The International MOMS Club

Yesterday I attended my first event hosted by my local chapter of the International MOMS Club.  We went to a playground and had lunch at a cafe, and it was very nice.  Just me and all the other moms, chillin’ and watchin’ our kids.  Now, I probably don’t have to tell you that I was the only non-mom in the club, but what you are really wondering is, “was it weird?”  Well, I will tell you.  But not until the next paragraph.

It was not that weird.  Honestly, when I go out to playgrounds and storytimes and whatnot, I am often the only dad in a sea of moms.  So this was basically like another day at the playground, except that this time all the moms talked to me.

Now, I should mention that I am not officially in the club yet.  There are no other dads in the club, and in order for me to be allowed in, I am subject to a vote by the current members.  They will decide if they want to let a differently-gendered individual like myself into the MOMS club, or if they would prefer to remain dad-free.  My sister-in-law, who is in the club, and who invited me to join, says she doesn’t think it will be a problem, but in the meantime I am attending events and getting to know the members so that they will like me and vote me in next month.

MOMS stands for Moms Offering Moms Support, and they are a pretty big club.  I looked at their website, and tried to find something about dads, but I couldn’t find anything.  Not in the FAQ, not in the individual chapter pages, not anywhere.  All the language on the site is for mothers, which I suppose is only natural for a club called the International MOMS Club, but I did find it odd that there wasn’t even a mention on the FAQ page.  I guess “Can Dads Join?” isn’t a frequently asked question.

I’m tempted to start my own DADS Club (Dads Awesomely Doing Stuff), except that I don’t know that dads want to join their own club, and also I am too lazy, but I bet it would be awesome.  We would spend most of the time playing video games while our kids ran around wildly destroying whichever house we happened to be at, and we could do field trips too!  I can picture it now: ten dads with babies strapped to their stomachs, running around a laser tag arena, shooting, jumping, and occasionally rolling for cover.  The babies will love it!

Well, if any local dads want to start this club, just let me know.  In the meantime I will be in the mom’s club (membership pending), going to the beach, the playground, the library, and other cool places.  It’s actually pretty fun, and a good way to possibly make new friends, and I hope that by joining, I will be paving the way for future dads to join fun clubs.  Perhaps, given time, the club will one day be called Moms AND Dads AND Their Youngsters Offering Up A Loving Lifeline, or the International MAD AT YOU ALL Club.  Actually, I think MOMS Club has a better ring to it.  Let’s just stick with that.