TRDad and Bluey spend all week together. They go biking, swimming, and shopping. Every errand that must be run during the week, Bluey and TRDad do together.
This produces humorous responses from our many friends in shops around town, when due to an unexpected day off for TRMom, or when a weekend quick trip for TRDad sends him out without his constant young companion.
“I’m surprised to see you with out your son!”
“Where’s Bluey?”
It’s neat that so many people associate us with our kids. We love it. So many parents we meet, and hear about, work very hard to establish that they have a unique identity- that they are more than Moms, Dads, Parents.
We wonder why?
TRDad doesn’t mind the constant association of father and son as a pair. Part of the joy of staying home with Bluey has been to experience so much of the world with him, and to be able to spend so much time with him. If more people know TRDad as ‘Bluey’s Dad’ more than as anything else, what’s wrong with it?
We don’t think your identity disappears if you are constantly referred to as “So-and-so’s Mom (or Dad).”
When Bluey is older, he’ll remember going everywhere with TRMom and TRDad. We think that’s pretty cool.