Since Austen’s been watching a lot of princess stories (Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella), she’s starting talking about the princes (noting their names, pointing them out when she sees them).
One day while Mommy and Austen were about to get out of the car to go eat lunch at a restaurant in town, Austen noticed Mommy’s diamond ring, and Mommy told her about how Dada gave it to her when they decided to get married. “You know how all the princesses get married to a prince at the end of the story … Well, Dada is my prince.” Austen was furious. “No!!!!! Dada is my prince, not yours.” Mommy tried to offer to share but Austen wasn’t having it. After Austen calmed down (days later) she asked “Who’s my prince?” Mommy tried to convince Austen that, when she’s older, she can choose her own prince, if she wants to.