I was at the playground

this afternoon with my boys after school cause they wanted to play outside for a little while before doing their homework.  I often wonder what other parents think about me while I am at the playground or really any place I am at with my kids.  I know it’s egocentric to think like that, but I can’t believe other parents don’t think about that sometimes.  Anyway, another dad was there with his son and walked over to me and said hello. I said, “hi.” and left it at that.  His son, who was a few years younger than my boys, was following around my boys copying everything they were doing.  It seemed as I was moving around the park trying to stay warm, the other dad was doing the same thing as me every so often saying things like “This weather, right?”, “You come here often?” and other things that really only warranted short replies.  

I wasn’t about to befriend this guy at the playground, but this got me thinking that I don’t have any parent friends and wonder if that’s weird. I suppose I think about this every so often.  I only thought about it for a short time and then again now that I am writing this.  I also thought while writing this that maybe I’ll join a gay parents group and then thought probably not.