Dec 03 2008
What? No stitch and b***h for the boys?
Being a stay-at-home dad is hard. In no way is it harder than being a single parent, of course, but it’s so much harder than being a stay-at-home mom. You see, mothers have already-established networks for support. Not that they need them, per se. If you’re a mom, you could get away with doing busy-work at home and making dinner in time for Mr. Bacon Transporter. That’s all that’s really expected. The only social network an SAHM really needs is the one carrying her soaps. No longer content to merely look busy with an oven mitt or a vacuum (did either of those sound nastier than I intended?), a vast amount now try to look busy outside the home as well. They have created and joined knitting circles, study groups, focus groups, complaining groups, stitching groups, and various combinations thereof.
In fact, I hear that the last two sometimes join in on nights of revelry and foamy chai tea.
That’s a GREAT idea (poker night, not trying to tick off women)!
no, i’m working on a series of essays about being a stay-at-home father and i’m just releasing snippets of first drafts. the tone is meant to be highly ironic and fairly sarcastic with a sweet and sappy heart in the middle - just like me!
hopefully, i can actually pull it off.
i need to do something about this comment section. all caps is driving me nuts.