So today was finally the day I had to break my 8 year olds heart and tell him that
Santa WWE is not real. He randomly looked at me and said do the wrestlers know before they go to the ring who is going to win. I asked him what he meant and he said do they get told who is going to win and what to say. I could have lied and let him carry in with his childhood innocence but I looked him in the eye and explained that it was just like any tv show or film. They plan it all out but it doesn’t make a difference to us watching as we don’t know what’s going to happen or who is going to win so it is the same as if it was real. I felt that he grew up during our conversation. He’s not that little boy anymore, might stop short of sharing a beer with him whilst watching wresltemania though. However he promptly went back to delivering repeated F5’s to a giant soft toy dog on our sofa bed in the living room and he uses as a wrestling ring.
I told my wife the story, and explained that she would have to break his heart about Father Christmas when he asks, she looked at me like I was an idiot