“Why don’t men get breast cancer?”
“But I have a breast”, said H pointing to his….well chest.
Apparently this is something I’d overlooked, using the unisex ‘chest’ rather than ‘breast’ when talking to the kids and they ended up using them interchangeably.
“Ummm.. That’s your chest, not a ‘breast’ “, said I struggling to explain the difference.
After a long drawn out explanation H finally caught on. Then nodding his head wisely he summed it up – “Oh so women have breasts on their chests and men just have chests.”
Edited to add: Going by the comments that breast cancer was not so uncommon among men any longer I decided to pass on the information to H. Here’s what he had to say..
“So some men get it too?”
“Yes.”
“Do some men also have a uterus?”
“No, they don’t.”
“Can you tell me a few diseases that ONLY men get?”
I’m off now..
All said and done, I am still wondering why men cannot run for this race ?
Lol…love it! Breasts on their chests… 😀
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Lord… the things people come up with! Man breasts!
Kids!! Haha 🙂
Btw 'Man breasts' increasingly used term these days!
Cute comment from a clever kid! And yeah, nowadays men and women both do get breast cancer unfortunately… <3
I set it right Elly. I told him about men getting it too.
LOL!!
he is quite clever!! 😀
More funny, I thought.
Yup, kids these days! But they have creativity, we have to admit!!
I think he was just trying to explain it to himself.
H is one smart kid. I liked his explanation 'breasts on their chests' 😀
ha ha ha… sometimes he's surprisingly accurate.
I actually knew a guy that did get breast cancer. I know, I did a double take because I didn't think so either. He proved me wrong!
That's sad. Hope he got well.
The phrase sticking in my head now is chests with breasts 🙂
I actually don't think the incident of breast cancer in men is that low anymore. And there are benign tumours in men, too.
Lol.. mine too. You're right about it being common among men.
Smart kid!
I hope so.
Tulika – Please let your kids know that men get breast cancer too. Maybe in a smaller percentage…but they do. 🙂 I've written a post about it on my health blog. 🙂
Yeah, I'll do that Vidya even at the risk of him demanding why he isn't growing breasts!
LOL..but Tulika, though uncommon, men can get it too: http://bit.ly/1sSBvCr
Guess I should tell him that. Sigh! Will make my task of keeping him home tougher then!
Kids these days! Incidentally men do get breast cancer.
Yes I googled it before I told him but the incidence is so low I didn't bring it up with H.
Ha ha ha ha. H cracks me up 😀
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