I took my daughter to the park the other day. I wanted her to have fun. And she did, until another kid showed up. Of course, you would want a parent to be present. And there was a mom in attendance. So we, as parents, allowed our children to play together.
My daughter is extremely extroverted, so she wanted this kid to be her best friend.
I, as an enlightened parent, held my misanthropy in check, and allowed Aeva to have fun with this strange child.
Meanwhile, I find myself in that awkward position as a parent where I must interact with the parent of the child who is, at present, running amok with my daughter.
Now, I am a civil, relatively intelligent man, but when I hear someone say the phrase, "The Resurrection", I tend to recoil.
So, when this lady told me, point blank, that the time her son couldn't wait for was the "Resurrection" so he could see his dad again, I politely & subtly called to Aeva, so we could leave.
She was a nice, albeit mislead, mother with obvious bereavement issues. So I was, of fucking course, reticent to look her straight in the face and say, "Sorry, but I'm an atheist and I don't believe in enforcing any mystical superstitions upon my child."
Did I do the right thing being polite?
or
Did I just perpetuate too many years of mythological doctrine?
