We were all at fault in the conspiracy to ruin that T-shirt.  As she exited the home the front door exploded off the hinges with the impact of the slamming.

Serenity continues to reign in the home  (not)

The nastiness and self centered enough were brought to new levels.  If she could have rendered the planet extinct, she would have.  Incredible.

Anyone out there price organic food lately?  Factor in zero shelf life and it adds up.  She is so particular on food, it puts the rest of the family in a state of crisis.  If she likes a particular dish, she’s like a rabid dog guarding a bone, extremely dangerous!

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When I offer support for their great efforts my head was promptly taken off and handed to me.  “Dad, you don’t know the pressure we are under”.  “We are not smart!”.  Both girls are A students and somehow are not even slightly smart.  Wonder where that puts me as a former high school B student.  I don’t dare ask my daughters.

So now Christmas, and an opportunity for me to sink to new lows what with the completely out of touch gifts I will impose on my daughters.  That feedback should be interesting.

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The unspoken message here is, “Dad, hurry up and pay for the expensive health club, and then hurry up and go away.  But before you hurry up and go away, where are the car keys”.

Needless to say, we take separate cars to the health club.  Waiting to hear from other dads.  Happy Holidays.

My 16 year old is preparing to go to work at Target and pronounced, again, how she hates school, hates all the girls at school, hates her teachers, and hates her volleyball and tennis coaches.  It was kind of her to refrain from mentioning she hates her father.  Such a positive attitude!

So the day has started and I am in the familiar position of running for cover!

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There is not negotiation, whichever girl emerges alive, on that day, from the brutal cat fight over the car, gets the car for the day.  I think another term or description would be “sledge hammer” diplomacy.

The biggest hammer gets the car.  As with the Bush Administration our girls give short shrift, or no shrift, to diplomacy.  Action, not works!  Looking forward to others posting.

All this was done with the hair being wet, and in truth it looked very subtle to all, including our daughter, until the next morning.  The ceiling was lifted off the roof as said daughter announced she looked like a boy and her hair “was too f______ing short!”

A lot of hysterics and recriminations.  Her father and brother literally ran out of the house in an attempt to stay out of harms way.  An unbelievable reaction to a very moderate hair trim.  To her credit our daughter, did ease off the recriminations and hostilities, after about 8 hours.

Being particular and a teenage girl is a no win combination.  We only have about 3 more years of the latter until the men in this house can feel safe again.  It will be akin to a prison break!

She has taken to hiding “her food” in the outside refrigerator, hiding “her car keys”.  It’s to the extent that no one can walk into her room, for fear of invading “her space” and there would also be the strong chance of discovering missing contraband such as “her car keys”, among other hijacked items.

I’m fairly sure this problem is not limited to my household.  Waiting to hear from dads with teenage daughters.

The only traits in common they have are issues with their parents and their mutual unwavering desire to at least undo each other at every opportunity, if not outright destroy the other.

Yes, all these dynamics make for one serene household, never hysterics, recriminations, obscenities, etc.  We are all one………….No doubt other fathers have similar serenity