Monday, October 16, 2006

a.very bad idea

picture on it's way...

some parents just do not deserve the title. i took little 'a' to the zoo on sunday. it's not the first time we've been and we always have a good time. besides looking at the monkeys and going on the little train ride, there is a huge, i mean huge kids park. slides, swings, monkey bars, splash pad, sand, and more!!!

little 'a's fav event was, by far, riding on the mary-go-round atop of the painted pink pony. it was the pink pony or nothing at all. keep this in mind for later folks. so, anyway, this fella comes up and says to me... "i notice your little girl has a thing for the pink pony". i was ready for what i thought was going to be a sicko, perverted comment upon which i would begin pounding his sick head into the ground.

instead... he came at me with... "do you think she could let the other kids have a turn on it"? WTF??? i started laughing and told him...

"listen pal, if you think i'm going to rip my little girl out of this moment of happiness just so can satisfy your need to be a good dad you are wasting your time."

it was clear to me that he was definitely a rookie at spending time with his kid and thought i would have no problems ruining our our time together (little 'a' and i) just to cater to his kids crying fits. here's my fav part...

the kid was crying and flung herself on the ground at this point. the father looked at me gestured with both hands to his kid, shrugged his shoulders and said "thanks, i hope you are happy".

again... without missing a beat i replied... "i am not happy whenever i see poor parenting... go get yourself some help and come back when you know what you're doing." to my defense, one of the resident single mom's popped onto the scene and told this fella to stop blaming everyone else for trying to enjoy their time with their kids.

all the while little 'a' is singing her nursery school songs and enjoying going round and round on the painted pink pony. she obviously caught on to what was happening but was having too much fun to know that she should care or not...

"he wasn't a very nice man daddy"... no little 'a' he wasn't nice at all.

1 Comments:

At 2:20 PM, Blogger AmyB said...

Ahahaa! You told HIM! Good for you! Little A is very, very lucky to have a dad to fight for her happiness. I think you taught that other dad a pretty valuable lesson that day. Parenting comes in many forms, but so does happiness. If you exhibit the right attitude, your child will follow. This guy clearly only thinks happiness goes one way. Too bad... :o(

 

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