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One side effect of my job I never foresaw: Unless a man is a single father due to the death of the mother of his children, I will never ever ever date a single father.
Because the very second that baby mama gets pissed and calls in a report is the very second Luke and I are on the wrong end of the process.
No thank you.
Cute single men who love my kid, might want more, are completely unattached and have a healthy dose of nerd, now taking applications.
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I don't know why it happened or WHEN, but Luke came back from his Nina and Granddaddy's house suddenly talking about boy stuff and girl stuff.
Huh?
Now, I'm not a "raise gender neutral children" mom. I am a mom that did buy my son a Cabbage Patch Kid because he had a streak of blue glow in the dark hair, glow in the dark sneakers and a pirate shirt (his name is Charlie. He's been in the same spot in the corner of the living room, untouched, for about 9 months). I also do not discourage his love of My Little Pony. But on the other hand, I am a mother that has not worn pink in... God only knows. Early elementary? Luke has never seen me in a dress. I last wore one for my high school graduation or I wouldn't be allowed to walk. Chapstick is the closest thing to makeup to EVER touch my face. EVER.
So I don't know where this "That's not blue that's (lighter shade of blue), that's a girl color." Or the one that brought it to my attention when we were shopping for Luke's bigger bike refering to a girl in front of us in line also getting a new bike. It was one that Luke would have picked for himself if it were bigger: "She's bringing home a blue bike. That's a boy's bike."
'Since when is blue a boy-only color?' I query, incredulous, as I glance pointedly down to my blue Aladdin/Doctor Who shirt, blue cut offs and black, blue and silver (men's) sneakers. He had the grace to look a little embarrassed. Then he tried to save himself and dug it deeper.
"But its a TRICK bike. Those are BOYS bikes." I glared.
'Who says girls can't have a trick bike?' And I got to grumble to myself the need for X-Games to come on the only channel we get so I can show him the girl's competitions.
So that was a thing. And it better stop.
Because the very second that baby mama gets pissed and calls in a report is the very second Luke and I are on the wrong end of the process.
No thank you.
Cute single men who love my kid, might want more, are completely unattached and have a healthy dose of nerd, now taking applications.
--
I don't know why it happened or WHEN, but Luke came back from his Nina and Granddaddy's house suddenly talking about boy stuff and girl stuff.
Huh?
Now, I'm not a "raise gender neutral children" mom. I am a mom that did buy my son a Cabbage Patch Kid because he had a streak of blue glow in the dark hair, glow in the dark sneakers and a pirate shirt (his name is Charlie. He's been in the same spot in the corner of the living room, untouched, for about 9 months). I also do not discourage his love of My Little Pony. But on the other hand, I am a mother that has not worn pink in... God only knows. Early elementary? Luke has never seen me in a dress. I last wore one for my high school graduation or I wouldn't be allowed to walk. Chapstick is the closest thing to makeup to EVER touch my face. EVER.
So I don't know where this "That's not blue that's (lighter shade of blue), that's a girl color." Or the one that brought it to my attention when we were shopping for Luke's bigger bike refering to a girl in front of us in line also getting a new bike. It was one that Luke would have picked for himself if it were bigger: "She's bringing home a blue bike. That's a boy's bike."
'Since when is blue a boy-only color?' I query, incredulous, as I glance pointedly down to my blue Aladdin/Doctor Who shirt, blue cut offs and black, blue and silver (men's) sneakers. He had the grace to look a little embarrassed. Then he tried to save himself and dug it deeper.
"But its a TRICK bike. Those are BOYS bikes." I glared.
'Who says girls can't have a trick bike?' And I got to grumble to myself the need for X-Games to come on the only channel we get so I can show him the girl's competitions.
So that was a thing. And it better stop.