Subject to Change

On one of the many occasions I’ve found myself hanging out, bored, in public I overheard a lesbian couple having a bad parenting moment:

First lady: “Where’s ‘Daniel?’”

…

First lady: “He’s two!”

There were a few more things shouted before Lady #1 ran off in search of “Daniel.” I can’t actually remember the kid’s name, so I gave him one. You’ll notice that Lady #2 didn’t seem to be saying much. She was at the customer service desk dealing with something. Judging by her lack of interest, she must be the man in this relationship.

A few minutes later Lady #1 returned with security in tow. Meanwhile, “Daniel” had turned up. I didn’t overhear much of what followed, but I got the jist of it. You didn’t need to be there to imagine how the conversation went.

The whole thing struck me as funny because there are some people who want us to believe that it’s perfectly normal for a child to be raised by two mommies (or daddies). Well, I would say that this was evidence in support of that theory. This quarrel seemed perfectly normal (and familiar) to me. On the other hand, I take this as evidence that two mommies are not BETTER than one. It was nice to see lesbians don’t have a magical parenting gene, because that would be disastrous for the male gender.