Secret Handshake, Revealed!

As we've discussed in the past, if we A-Parents only had a secret handshake.....

This weekend, at the Houston "Double-Secret Probation" Adoptive Parents Conference on the Secret Handshake (D-SPAPCSH)*, we finally hashed out the long anticipated "Secret Handshake" by which to identify and confirm you are, indeed, A-Parents.

First, the long-distance sign of recognition:

Second, the handshake. While smiling, you grit your teeth and say, "Which province?" If they answer "Province?", then you immediately break contact as they are "posers".


Then, you check for hidden microphones and wires. This also doubles for the "frisk" that I've long advocated when meeting another A-Parent.

And then, this seals the deal. Gotta be an A-Parent by the time you get to this point.


Oh, I had to assure TubaDad** that, although I was very pleased to meet him, it really was an iPhone in my pocket.


*Sorry Houston A-Parents. If we had announced the Double-Secret Probation conference, then it wouldn't have been Double-Secret!

**Kudos for TubaDad for going along with this important post. Although, he might have to see a chiropractor soon.