Parenting 101 – The Preteen Sleepover

So my ‘almost’ teenage daughter got on me the other day about the fact that she never has any friends over.  I told her what I thought the reasons were.  She didn’t like them.

“You don’t help out.  You’re room is a mess.  You have four younger brothers who will bother your guest.  You’ve never asked.”  For the last one I got the reply, “I don’t ask because I know the answer is no.”  To which I replied, “So why are you asking?”  She didn’t like that.  The kids are on vacation from school so tonight she has a friend over. 

I’m afraid to get home and see what my beautiful, loving, intelligent human being of a wife has turned into.  I know that I’ll get the obligatory “They’re all yours” followed by the bedroom door slam.  I wonder how long it will take for my daughter’s guest to ask for a ride home. 

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