dad's yearbook message
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| Fri, 02-09-2007 - 10:11am |
DD's high school yearbook has something for the seniors that the parents can send in a baby picture and write a message to their child. I figured that my ex could come up w/ something good because he is usually witty, while I could only think of the typical things to say. So last night, he called and gave me his message, which went along w/ the picture, which was of DD when she was about 3 or 4 and she had this cute little smirk. His message was "One week later, S gave me her first mean look and the innocence changed to attitude. I miss the innocence." Now S said that we could write whatever and she would hand in the paper w/o looking at it, which of course she didn't. She saw what her father wrote and proceeded to call and read him the riot act because she felt (and I kind of did too) that it seemed like he was saying that now she only had an attitude and he didn't like her anymore. So he came up w/ something like "you're still daddy's little girl" or something like that. I added a more traditional message.
He said something to her like "I want to think of you like this, not like in the black prom gown." To me, this is very strange and it goes along w/ the messages about "you aren't going out like that". Sure, I have nostalgia for her being a little girl, esp. when she is arguing w/ me about something. I remember the days when she just wanted to be w/ me all the time and she was so sweet and cute. But I think it's strange that you don't want your kids to grow up. I have heard this from mothers too, but it's more like, I don't want her to start school. I want her to be little forever. My reaction is "ARe you nuts?" I sure wouldn't want to go back to diapers and bottles. I think it's exciting to see my DD going to college and growing up into an adult who hopefully will be leaving home one day and getting a job and supporting herself, then eventually maybe getting married and having children. Not that I'm in a big rush for grandchildren or anything. But I have no desire for her to stay a little kid.
The funny part is that now that my DD is almost leaving home, I think about my 11 yo son and the fact that I have to go through teenage years all over again, and I don't know if I can stand it! He's still sweet and loving to me, most of the time anyway.

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This is a perfect example of how the written word can be so easily misinterpreted.
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