{"id":3191,"date":"2025-09-14T05:38:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T05:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191"},"modified":"2025-09-14T05:38:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T05:38:19","slug":"she-promised-shed-babysit-but-my-baby-called-her-mommy-when-i-returned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191","title":{"rendered":"She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The first time I heard it, I thought my ears were playing tricks on me. I had just come home from a rare night out, fumbling with my keys, still carrying the faint smell of restaurant wine and perfume. My baby was in the living room with my sister, giggling, clapping her tiny hands. And then, clear as daylight, my daughter looked straight at her and said, \u201cMommy.\u201d My stomach dropped so hard it hurt.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I froze in the doorway. My sister, Lila, laughed nervously and tried to wave it off. \u201cOh, you know how babies are. She probably just likes the sound of the word.\u201d But the way my daughter reached for her, eyes shining like she\u2019d found her whole world, carved a hole right through me. That was supposed to be me. Her mother. Not anyone else.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When I had my daughter, I thought my sister would be my greatest ally. She was the first one I called when my water broke, the first one to hold my baby after the nurses placed her in my arms. She promised me she\u2019d help\u2014promised she\u2019d be there anytime I needed her. And she was. She babysat so I could shower, sleep, breathe. She cooked when I was too exhausted to stand. She rocked my baby to sleep on nights when my arms gave out. At first, I thought I was lucky. Blessed to have a sister so devoted. But slowly, little cracks began to show.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> My daughter cried less when Lila held her. She smiled wider when Lila entered the room. And every time I picked her up, I noticed how she\u2019d twist back toward my sister, as though torn between us. I told myself not to be insecure, that babies attach to anyone who gives them love. But deep down, jealousy brewed like a poison I couldn\u2019t name.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That night, after hearing her say \u201cMommy,\u201d I put my daughter to bed, my hands trembling as I tucked the blanket under her chin. My heart pounded with questions I couldn\u2019t silence. Was I failing her? Was my sister replacing me in the one role I was supposed to hold above all others?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> When I returned to the living room, Lila was packing her bag, her face tight with something unsaid. \u201cYou\u2019re overthinking this,\u201d she said before I could even speak.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cAm I?\u201d I snapped, my voice cracking. \u201cShe called you Mommy. Do you know how that feels?\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Her eyes filled, but not with guilt\u2014something else. Pain. \u201cDo you think I wanted this?\u201d she whispered. \u201cDo you think I don\u2019t remind her every single time that I\u2019m Aunt Lila?\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cThen why\u2014\u201d My voice shook. \u201cWhy does she look at you like that? Like you\u2019re the one she belongs to?\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lila\u2019s lips trembled, her eyes shining with tears she tried to blink away. \u201cBecause I can give her what you can\u2019t right now. You\u2019re drowning, and I\u2019m just\u2026 here. She feels that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3192\" src=\"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-243x365.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1129\" height=\"1696\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-243x365.png 243w, https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-560x840.png 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1129px) 100vw, 1129px\" \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The words cut, because they were true. I had been drowning\u2014nights without sleep, days without peace, my body aching, my mind frayed. I had leaned on her too hard, too often, until maybe my baby couldn\u2019t tell where I ended and my sister began.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The silence between us stretched. I hated her in that moment, and I loved her more than anyone. I hated myself for needing her, and I hated her for being so good at filling the cracks I couldn\u2019t.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Finally, I whispered, \u201cShe\u2019s my daughter.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cI know,\u201d she said softly. \u201cAnd I would never take her from you.\u201d Her voice broke. \u201cBut she saved me too, you know. I don\u2019t have kids. I thought maybe I never would. And then you gave me this little piece of light. I\u2019m sorry if I let it blur the lines.\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I sank into a chair, tears streaming freely now. It wasn\u2019t betrayal\u2014it was love, messy and complicated, too much love crammed into one small child who soaked it all up. My daughter didn\u2019t call her Mommy because I wasn\u2019t enough. She called her Mommy because she had two women who loved her so fiercely she couldn\u2019t tell the difference.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That night, I decided something. I would not step back. I would not drown quietly while someone else carried my child through the waves. I would fight to be the mother my daughter saw first, the name she called without hesitation. And at the same time, I would not punish my sister for loving her too much. Because isn\u2019t that what we all want for our children\u2014that they be loved, endlessly, by more than just us?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Final Thought<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Motherhood is not about ownership\u2014it\u2019s about presence. Hearing my daughter call my sister \u201cMommy\u201d broke me, but it also forced me to step into the role I had been too tired, too scared to claim fully. My daughter has one mother, and that\u2019s me. But she also has an aunt who loves her like her own, and in the end, that\u2019s not a threat\u2014it\u2019s a gift.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0The first time I heard it, I thought my ears were playing tricks on me. I had just come home from a rare night out, fumbling with my keys, still carrying the faint smell of restaurant wine and perfume. My baby was in the living room with my sister, giggling, clapping her tiny hands. And then, clear as daylight, my daughter looked straight at her and said, \u201cMommy.\u201d My stomach dropped so hard it hurt. I froze in the doorway. My sister, Lila, laughed nervously and tried to wave it&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,3,5,10,4,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-entertainment","category-feature-post","category-featured","category-lifestyle","category-trend"],"gutentor_comment":0,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned - Old Aged Humor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned - Old Aged Humor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0The first time I heard it, I thought my ears were playing tricks on me. I had just come home from a rare night out, fumbling with my keys, still carrying the faint smell of restaurant wine and perfume. My baby was in the living room with my sister, giggling, clapping her tiny hands. And then, clear as daylight, my daughter looked straight at her and said, \u201cMommy.\u201d My stomach dropped so hard it hurt. I froze in the doorway. My sister, Lila, laughed nervously and tried to wave it&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Old Aged Humor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-14T05:38:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-560x840.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"840\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Destiny Denver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Destiny Denver\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Destiny Denver\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc7629c79dd98873477de0fb4a90d24d\"},\"headline\":\"She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-14T05:38:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191\"},\"wordCount\":882,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/4.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"blog\",\"Entertainment\",\"Feature Post\",\"Featured\",\"Lifestyle\",\"trend\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191\",\"name\":\"She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned - Old Aged Humor\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/4.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-14T05:38:19+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/4.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/4.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1536},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?p=3191#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Old Aged Humor\",\"description\":\"Proof That Age and Humor Only Get Better Together\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Old Aged Humor\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/cropped-cropped-97da200e-7eb0-4389-9408-e3e79b35f1ab-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/cropped-cropped-97da200e-7eb0-4389-9408-e3e79b35f1ab-2.png\",\"width\":290,\"height\":79,\"caption\":\"Old Aged Humor\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bc7629c79dd98873477de0fb4a90d24d\",\"name\":\"Destiny Denver\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/51bc23eedfdade3ea514a5cf7610b58910204d6b8e6d03f02622cae720112085?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/51bc23eedfdade3ea514a5cf7610b58910204d6b8e6d03f02622cae720112085?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/51bc23eedfdade3ea514a5cf7610b58910204d6b8e6d03f02622cae720112085?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Destiny Denver\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/oldagedhumor.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned - Old Aged Humor","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned - Old Aged Humor","og_description":"\u00a0The first time I heard it, I thought my ears were playing tricks on me. I had just come home from a rare night out, fumbling with my keys, still carrying the faint smell of restaurant wine and perfume. My baby was in the living room with my sister, giggling, clapping her tiny hands. And then, clear as daylight, my daughter looked straight at her and said, \u201cMommy.\u201d My stomach dropped so hard it hurt. I froze in the doorway. My sister, Lila, laughed nervously and tried to wave it&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191","og_site_name":"Old Aged Humor","article_published_time":"2025-09-14T05:38:19+00:00","og_image":[{"width":560,"height":840,"url":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4-560x840.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Destiny Denver","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Destiny Denver","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191"},"author":{"name":"Destiny Denver","@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bc7629c79dd98873477de0fb4a90d24d"},"headline":"She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned","datePublished":"2025-09-14T05:38:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191"},"wordCount":882,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4.png","articleSection":["blog","Entertainment","Feature Post","Featured","Lifestyle","trend"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191","url":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191","name":"She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned - Old Aged Humor","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4.png","datePublished":"2025-09-14T05:38:19+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4.png","width":1024,"height":1536},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?p=3191#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"She Promised She\u2019d Babysit \u2014 But My Baby Called Her \u201cMommy\u201d When I Returned"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/","name":"Old Aged Humor","description":"Proof That Age and Humor Only Get Better Together","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/#organization","name":"Old Aged Humor","url":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cropped-cropped-97da200e-7eb0-4389-9408-e3e79b35f1ab-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/cropped-cropped-97da200e-7eb0-4389-9408-e3e79b35f1ab-2.png","width":290,"height":79,"caption":"Old Aged Humor"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bc7629c79dd98873477de0fb4a90d24d","name":"Destiny Denver","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51bc23eedfdade3ea514a5cf7610b58910204d6b8e6d03f02622cae720112085?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51bc23eedfdade3ea514a5cf7610b58910204d6b8e6d03f02622cae720112085?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51bc23eedfdade3ea514a5cf7610b58910204d6b8e6d03f02622cae720112085?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Destiny Denver"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/oldagedhumor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3191"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3194,"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3191\/revisions\/3194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oldagedhumor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}