File this one under woe is me.
Life is full of double standards. I remember when I was a little girl, there were things my dad would let my brothers do that I was not allowed to do. After all I was his precious daughter. Things like that make sense to me now. But the double standards I face today are so mind-boggling to me.
Beau and I are both awesome parents. There is no question about that. But the way we are treated in public when each of us takes the kids out, is astonishing to me. We are both educated adults who love our kids. Yet we get treated so differently in the eyes of many.
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For example, when Beau is at the park with the kids, in his jeans and work boots, what do people think? I’ll tell you what they think. They think he’s Mr. Wonderful. Awe, would you look at that dad taking time out of his busy day to bring his kids to the park. His wife is clearly dead or such a raging alcoholic/pill- popper that the court awarded him custody in the divorce. I’m not impressed.
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