Suddenly Solo
“Laughing at Big Fat Liar in a Manhattan movie theater on a recent Sunday afternoon with my daughters, ages 7 and 4, I thought to myself, “Hey, separation may not be as bad as I’d envisioned, for the girls or for me.” We’d already had a full morning at the aquarium on Coney Island, dancing in the near-empty subway cars en route. And here we were, happily devouring popcorn and falling in love with Frankie Muniz.
Then a half-hour into the movie, my younger daughter leaned over and whispered seven dreaded words: “I need to go to the bathroom.” This despite my effort to make a last pit stop before we took our seats. I looked at her sister as she chortled at the screen, glanced around the theater, and wondered, “Do I make her come with us? Do I leave her? How do single parents do this? Is it different in the suburbs?”
I never thought of the bathroom issue, but this is a biggy. How does a single parent (father) handle this… and which bathroom do you take a four year old into??
