A different pair of shoes

I got it good last night.

"Daddy, you have no right to lecture me about my report card because you have no idea what's going on with me.. You don't pay enough attention"

Ouch!!

I guess I like to pretend like I know what is going on. I know she is going to be 14 this month..... (Yikes) I know she is a young woman who is trying balance being a beautiful teenage girl with a social life with her school work, the expectations of her parents, her friends. I know she is busier with places to go than I ever was when I was her age. I know that her schedule is tighter than mine is now. I know that the only time I really spend with her is when I am driving her to the next place she needs to be.

Maybe she is saying that the apple has fallen close enough to the tree to give her ample time and energy to beat herself up over a bad grade. Maybe she really doesnt need to hear from me too.

But, do you think she would be dissapointed in some strange kind of way if she didn't hear it from me?

There is this whole obligatory thing I feel on my end and the entitlement thing I feel from her's. I wouldn't be surprised if the feeling is mutual.

The same thing, only different..... In a different pair of shoes


Hmmmmm.