an excerpt
from: Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
"Grown men, other people's fathers, were so strange - often I didn't completely understand what it was they did at their jobs during the day, and certainly I didn't understand what occupied their minds. They might tease you or ask you questions, they might even, in elementary school, be your soccer coach, but their attention always felt momentary, before they turned back to the real business at hand. . . Another person's father could grill your hamburger, could pump air into your bike tire, could carry your suitcase out to the car, but what could you possibly do for him?"
a belatedly happy father's day to all other people's fathers out there
posted by gordian knot @ Tuesday, June 20, 2006
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