Comments on: Lady of the House

By: krn

krn — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:37:32 +0000

Lighten up, Dad’s! Maybe she was just so overwhelmed by the sight of you that she got flustered and popped out with “the lady of the house” comment.

Fess up, you were wearing your sexy hole in the underarm t, were unshaven and had bed hair, weren’t you???? Mmmmmmmmm.

%-O!

;)

By: CJ

CJ — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:14:51 +0000

Anyone asks me if the man of the house is in and I have a hard time deciding between “You’re looking at her” and calling my 4-year old son to the door. Either one usually gets the point across, but yeah, they’ve already lost any credibility with me. The phrase “Would you be the person to speak to about …..” works best in my opinion. No man/woman assumptions and I know right off the bat where this conversation is going.

David – I’m an equal opportunity PTA mom. I’ll hit up anybody with a hearbeat that wanders within arm’s reach of the table, or the building for that matter. After making the rounds at Open House the other night I made some smartass crack about feeling like I was selling myself. The principal just grinned and said “That’s why we love you so much.” Maybe you just need to switch schools. ;) ;)
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By: dadshouse

dadshouse — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 06:02:30 +0000

Shawna – I don’t think what I do is hard. I love it! Yes, it’s half time, and that half time is totally on my own. I have no family here, and neighbors tend to keep their distance. But I do get breaks half the time, and that’s when I pick up the slack. Hats off to your boyfriend for truly going it alone. That’s awesome. He sounds like a keeper. (btw – it’s not a competition…)

By: Shawna

Shawna — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:20:44 +0000

You know, I’m dating a man who does it all – literally – he’s a single dad with 100% custody and the little ex-wife is totally out of the picture and across the country. He does it all. He’s damaged his career by having to schlep kids here and there at all hours of the day. He’s buying groceries and books and running midnight errands for projects due tomorrow. He’s doing laundry at all hours of the night b/c there aren’t enough hours in the day. He’s planning meals, making lunches, making dinners, and trying to make some fun. He is all alone – no family in this neck of the woods. He’s totally doing this alone.

I don’t mean to diminish what you do as a single dad, but you don’t do it alone. You have 1/2 custody and they have a mom. If you think what you do is hard — try being a guy and doing it all. Everyone expects (rightly or wrongly) that women do this but you rarely see a man doing it all.

My boyfriend is barely making it – he’s exhausted and he’s broke, but he’s doing it all by himself.

By: Kat Wilder

Kat Wilder — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:29:42 +0000

Well, on the phone people ask to speak to my mother , so no sympathy here ….
But, maybe she was selling eco-friendly sanitary pads or something. I mean, it could have been, uh, weird!
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By: Matty

Matty — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:13:48 +0000

Excellent post. You make a good point.
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By: dadshouse

dadshouse — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:00:43 +0000

Jason – not sure how it can be interpreted any differently. The woman at my door wanted to sell something to a woman, not to me. Once I told her there is no woman, and I’m divorced, she did try – but I had tuned out.

As for PTA moms, I’ve been to those first day of school things where they get parents to sign up for all sorts of stuff. One woman was manning the “donate to the schools” table. She handed me a flier and asked me to give it to my wife so my wife could write a check and donate to the schools. I let her know how off base that assumption was. She hemmed and hawed, and said that her husband works and leaves her to manage the checkbook and be plugged into the schools, so she guessed my famiky would be the same. Whether I was divorced and a single dad, or married, that’s awfully presumptious. I mean, she didn’t even try to have a “donate” conversation with me – she just wanted me to be the messenger for my “wife”.

Annoying and silly.