For the LOVE of PETE

I've been saying that ALOT lately..... for one thing I'm trying DESPERATELY not to cuss as much... and saying FOR THE LOVE OF PETE.... is long... there are lots of vowels and it does make me feel a little better especially since my friend Sally said.... "This Pete fellow sure has been getting a lot of love".... It makes me smile .... and makes me wish I had a really good friend named Pete.....

But the reason I've been needing to avoid cussing is because people have really been annoying the crap out of me the last few days.... NO i'm not PMSing or Prego.... just once again I am amazed at how people can take something beautiful & simple.... and turn it UGLY and complicated.
Ok so let me give you some background, I'm the president of My son's PTA.... I've been getting alot of information from the National PTA on ways to get fathers more involved in our school. There are TONS of articles that talk about the importance of a father's involvement, the way it effects the child's view of school, the child's self esteem, the grades that a child earns...... litter ally their a million articles on the web that will basically tell you that but in much greater detail and much more eloquently than I.
So in one of the above mentioned articles it gives ideas on things a PTA can do to help get fathers involved.... one of many ideas listed was a father daughter dance....... Oh how cute... little girls dancing on their daddies feet.... getting a dressed up ..... getting pictures taken....... and just feeling like they are the center of the universe.... or at least the center of their Daddies universe..... It was that simple.... that innocent........
Well I took the idea to the principal and she was totally on board with the idea.... I researched DJ's..... looked into decorations..... and made up signs & Flyer's to put up at school. When i was typing up the flyer it occurred to me that not all little girls have a Dad.... so not wanting to exclude them I put ON THE FLYER..... All the ladies are invited to bring their favorite "fella" be it Dad, Step-Dad, Grand-Dad, Uncle, Brother...... I thought that would cover it all.... and then i decided that the cost of a ticket may keep some girls from being able to come, So i created some Gift certificates/vouchers.... that teachers could give anyone that they felt might need it..... I was feeling so darn proud of myself..... Doing something for all the little girls at my SONS school... thinking about how fun it would've been to do something like this with my Dad or Step-Dad as a kid..... So I made the copies and passed them to all the teachers.... hung up the sings around school..... All was right with the world
Then Yesterday it ALL blew up in my face.......... apparently people are "UP IN ARMS" that I'm excluding little girls who have same sex parents.... it's not fair for them to not get to go..... UH????? Say What? Of course they can go, bring who ever they want...... it's not like that.... and then today someone was upset by my choice of using the term "fella"................ Uh again HUH???
FOR REAL PEOPLE.....................GET A GRIP!!!! Surely this isn't the first time that this little girl has noticed that she has two Mom's and no Dad's.......... and I thought I covered the whole line up of possibilities...... she doesn't have a positive male role model in her life willing to spare two hours to take her to a stinking dance??? If that's the case this little girl needs an opportunity to create that relationship...... Did her Mom's really think that this would NEVER come up in her life? ... and as far as the term Fella................. REALLY??? You have a problem with the English word fella because apparently it can be translated to mean something similar to girl on girl............ The whole Gay angle is NOT one that I thought would come up in this scenario....................Never even crossed my mind....... FOR THE LOVE OF PETE..................... actually Pete's getting so much love.... go talk to Pete about all this cause I'm just OVER IT!!!!