What’s with the chonies?
Every day, I pick my kids up from elementary school, and almost every day, we spend the next 45 minutes on the playground, killing time before it’s time to pick up my oldest from middle school. So, I do a whole lot of people watching, and I eavesdrop on other parents’ conversations, and occasionally, I have a fabulous conversation of my very own! (And I live for those days. I have to contain myself, so I don’t jump up and down clapping, and saying things like, “You’re paying attention to me! You’re letting me into your mommy clique! You’re considering inviting me to bunco, aren’t you? Yay!”)
Today, I watched a guy having a whole lot of fun with his kids. And actually? I’m not fully convinced they were his kids. I’m guessing they were his nephews. Actual dads are not usually so enthusiastic about playing with their children, and they usually embrace the caregiver role in such a way that they, y’know, lead by example. They don’t wobble and shake the entire play structure by walking across the top of the monkey bars. They don’t climb up the outside tube of the slide, 12 feet up off the ground. And they generally don’t show up saggin’ in sweat pants that only cover the bottom half of their ass.
This guy looked like he was having a lot of fun. I watched as he chased a pair of boys all over the playground, up the slide, through tunnels, across bridges, and around posts – pausing momentarily to hitch his pants back up about every minute. At one point, his pants FELL DOWN TO HIS KNEES! The only thing separating his pale white ass and the rest of the playground was a pair of white boxers. And even when his pants weren’t down around his knees, they were still…um…sort of showing off the goods, y’know? Hell, he could even stand to go up a size in the t-shirt. Cover that shit UP, Li’l Kim – the kids are watching!
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Laura, also known as LaLaGirl, is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism.
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April 30th, 2009 at 8:01 am
I love when the boys get involved, even if it means their pants-less. Actually, I think I like it even better pants-less. Today my husband is going in the pool with Sawyer for his swim lesson again. I love when they are together. It makes me all watery-eyed, because, yes, I’m a sap now.
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April 30th, 2009 at 8:05 am
I have a fondness for my man without pants too, I must admit. (I know, hard to believe, since we have five kids and all that!) I just don’t want to see unfamiliar booty. My eyes! My eyes!!
April 30th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Oh my goodness. It’s too bad you didn’t have some string to hand him as a not so subtle hint to keep his pants up! I would have had to leave because I would have been laughing too hard when his pants fell.
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April 30th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
Could it have been a pervert gaining the trust of the young boys?
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April 30th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
I’ve seen him there a couple of times now, and the boys obviously know him well (and leave with him) so I think he’s legit as far as that is concerned. That isn’t to say I didn’t pick up a creepy vibe, but more of a “I go to Hooters by myself” vibe.
May 6th, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Too funny! How can people leave the house like that? i can see if you’re at home, sick, laying up on the couch, but outside, not to mention running around where you might possible need pants. lol!
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May 11th, 2009 at 11:16 am
LMAO @ “I go to Hooters by myself” vibe. Maybe he thought single mommies find the sagging sweat pants look super hot?!
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