The Joys of Parenthood

Edition #4

16 Year-Old Daughters

1. Every morning I wake up dumber than when I was when I went to sleep the night before.
2. I am very proud of her achievements and work ethic even though I couldn't possibly have a clue what she is talking about.
3. Boys are stupid, but I just don't understand why.
4. I'm incredibly mean because I pointed out that her learner's permit shouldn't be bent. I had it so I could get an estimate of how much car insurance would be for her so she could get her real liscense. I must be a real bitch!
5. If she rolls her eyes at me one more time, I'm very concerned that they may just roll right out of her head.
6. Just because her room is a mess, that shouldn't be any reason for her not to spend the day at her girlfriend's house.
7. It's not fair that I get mad when every drinking glass in the house is in her bedroom and then I expect her to put them in the dishwasher.
8. The new shoes that she would have snapped up if I were buying are suddenly too expensive to buy with her own hard-earned money.
9. "I know! I know!" I can't wait until she reaches the age where she figures out that she doesn't know everything.
10. I have no empathy for her suffering from allergies though the dust is piling up in her bedroom.
11. "You can't get rid of the cats! I love them!" And the last time you fed them was....?
12. Stony silence. The kind that isn't golden.
13. The reason why some animals eat their young.

Aah, this was good therapy. I started out fuming and thinking that I had a good rant going, but by the time I reached number seven, I could only think of the good things about my daughter.

She rides her bike three miles to the pool at 6 a.m. every morning for three hours of swim practice. She got her first job this summer with no pushing from me. She does her own laundry. She sticks to the 1 hour time limit on the computer. She usually can be found with her nose in a book. She may be a pain at home, but she's a great travel buddy. And...

She isn't behaving any differently than I did when I was 16.

My mother's prayers have been answered. "Dear God, Please give her a daughter just like her! Amen."

Comments

[Jessica The Rock Chick]

My daughters are 16, 14 and 13 and my son is 12. I hear ya, sister!!!! I'm amazed you could narrow it down to 13 :)

Happy TT!!
Jessica The Rock Chick

[Lori]

I dont have girls but I can relate on the teenage thing....gotta love'um....even when they dont make sense;)

[Stephanie]

Oh man. Is that what I have to look forward too?? My daughters are 6 and 5. I TOLD my husband we shouldn't have girls. I remember what I was like!!

Good luck!!

[Dawnae Nicholson]

Oh those years are fast approaching for me....right now my oldest daughter will do whatever I ask just to keep me happy....oh I am praying that will last.

[Dana]

I have 3 years until my oldest is 16 but we are already going through many of the same things at our house.

[Jen]

That was so nice of you to finish your post that way. Living with a 16 y/o boy here and we have somethings in common. You are so right about the eye rolling. I think there's a book out there called, I hate you, can you take me to the mall? Something along those lines, we call it the tide comes in, the tide goes out b/c either they love or hate us.

Good Post! :)

[Amy]

PLEASE delete my other comment with my last name on it!!!!!!!!

I will post another one later!

[Crimson Wife]

Reminds me of the old Mark Twain quote about his father: "When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished by how much he'd learned in seven years." Gotta love teens!