In Which Girl 16 Talks Back
Remember the post a while back in which I congratulated myself for not rolling my eyes, though I had plenty of opportunity? The one about kids asking each other on dates in “cute,” creative ways?
Well, Girl 16 thew down the gauntlet on her blog, One Extraordinary Machine. Some dufus asked her out face to face, with no balloons, no rhymes, no guesswork, or other nonsense. It’s suspiciously adult behavior, if you ask me. What is he, a poseur? Thinkin’ he’s all that, trying to act all 25 when he’s barely 16?
If he thinks this is going to earn him any brownie points, he’s got a lot to learn, let me tell you somethin’ right now!
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Well, Joe, having read her post, she’s certainly one articulate young woman.
So is there a way you could befriend this young man? Would your daughter be more horrified by that than by your suspicion of him?
All I have to say, and yes I say it smugly and selfishly, is “Lord, thank you for only giving me sons.”
… what an empathy machine I am.
January 23rd, 2009 at 7:45 pm
She is that, Pete. I think I’ll invite all her Facebook friends to be MY Facebook friends. That would horrify her.