Will you be my friend?
July 8, 2009
Twice in the past two weeks I have been at playgrounds and encountered stay-at-home dads with their kids. In both cases I have immediately developed serious friend-crushes. I want to be friends with these guys really badly.
Why? You might ask. Well, a couple of reasons. 1) I just think it is really cool when a guy is willing to put social pressures aside and be a stay-at-home dad. I think it shows confidence and openness. 2) They usually seem to be pretty adventurous- up for fun trips with the kids to new places or events. But most importantly, 3) I just miss hanging out with guys!!!
Don’t get me wrong, I am very grateful that I have the mom friends (and non-mom women friends) that I have- they are incredibly wonderful, strong, smart, exciting, bad-ass women. But there are times when I really miss testosterone. I miss open competitiveness. I miss stupid, dirty jokes. I miss eating like a guy and not talking about calories or food-guilt.
So I’ve decided that I have to get over my befriending people at the park fear and take the bull by the horns. I am going to befriend a stay-at-home dad even if it kills (or humiliates) me!
