Obviously, father no longer means father and mother no longer means mother because, well, gay no longer means gay. Or something.
Now that, in the febrile imagination of the U.S. government, I've been dispossessed of my heretofore most honored and honorable descriptor, which, I now confess, has annually found its way scripted on greeting cards thus: "Happy Mother's Day," I find myself in a mood often shared by another parent:
Li'l Abner's Parent 2 Yokum |
Fortunately,
The Surrogate Parent 1 |
Calcutta's Parent 2 Teresa |
Boys Town's Parent 1 Flannigan |
or
And I'm certainly not wealthy, like
Orphan Annie's Parent 1 Warbucks |
Grand Parent 2 Moses |
Or courageous, like WWII flying ace
Parent 1 Boyington |
But I do believe that kindergarten Parent 1's Day and Parent 2's Day pageants are just not going to be the same.
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Overwhelming the system.
ReplyDelete@Trestin - All too sadly true. There is no keeping up with it. One form becomes the model for others, no matter how ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteYour kids kindergartens had "Parent 2's Day" pageants? I got shafted because "Parent 2's Day" falls in June after school let out.
ReplyDeleteDid you realize that if Father was Parent 1 and Mother was Parent 2, then this implicitly denigrates Motherhood by calling them officially number 2?
ReplyDeleteSharia compliant indeed!
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@Chris - LOL. Here in central New York State, the elementary school calendar extends until the last week of June, but you're right. Parent 2s (glad you know your place ;) ) don't usually get pageants, but they do get crayon drawings!
ReplyDelete@EdWoods - True enough. There'll be some tussling over who gets that first-place slot, I'm sure. So perhaps the passport application form will need checked boxes to indicate to the State Department whether Parents 1 and 2 are male or female. Or is that not PC? I can't keep up!
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