So What If I Haven't Posted In Two Weeks
Stop whining right now. It's not like you pay a subscription fee or anything. If I take two weeks off of updating this thing for both of you, then I'll do that.
Okay. Glad that's out of the way.
Kelly was sick today -- so I stayed home with the family. So let me tell you about an interesting tidbit that'll probably make its way as an article in the next September PT Breeder.
I was a wee bit bored this morn, so I took my kids to the JR's Fruit Stand out by Easy Times Espresso. C'mon, you know what I'm talking about. We went in, and an old man that I take to be ol' JR his'self greeted us. Dandy! thought I. Just like olden days.
"Ahh! Looks like dad's babysitting today, huh?" he said.
And immediate blood rage clouded my vision. I take a lot of ownership of my parenting, too much so to have it dismissed as mere babysitting.
"Well, these kids are mine, so I don't see how it's babysitting," I said testily.
Poor JR. He backpedalled, saying, "Oh! I used to watch my own now and again back then; we called it babysitting. They're babies after all ... "
"Sure, I bet ... " I replied. Sure, I was being cold, but what's up with the babysitting thing? Honestly.
Ol' JR didn't let it rest. "You're lucky! Most guys back then had to work all day, every day. You get to stay home."
Please! "I do work all day, every day," I told him. "But today, I'm with my kids." I left it at that, hoping ol' JR would do the same.
"You know, 85% of women have to work these days!" he explained. "Not my wife. We made sure she was home with the kids." He turned his attention to my daughter. "What's your name, li'l princess?"
Sophie knew the jig was up, and turned her face into my pantleg for the comfort and reassurance that said pantleg offers.
"Say -- would you like to try a cherry?"
Ahh, she'd been had. ANYONE offering my daughter a cherry is instantly famous. After that genius move of JR's, we left with a flat of cherries (delicious!), and three apricots. We waved goodbye as we loaded up in Astro.
So, does that count for or against the men's movement in parenting?
