Sisasitter: A Short Story

What is a “Sissysitter?”I fill the qualifications in full for many peoples assumptions of their perfect man. I am big, white, and dumb and I milk that for every single thing I can. To many I’m just a thing and I take the good with the bad and I also do not believe that negative publicity is a ‘thing.’ Good or bad, the list of ‘things’ that I believe actually exist gets smaller everyday. For example, when people ask what it is that I do I say “I’m a teacher and I bounce.” I always assumed that people asked to be polite and I would keep it short and to the point because I have good manners. Then one day a friend asked a question, out of the blue that made me uncomfortable and I got pissed that he even had the nerve to bring it up. He is small, …show more content…
I think I’d rather be beat up…all the time”He had a point I don’t like hurting people’s feeling but I’m an artist and require full artistic license without influence from outside sources. So I simply nodded.“You do anything but bounce…and it clearly isn’t worthy of the same obscure reference I’m sure the men of seal team 6 give when asked what they do. Plus, you aren’t even committed to it…you only do it part time.”“You also tell me people think it is such a big difference in jobs. You say they are almost exactly the same because you never get a chance to sit down because there is so much to do. You make it sound like you are babysitting victims all day. like a sitter for other people’s children, and some sissies. What you are is a ‘Sissysitter.”I didn’t have an answer…it was nice to have that noticed by others and the fact that they notice this big, dumb white guy tries but there can be something even more that I can do with these opportunities to be helpful so that other people know that they matter.Thank sweet baby Jesus I had this conversation with my short straight hobbit friend before one of my big scary black friends filled me in on the fact I was a