But yesterday, I actually was a good parent. My daughter is 4, and she has some friends at school that she would like to stay friends with, even after she goes off to kindergarten. So I stopped and swapped phone numbers with one of the moms yesterday. It was almost like I was a real suburbanite. Now our kids can have playdates, while we talk about...well hell, I have no idea what suburbanite moms talk about while their kids play. It's not that I want to hang out with these people who have been forced upon me based on nothing other than the proximate age and location of their children. I'd much rather play Grand Theft Auto or drink a beer with Kelvin. But I guess I can try to get to know them. Maybe I'll luck out, and one of them will be into drunken gaming like me.
Is it appropriate to get mildy innebirated on a playdate? I think that would make it easier on everyone.
Oh, here's some pics of the kids. As you can tell, they like to stick their tongues out at me.
LOVE IT :)
ReplyDeleteso much of what separates a "good" parent from, say, you is some silly societal norm that says you're not supposed to get drunk while sunbathing while your kids swim, that you're not supposed to get drunk to avoid dealing with your kids, that you're not supposed to get drunk while you're working... at work. but i think that all you need to ask yourself is "am i too drunk to drive without the cops noticing?" i think that's your real test, carole. so, by that measure, i think you probably are a good parent most of the time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the vote of confidence, Levy. Wanna go grab a beer? I don't have anything on my calendar until 2.
ReplyDeleteCarole, it is perfectly acceptable to drink with other parents. I drank along with all the other parents at Jacks Chuck E Cheese party. All the soccer moms sat in a van at the YMCA parking lot and drank pony beer till soccer practice was over. It is a widely practiced tradition. That is how "suburbanite moms" handle everything so well!!
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