I can say this as I get older, because for some reason when my 8 year old daughter asks if she can have friends sleep over, I am stupid enough to keep saying yes! Clearly, I'm not remembering that the last time they did this they were up until 1am talking.
I also seem to have, in the past, forgotten that I am not a cat person and when my daughter looked at me with those "oh please" eyes and when we got home and we had a cat. What? I said yes?
Please, tell me that one day before I die, my memory will come back and the pain of me saying yes to my daughters will stop!
I have since the day they were born, stated that "YOU WILL NOT DATE UNTIL I AM DEAD!" I am now worried that if she asks if she can go on a date when she is 16, and gives me those puppy dog eyes, I may forget and say "Sure"
Since the time my daughter hit the age of 5, I have been worried about that question coming up. We were leaving my parents house one day, and she was quiet in the back seat, unusual, but I didn't question it. When this came from the back seat and hit me like a ton of bricks. (I may have a lawyer on my hands.)
Daughter: Daddy?
Me: Yes?
Daughter: Your daddy is still alive.
Me: Yeah, so?
Daughter: How come you were able to date?
Me: (Thinking OH CRAP!) Well, um, ah, that only applies to girls.
Daughter: Well you and mommy dated!
Me: No, we just got married and didn't date.
Daughter: No, I've heard mommy talk about you two dating.
Still thinking OH CRAP! - How the hell did Columbo get in my car? I pulled out the ultimate trump card on my daughter.
Me: Well, honey mommies real dad dies when she was 4 and grandpa is her step daddy, so the rule was she could date since her daddy was dead.
OK - I know its cruel to tell a 5 year old this, but I was under pressure. I was sweating. I panicked.
Daughter: (Deathly silent for two to three minutes - then you could hear her smile start to form) Well, I'm still going to date.
This, for you parents out there, is when you know you are in trouble. Your kids are planning their future and how to get around your rules. This, coming from a 5 year old, scared me.
She now has a younger brother and sister and she is getting her younger sister to do some of the dirty work. Which, I may add, the younger sister loves! But, my boy! I'll call him SUN because he is so bright. When the other two are up to no good, he uses this as an opportunity to come up to me and my wife and hug us and tell us he loves us. Yes, we do know that he will want something for these hugs later, but we will enjoy them for now.
Please help me remember, so I don't end up with any more pets, boyfriends and what ever else these kids may ask for over the next 18 years + of their lives.
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