Testicles are NOT a Handicap
They did it again. I took my daughters in for their routine physical appointments this morning. I frequently take them to the doctor’s office for their routine stuff, but every time I do one of the staff manages to say something stupid. The common thread among their comments is the unstated assertion that I am stupid when it my own kids because I am a guy. When did testicles become a handicap?
Nothing says stupid driver faster than a pair of fake testicles on the trailer hitch.
Today’s comment - “Aubrey will be due for another appointment in 3 months. You can have your wife call us when you get home to schedule that appointment.”
Seriously!?!
I bit my tongue and held back what I really wanted to say. I wanted to say something along the lines of, “No, sometimes my wife lets me leave the house with both my balls and my brain and lucky for us, today just happens to be one of those days.” Instead I politely responded, “That won’t be necessary, Thank you. I can schedule it now.” Adding insult to injury was the fact that this kid was maybe 19 and probably not even a parent herself.
On previous visits I’ve had the clinic nurse instruct me on how to hold my child so that I could console her when she began crying (after the shots), and 3 or 4 visits ago, the receptionist used my all time favorite back-handed compliment “Oh how nice. Daddy is baby sitting today.” I didn’t bite my tongue that time. My knee jerk response escaped my lips before I could stop it. I replied, “Please explain to me how the hell you babysit your own kids.”
So, to the ladies of the world, please don’t assume that dads are stupid when it comes to their own kids, and we won’t assume that you can’t teach junior how to throw a four-seam fastball.
Right on Dude! I don’t have kids but when I was taking care of my 6 week old nephew I went over my mother-in-law’s house to visit. The little peanut needed to get changed and when I went to change her diaper her comment was “men don’t know how to change diapers” I was tempted to throw the dirty diaper but I held back. Having testicles is NOT a handicap!
Mango’s last blog post..Show for the Newbie’s
You should have told them that they would have to wait for your wife to pay as well.
Out-Numbered’s last blog post..A Haiku: Holiday…
Most guys are not that smart, even the ones with kids.
What’s funny is that they’re sexist on both fronts. They don’t believe that a father can care for a child and they assume that the mother is stay at home while the father brings home the bacon.
That same thing happens to me when I take my kids to the doctor. On one appointment it was painful because the nurse in effect refused to schedule a new appointment with me. She just continued to ask me to have my wife call. And when I said I could do it, she would make up some other excuse why she couldn’t schedule it then and say that my wife should call later.
Infuriating.
But being instructed how to hold your own child to console her? That takes the cake.
Piper´s last blog ..The More Things Stay The Same