A Dad's worst fear - A daughter growing up
It has come upon this dad one of the fears of having a daughter. I shall explain.
Here is the conversation of my now (gulp) 9 year old daughter today.
daughter: Dad, I need to call my friend Rachel.
me: (on a conference call with mute) What? Rachel who?
daughter: My friend Rachel. She may have heard from Allie and Allie may not have my number.
me: Uh. I think your a bit young to be calling.
daughter: Dad. Allie had to have some blood work and I am really nervous about it. Rachel is my first homeschool friend and she is 11. Can I please call her?
me: (looking into this sincere 9 year old eyes. Man, she seemed to be a teen already).
I made the call. Explained to the mom on the other end and she allowed her daughter to speak to mine. I was still on the conference call and only heard a bit of the conversation. Basically it was, "have you heard from Allie" and my girl giving this other 'friend' our home number. Oh man, it's already begun.
Later this evening as we are leaving for church, she is looking in the hallway mirror and asked out loud..."Is that a zit? My first zit."
I looked in astonishment and it did look like a zit. Geez, shouldn't she be like 13?
Oh man, I am feeling old.
4:46 AM
She doesn't talkon the phone to herfriends yet? Dang I'm in deep trouble then cause my kid is 7 1/2 and she's on the phone all the time to Abby or Kendra or Becca or Taylor. Good thing I never use that phone.
5:14 PM
7.5? Man, what does 7 year old talk about on the phone?
5:58 AM
I have no idea but from the time she gets home until I MAKE her get off for homework and supper until the time she goes to bed she's playing dial a phone and talking to all her friends. All I can say is I'm not looking forward to teen years when they really have stuff to talk about. lol
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