Solo Mother

November 10th, 2007

Mother’s little helper

I was amazed. I was astounded. I was… dumbstruck by the fact that he didn’t know how to mop a floor. He had never had to do so, and very calmly suggested that I show him how to do it, and then he would know.
He was thirty-something years old!
Tags: household-chores, single-mom, single-mother, single-parent, toddlers

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