," I said.

"Oh! I was wondering that, too," Little Sister said.

"Hey, Dad. What does fr stand for?"

"Fucking retards?" Mom said.

The four of us were laughing, and I said, "No, it means for real."

"I like mine better," she said.

"What about irl, Dad?"

He thought for a moment and said, "I really like?"

"No, it's in real life. What about atm?" He went to speak and I said, "Not the card machine. It stands for something else."

Again, he thought for a moment, then said, "Ass to mouth."

We all laughed and I said, "Not even close! It means at the moment."

"What?" he said with wide eyes. "Well, that changes a few text conversations I've had."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah, I've gotten texts like 'I'm just hanging out with my husband atm' and I'd say 'well that's very descriptive of you. I didn't need to know that but I bet he likes you very much,' then they'd say 'uh yeah...' Now I understand."