The community center pool forbids anyone over the age of 5 to use the opposite sex bathroom, which forces Vaughn and I to use the “family room” for changing. I get the general logic of this rule, except for the arbitrary age of 5. I remember reading in one of my parenting magazines someone had asked at what age should their child stop seeing the opposite sex parent naked. According to the experts, to avoid permanent psychological scarring and years of therapy, children should not be subjected to the spectacle of their opposite sex parent in the buff after the age of 3. So far, Vaughn has wracked up over 3 years of mental damage, but I’m hoping at some point to avoid more. This is a rather difficult prospect since we are forced to share a bathroom (because there is only one in our little bungalow), there are no locks on our bedroom door, and I have a habit of running around au naturel.
So, just when I’m trying to wean him off seeing me nude, we’re forced into a situation where it’s impossible to avoid. On the bright side, he won’t be exposed to any unclad foreign female forms and I don’t have to be naked publicly.
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