Middle Boy's girlfriend asked him if he could go shopping with her and her dad at Bass Pro Shop.

I already knew this was coming, because I had seen it on his Facebook page.

He was afraid to ask me.  I told him it was fine with me as long as her dad was doing all of the driving and was going to be supervising the trip.

Originally he told her he could.  He must have chickened out changed his mind, because he ended up telling her it wasn't going to work out.  At least he didn't blame it on me.