My family have evolved like a Pokémon!
So my dad had this boyfriend for a couple years and honestly no one thought it would last. My dad is 49, a farmer, super strict and old school about rules and stuff, and he doesn’t care if he makes people mad when he says what he thinks. We live out on this island farm so we can’t just move away or something. He drives this Dodge RAM Hemi V8 with a 5.7 liter engine and when he dresses up he puts on cowboy boots and a cowboy hat like he’s straight out of Texas or something. Mats, his boyfriend, is 32 and like the total opposite. He’s a super successful business guy, and yeah he’s conservative too, but he’s all open-minded and creative and like… diplomatic. Always trying to make peace. He lives in the city in a big fancy apartment, drives a Tesla Model S, and wears these sharp black suits when he dresses up. Since my big brother moved out, I been missing having a real family. Just me and dad doesn’t feel like a family sometimes. And what I miss most is what I never even had… a mom. But then BOOM a few days ago, dad and Mats sit me down, all lovey-dovey, and they hold out their hands… SAME RINGS! Dad goes: “I proposed to Mats! We’re getting married next summer!” I was like WHAT??? And before I could even think, they drop the next bomb: Mats changed his job so he can work from home most of the time! He’s selling his giant city apartment and only keeping a tiny crash-pad for when he needs to be in the office. The rest of the time—he’s gonna live HERE. With us. Then Mats says something like: “I know you wish for a mom, and I can’t be that. But I’ll be the one waiting when you get home from school, giving you snacks, checking your homework, yelling at you when you don’t practice enough, and making sure you stay clean, you little piglet. If you want a second dad, I’ll gladly be your Papa Two, my dear Noah.” And of course dad had to goof around: “Do you, Noah, take Mats, the half-boy, to be your second dad, to obey and get nagged by, in sickness and in health?” I gave dad the look to make him stop cuz this is really like holy moment for me, then jumped up and hugged Mats so hard he almost fell over. I’ve always loved Mats ‘cause he’s nice to me and actually gets my writing better than dad does. And the best part is—he makes my dad better. Dad is kinda whole when Mats is with him. So this summer my two dads are gonna be a real married couple—married in the synagogue, blessed by Hashem. But I don’t even need to wait because already… I HAVE TWO DADS!!! Dad Gabriel and Dad Mats! My life just evolved like a freakin’ Pokémon! Mazel tov!
