Spiky Bugger
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Our daughter, MiniSue, has been a solo kind of person most of her almost-40 years. Only child, the ONLY roommates she ever had were in college...after graduation, she got a tiny apartment where she lived alone, then one a little bit bigger, then one more suburban with veggies growing. For sixteen years.
Occasional serious boyfriends, no live-ins, no babies.
Then, on FaceySpace, she ran into a friend from HS, he was divorced with a two-year old, she was single with two cats...they eventually merged.
So now, every other week when her boyfriend/roommate has custody, she is what SHE thinks is NOT a step-mother, but rather "a roommate who rats you out to your daddy." I'm having fun watching her not do the mom thing.
A few months back, a child at her bedside crying at 2 a.m. "What's the matter?" asks non-Mom. Sobbing child responds, "I'm tired!"
A couple of weeks ago, child was yelling, "There's a spider on my wall." The non-Mom said, "How cool is it that spiders can walk on walls!" Child stopped yelling, tilted her head to the side and said, "Huh?"
This morning at 4:00 a.m., a concerned four-year-old awakened the non-Mom to inform her that it was dark outside.
See? She would have been a good mom. But she IS a good "roommate who rats you out to your daddy." I think maybe I did a good job.
Occasional serious boyfriends, no live-ins, no babies.
Then, on FaceySpace, she ran into a friend from HS, he was divorced with a two-year old, she was single with two cats...they eventually merged.
So now, every other week when her boyfriend/roommate has custody, she is what SHE thinks is NOT a step-mother, but rather "a roommate who rats you out to your daddy." I'm having fun watching her not do the mom thing.
A few months back, a child at her bedside crying at 2 a.m. "What's the matter?" asks non-Mom. Sobbing child responds, "I'm tired!"
A couple of weeks ago, child was yelling, "There's a spider on my wall." The non-Mom said, "How cool is it that spiders can walk on walls!" Child stopped yelling, tilted her head to the side and said, "Huh?"
This morning at 4:00 a.m., a concerned four-year-old awakened the non-Mom to inform her that it was dark outside.
See? She would have been a good mom. But she IS a good "roommate who rats you out to your daddy." I think maybe I did a good job.
I am also happy I met & fell in love with a similar thinking non-dad. He gets all he needs in that regard caring for the mentally challenged.
