Girls Coffeeshop Talk

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by Lisa

Look! Coming home from school! It's a kid! It's a woman! No, it's

ADOLESCENT GIRL!

Crankier than a badger with a hangnail!
Funnier than your favorite comedian, until you laugh at the wrong time, in which case "IT'S NOT FUNNY!" Even if it was funny yesterday!
Loving and sweet, until she wakes up fully!
Able to melt small siblings with a single glare!
Able to leap tall piles of dirty clothes, unseen by her "invisible-vision!"
Able to give new understanding to the words "where did we go wrong?"
Able to roll eyes, slam doors and scream "IT'S NOT FAIR!" if asked to eat vegetables!

Bum-pa-da! ADOLESCENT GIRL!

I want one of those, they seem funny!

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by FeelingTheBlues

I want one of those, they seem funny!

You may still be young enough not to take her too seriously! Interestingly, adolescents seem to like one another just fine. I think it has something to do with the herd instinct.

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by Lisa

You may still be young enough not to take her too seriously! Interestingly, adolescents seem to like one another just fine. I think it has something to do with the herd instinct.

Watch out Lisa, I'm not an adolescent but rather a young adult now that I'm 21! Don't make me slam my door and roll my eyes because you know I can do it!

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by FeelingTheBlues

Watch out Lisa, I'm not an adolescent but rather a young adult now that I'm 21! Don't make me slam my door and roll my eyes because you know I can do it!

I think there's a reason that the "after school club" leaders at my daughters' school are college kids - they have built in tolerance/understanding of silliness and absurdity. They were kids, too, not so long ago.

[FeelingTheBlues]

Originally Posted by Lisa

I think there's a reason that the "after school club" leaders at my daughters' school are college kids - they have built in tolerance/understanding of silliness and absurdity. They were kids, too, not so long ago.

Either that or all the parents gave up...

[Lion]

Lisa, I feel your anguish but am powerless to help.....I think I hear a 4-pack of Mike's calling!!!

[East Bay Rider]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIHw0...e_gdata_player

[Lisa]

Oh, Bill.... oh... Bill.... and the video is SO TRUE!

I'd show it to Phoebe but I'm not sure whether she would laugh or stomp off, fuming!

Poor brain-damaged little things.

[Lion]

Lisa, when she's forty you two can look back on this time in your lives.....and she still won't remember!!!

[chicfarmer1]

Originally Posted by Lion

Lisa, when she's forty you two can look back on this time in your lives.....and she still won't remember!!!

Fortunately, neither will Mom.

[Lion]

I think it depends on the person as my son is 27 now and his behavior seems like yesterday and I am 57!!!

[chicfarmer1]

Just sayin', you're referring to 38 years from now...

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by chicfarmer1

Fortunately, neither will Mom.

Though I DO remember being 12. Sort of. My parents totally didn't understand me!

[Andad]

Dear Lisa,

I have 8 kids between 18 and 42. They are all amazed at how smart I am NOW.

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by directioneng

Dear Lisa,

I have 8 kids between 18 and 42. They are amazed at how smart I am NOW.

I already believe you are smart, just as you were smart when they were each 12. Tell me how you managed! Was it worse with boys or girls?

Here's what my husband would say: I just let my wife deal with 'em.

[FeelingTheBlues]

I for one wasn't impolite with my parents, even at that age. Of course it was a bit hard for me to even try to talk given the fact that I was always eating...

[Lion]

It's kind of funny but my son has always been polite and had manners as that was how he was raised.....you know to respect adults and elders. But when it came to talking and dealing with me he was always mad. But it is kind of funny he now thinks I'm pretty smart and I would imagine he will apologize to me someday. I grew up without having a sister and we had just the one son so I have no idea what it's like to have a teenage daughter!!!

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by Lion

It's kind of funny but my son has always been polite and had manners as that was how he was raised.....you know to respect adults and elders. But when it came to talking and dealing with me he was always mad. But it is kind of funny he now thinks I'm pretty smart and I would imagine he will apologize to me someday. I grew up without having a sister and we had just the one son so I have no idea what it's like to have a teenage daughter!!!

I know what you mean - my daughter is so nice to friends, teachers, parents - they are very complimentary of her. I guess the comfort of being at home with unconditionally loving parents is a safe place to unleash the stresses of growing up!

[Lion]

Lisa, I agree better that the child lash out at home then disrespect someone at school or in public. I hear they grow out of it but.....I'm still waiting!!!

[chicfarmer1]

Originally Posted by Lisa

I guess the comfort of being at home with unconditionally loving parents is a safe place to unleash the stresses of growing up!

That's exactly it. They need to defuse somewhere, and if we wind up getting the "ugly," that's the safest place for it to go.

[Engi]

Originally Posted by Lisa

II guess the comfort of being at home with unconditionally loving parents is a safe place to unleash the stresses of growing up!

You're right, Lisa

Ciao

Engi

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by Engi

You're right, Lisa

Ciao

Engi

Glad you agree, J and Engi. And I just realized how screwy my sentence structure was... Or should it be, "how screwy was my sentence structure?"

Pre-teen brain damage is contagious, I think.

[figbo]

Here is the latest pic of my oldest grandaughter at 14!

She looks like her father!!

[Roela]

Originally Posted by Lisa

Glad you agree, J and Engi. And I just realized how screwy my sentence structure was... Or should it be, "how screwy was my sentence structure?"

Pre-teen brain damage is contagious, I think.

Hey Lisa! The structure doesn't matter, what matters is the fact that you're so damn right about it ;)

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by Roela

Hey Lisa! The structure doesn't matter, what matters is the fact that you're so damn right about it ;)

Thanks, and welcome to the forum!

[Roela]

Thanks! Glad to be here!:)

[Lisa]

Why it's good to be a woman:

Yesterday I went to Home Depot and bought a 6 piece patio furniture set. It required assembly. It came in a huge box - 5 feet by 3 feet by 2 feet. I figured, heck, I put together a three-level wooden doll house for my daughters that Santa brought them, so I could probably tackle this project. Two nice employees helped me load it into the Pathfinder (2nd and 3rd row seats down) and home I went.

I worked the box out of the car, sliced it open with my scissors, unloaded and organized the pieces, got Violet a snack and some juice, found the hardware stuck on their sticky cardboard pads, sorted each sticky cardboard pad according to which furniture piece they went with, and located the instructions. Mais non! All of the instructions were in French. I only know two words in French, and they are "mais" and "non." At least I had the illustrations to go by. And the two tools needed, a simple little nut wrench and a hex key, were supplied.

As I worked to get this thing put together beneath the shade of the magnolia tree, Violet happily playing in the empty box, it dawned on me some of the differences between men and women (at least, the man I know) when it comes to this kind of DIY project. For me, it was a pleasant, relaxing experience. I could revel in the satisfaction of piecing this thing together, listen to the cardinals chirping in the holly bush nearby, and watch Violet at play. I didn't have to take a nap first so I could be well rested for the project. I didn't have to sit in my chair and watch TV for a couple hours first so I could think about how to go about things. I didn't swear one single time. I didn't stomp down to the basement five or six times looking for a better tool than the cheap crap that was supplied. I didn't roll my eyes at myself for using sewing scissors to open the box instead of box knife. I didn't throw away the instructions because they were useless. I didn't lose any of the washers and then cuss about it. I didn't growl or bleed any. I didn't come indoors afterward griping because nobody made me a sandwich. I didn't curse the stupid manufacturers for supplying inferior screws or nuts. I didn't throw any tools to the ground in contempt. I didn't yell at my daughter to run off and play when she asked me what I was doing.

Maybe I was doing it all wrong?

At any rate, the set looks like it turned out okay.

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by Lisa

Why it's good to be a woman:

Yesterday I went to Home Depot and bought a 6 piece patio furniture set. It required assembly. It came in a huge box - 5 feet by 3 feet by 2 feet. I figured, heck, I put together a three-level wooden doll house for my daughters that Santa brought them, so I could probably tackle this project. Two nice employees helped me load it into the Pathfinder (2nd and 3rd row seats down) and home I went.

I worked the box out of the car, sliced it open with my scissors, unloaded and organized the pieces, got Violet a snack and some juice, found the hardware stuck on their sticky cardboard pads, sorted each sticky cardboard pad according to which furniture piece they went with, and located the instructions. Mais non! All of the instructions were in French. I only know two words in French, and they are "mais" and "non." At least I had the illustrations to go by. And the two tools needed, a simple little nut wrench and a hex key, were supplied.

As I worked to get this thing put together beneath the shade of the magnolia tree, Violet happily playing in the empty box, it dawned on me some of the differences between men and women (at least, the man I know) when it comes to this kind of DIY project. For me, it was a pleasant, relaxing experience. I could revel in the satisfaction of piecing this thing together, listen to the cardinals chirping in the holly bush nearby, and watch Violet at play. I didn't have to take a nap first so I could be well rested for the project. I didn't have to sit in my chair and watch TV for a couple hours first so I could think about how to go about things. I didn't swear one single time. I didn't stomp down to the basement five or six times looking for a better tool than the cheap crap that was supplied. I didn't roll my eyes at myself for using sewing scissors to open the box instead of box knife. I didn't throw away the instructions because they were useless. I didn't lose any of the washers and then cuss about it. I didn't growl or bleed any. I didn't come indoors afterward griping because nobody made me a sandwich. I didn't curse the stupid manufacturers for supplying inferior screws or nuts. I didn't throw any tools to the ground in contempt. I didn't yell at my daughter to run off and play when she asked me what I was doing.

Maybe I was doing it all wrong?

At any rate, the set looks like it turned out okay.

Go ahead, rub it in, Lisa. The muttering, cursing, stomping around - OK, it's a guy thing. But that's how we release our pent up frustrations at an imperfect world. If the world were perfect (as we know it), we would do things calmly, too.

All I can say is vive la difference.

[Lisa]

Originally Posted by Rockrolex

Go ahead, rub it in, Lisa. The muttering, cursing, stomping around - OK, it's a guy thing. But that's how we release our pent up frustrations at an imperfect world. If the world were perfect (as we know it), we would do things calmly, too.

All I can say is vive la difference.

Releasing frustrations at an imperfect world.... isn't that was alcohol is for?

I will say, I did go for a beer when the project was complete. Just like a guy.

[Lion]

Lisa, good for you...I know in our household Pam is way better looking at and reading directions and putting things together than I am. I stink at such projects...my mind just does not figure these things out but once I see something done then I understand!!!
You have definitely earned yourself a 4-pack of Mike's!!!