Mr. Mom
Due to my "big heart" (read no backbone) I have been thrust into the role of working mother. For the next three weeks I am taking care of my nephew. Doug is 15 and one of the strangest kids. I really think that if he were white, he would be one of those Goth kids, you know spiked hair black Eye-liner etc.
His strangeness manifests itself as a total introvert. Which would be fine except he is completely helpless, the kid would starve if someone wasn't there to take care of him. He usually has a live in maid and a mother at his beck and call but, for the next three weeks all bets are off.
His parents think that in all of their absences I will do that. Um no. Doug is embarking on a three week course on cooking cleaning and laundry. He is not happy about it. But I know that I was a pretty spoiled kid but I knew how to do my laundry and cook for myself even if it was just a hamburger or something. This kid knows nothing. Not how to make toast. Seriously.
So afterwork I go to my apartment for about a hour, chain smoke and look at porn on line, get on the subway then bus to my sisters house. Doug is at home on the computer there, I get him in the kitchen and he stands off to the side in the back as I cook dinner the deal is, if he doesn't want to learn that's fine, but he is going to watch me cook and he will clean up. He then goes to his room for the rest of the night. I sleep there and get up in the morning to make sure he goes to school. Then I come home, chain smoke and look at porn, shower and go to work. It seems like I have been doing this for weeks however its only been two days...
His strangeness manifests itself as a total introvert. Which would be fine except he is completely helpless, the kid would starve if someone wasn't there to take care of him. He usually has a live in maid and a mother at his beck and call but, for the next three weeks all bets are off.
His parents think that in all of their absences I will do that. Um no. Doug is embarking on a three week course on cooking cleaning and laundry. He is not happy about it. But I know that I was a pretty spoiled kid but I knew how to do my laundry and cook for myself even if it was just a hamburger or something. This kid knows nothing. Not how to make toast. Seriously.
So afterwork I go to my apartment for about a hour, chain smoke and look at porn on line, get on the subway then bus to my sisters house. Doug is at home on the computer there, I get him in the kitchen and he stands off to the side in the back as I cook dinner the deal is, if he doesn't want to learn that's fine, but he is going to watch me cook and he will clean up. He then goes to his room for the rest of the night. I sleep there and get up in the morning to make sure he goes to school. Then I come home, chain smoke and look at porn, shower and go to work. It seems like I have been doing this for weeks however its only been two days...
posted by Michael at 10:34 AM
4 Comments:
there exist black goths; i seen 'em on st mark's place
doug is probably doing the same thing as you minus the smoking.
true true, I think I was borderline goth, would be goth, in college when the only problem I had was making sure my black turtle neck matched my black pants and my black creepers (a Dana quote)
haha, my creepers were b&w leopard print!
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