Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Parents are weird.
I mean, not my parents, but parents in general. Clearly my parents were gems, they produced a well-adjusted future lawyer. But this one particular parent today really weirded me out. So Murph and I are on our afternoon walk. I am waiting for him to do his thing, kinda just staring off at trees, when some random dude walking his daughter by in her stroller says, "She caught her first ball at the Sox game today." "Way to go," I say. But I had no idea why on earth aforementioned man decided to tell me this. Was he just that proud? Did he like my outfit (it was really cute)? Did he think he recognized me? Did he think I looked like someone who is really into the milestones of random children (I do not look like, nor am I, such a person, btw)? He threw me for a loop. Even Murphy was weirded out. I hope I never tell strangers on the street about the accomplishments of Murph - if I do, I will become weird parent #756889.
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4 comments:
Perhaps he was just happy for her and wanted to share that. Also, you call yourself a "hottie", and men generally like talking to hot women.
As to your last post, if you read feministing, that's really disappointing. If you really are hot and like college football, I don't see how you can be a radical feminist. But there's always time to change :)
Hmm, this is definitely a borderline comment. Because there is a smiley face at the end, I will take it to mean that the commenter is just kidding about being "disappointed" in me being a feminist.
And p.s. there are many very nice-looking feminists, and our interests are varied and can include, but are not limited to, such things as college football, professional football, and March Madness.
I wasn't really joking, but I don't want to be mean about it. Just cause we might disagree on things doesn't mean I dislike someone personally. You seem like a nice enough person. Not sure what you meant by "borderline" - it wasn't like I insulted you. As a liberal, I'm sure you're open-minded enough to handle disagreement.
College football is all about tradition, and feminists completely oppose tradition. But I do think Colorado has a very good shot this weekend because FSU is not what they used to be.
I don't oppose traditions for the sake of being traditions. Traditions or history of sexism, racism, etc? Yes. Traditions that are blindly followed with no thought as to how they affect people today? Possibly. But I can appreciate my college team playing some football. I can unpack that from the issues that may or may not surround it.
Go Buffs.
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