May 24, 2007
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WADT... ~young parents~
...i had a few priceless opportunities to spend socializing with several couples with babies over dinner and a picnic lunch recently...it was so interesting watching them in action...i usually would join the more masculine group and engage in talk about sex and fighting, but decided to do something different, this night, and spend time in the backyard with the fathers.
...here is a snap-shot of moments in the conversation with these MEN...
"what do you do when your kids don't listen to you?""my pastor was saying that men should start being more like...well, men"
"what do you do when you don't agree with your wife?"
(this is as true as the 3 hairs on my chest)
...while we were out there, sharing a kleenex, one of the sweet mothers (haha..sweet mothers sounds kinda funny) came out and told one of the fathers to give their 2 year old a bath, NOW. (sweet mother indeed)
as we sat in silence, waiting for her to leave, i noticed the men's knees were trembling ever so slightly...when she finally left, we all began to breath again. i know, i know...you're saying i have young children no longer...why was i affected the same as the shaken men?...it is because at one time i was a young dad also...i know the fear these men feel...i know it oh so well...OH SO WELL...(i thought, no way he's going to give that baby a bath right now, right in the middle of a dinner...no way)
YES...MEN RULE!!!
(after he finished giving the bath)
i thought...why couldn't i stand up and lead these men on to victory...to revolt...to a sort of regained dignity...why didn't i do it?...i ask and suffer these questions late at night..."i could have been a defender" = say it like brando...yes..i could have
...but i have fear...there, i said it...I HAVE FEAR...not had...but HAVE...present tense...when it comes to young mothers...those young mothers...they all know our pee-pees are not as big as we so often claim.
(i can say this for it is no longer their day, and there is none near me)...scorn you young mothers!)
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...so the next fun excursion, i decide to spend with the B...(oops, forgot this was G rated)...how about the Broads...they are entangled in deep conversation about a subject near and dear to my...well, for lack of another word...my PEE-PEE...(well, not EXACTLY my-own one a dose thangs)..but that's sorta what the conversation was about...
...what should they have their babies call their pEE-PEEs....HUH?...wth?...one girl says it's a WINKY....to another it's a BUM-BUM...a WEE-WEE...a LITTLE FRIEND...and so on and so on...
...one girl is adamant that it should be called exactly what it is...EXACTLY...A HOTDOG...
...so of course i have to tell them all WADT and say i think they should just call it something simple and pleasant, that's innocent and easy to say...pleasiing...non-corrosive...handy...likeable...like what you call your favorite uncle who lives in the state hospital (napa or bellview)...
...i tell them they should call it exactly what i call mine...
...MISTER GIANT two Headed MONSTER...(they no laugh-ed...but stared at me...the kind of staring that says, "go away!")
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i wonder what strange names oher's call their baby's MR2?
Comments (5)
I think that applies to women in general.
But I'll keep that in mind, if I ever have kids. Heh.
yeah i always think my bf's not gonna make a good father cuz he believes in self-sufficient babies. instead of pushing them in a stroller, he'll have them crawl and kick them to get them going. instead of feeding them, he'll make them feed him. etc etc. at the same time, i think he'll be a great father cuz he understand child psychology so well. but i think you need to have the heart rather than the mind.
hahah...you crack me up
i would not make my hubby give the kid a bath if he got friends over and usually make him feel like hes the ruler when his buddy around
Ah, D. always entertaining
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