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Fitting Room Fiasco

I took my young girls to Target on Saturday to run some errands and to give their mom some time to herself. Spontaneously, I decided to try on a pair of shorts. I usually hate trying clothes on at Target because the fitting rooms are all in the ladies underwear department, which is awkward… and a little cruel. On the other hand, I needed shorts and I didn’t want to have to come back to return stuff.

My girls are 2 and 5, so I had to bring them into the fitting room with me. As soon as I took my jeans off, Gracie (my youngest) shouted “You don’t have underpants on!” I promise you, I did – boxers in fact. Jaimes, the older of the two, chimed in, “Daddy! Why aren’t you wearing underwear?!”

Anyone within earshot was surely concerned on a number of levels. I loudly reassured both the girls that I was wearing underwear and couldn’t understand why they insisted on the contrary. This continued for a while. When we left, I handed the shorts to the fitting room clerk, but she wouldn’t look at me.

In the future, I will just take the shorts/pants/what-have-you home with me and ask my wife to return what I don’t keep. The moral of the story is that being and adoptive dad is mostly just being a dad.

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4 Comments

  1. Hilarious! Thanks for sharing the story. We laughed out loud here in our office.

    Warmly,
    Steve Burchett

  2. Too funny!!!!!! By the way, is it against the rules for women to comment on your blog?! I love hearing a mans perspective and this, indeed, was well worth my time to read. (Plus I’m glad I’m not the only one that has trouble in Target with kids..lol)

  3. Thanks for your comment, Michelle. Everyone is welcome here and you certainly aren’t the first woman to join the discussion. Glad you found us!

  4. I’ve had “Stop, daddy, you’re hurting me! Stop!” shouted at me a couple times, but this tops that for sure.