Foolish Child #99a: Where Is My Dad?

Child asks was "Mama, where is my Dad?Is my Dad cheating on you?" And Dickens responds, "Ew. No is that a joke?"  And goes on to explain, "You know that your Dad and I are just friends, right? Your Dad can date who he wants and same as I can date whomever I'd like to date." The child responds, "You mean whomever you'd like to date that wants to date you, too. You can't date people who don't like you or don't even know you exist." Dickens sighs, "I walked right into that one."..

Before you go! Autostraddle runs on the reader support of our AF+ Members. If this article meant something to you today — if it informed you or made you smile or feel seen, will you consider joining AF and supporting the people who make this queer media site possible?

Join AF+!

Dickens

I am a queer coparenting mama to Dickens Jr. Doodler by day, 911 dispatcher by night. All my favorite shows look better on Tumblr. I am two years and 450K words deep into constructing a fanfic called Ages and I'm never giving up on it. Bering & Wells.

Alana has written 123 articles for us.

8 Comments

  1. kids say such random out of left field shit! once when I was getting my preschool class down for nap I had a kid whisper into my ear “can hold me like baby spider?” and to this day I have no idea what that means

Contribute to the conversation...

Yay! You've decided to leave a comment. That's fantastic. Please keep in mind that comments are moderated by the guidelines laid out in our comment policy. Let's have a personal and meaningful conversation and thanks for stopping by!