Teenage Drama » meltdown

Summer is here, still all the drama!

John — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:58:32 +0000

Well, am I disappointed. Finals have come and gone, one graduation survived. This should be a time of relief for my 2 daughters. In other words there should be less drama and there is not! So no events or pressure and still we have drama, meaning it never goes away until they get older.

I used to look 5 years younger, now I’m appearing haggard, gaunt. Eviscerated is another appropriate word that comes to mind.

Yikes.

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Semeters Finals: the end of life as we know it

John — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:42:19 +0000

Both daughters had meltdowns this past week over finals, as if that is surprising. What incredible pressure they put on themselves.

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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Teenager at the Health club – Dad, stay away from me

John — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:39:55 +0000

Lest her father humiliate his daughter in the health club by acknowledging her existence. The loss of face and stature among her peers would be incalculable.

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.

Teenage daughters, blissful times

John — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:36:45 +0000

Life would be too easy without teenage daughters. My 17 year old woke up this morning with a head cold, and pronounced it my fault since our humidifier chose not to work in the middle of the night.

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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Slight haircut equates to end of world, again

John — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:12:21 +0000

We should have all seen it coming. Our very, very particular 16 year old asked her mother to trim her hair a couple of inches, by the way, also layer it slightly.

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!

Senior Portraits – the world ends, again

John — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:51:20 +0000

I can’t be alone on this. My teen high school senior spent 14 hours having her senior photos taken. It was narrowed down a final 20 photo’s and ALL OF THEM WERE UNACCEPTABLE AFTER BEING SIGNED OFF ON BY MY DAUGHTER.

Indeed, the smoke cleared and not one of those photos was going to work for way, shape or reason. We simply have to redo them, again. Those 20 final photos (taken over 14 hours, winnowed down from hundreds) will simply not hold up for posterity and history. Not even close.

I had the unmitigated gall to tell said daughter the “photos looked great” and I was relegated to the ash can of idiot fathers. I’m still running for cover.

Love to hear from other dads, unless I’m all alone on this.

Lost calculator =’s the end of civilization

John — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:48:15 +0000

A lost calculator the night before a calculus exam ended life, as we understand it, in the Kennedy household.. In listening to my teen daughter who lost this calculator, she is clearly not fit to live on this earth. It’s a transgression worthy of a self served life sentence of being an idiot. No other subset of humans is as tough on themselves as teenage girls. A close second are their peers, who exist only to be trashed or dismissed, but that is for another post.

My daughter does not want to hear that things happen, things get lost, and when somebody loses or misplaces something, it does not render them an idiot for life.

Our household remains calm at all times, very balanced and all things in perspective…..Yikes.

Teenage daughters and their moms – perfect storm

John — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:47:12 +0000

Fathers of teenage daughters have it rough, we are typically clueless to the emotional firestorms that our teen daughters envelop us in. However I think it’s a walk in the park compared to the dynamics between teen girls and their mothers. That is the big league.

Some of the spirited conversations (that is understating the reality by a mile) that I’ve heard between my teen girls and their mothers melts the paint right off the wall. I have to leave the room or my head will explode. These “conversations” feature spectacular recriminations and no survivors by the end of the conversation. It’s akin to group suicide. When I think I have it rough I remember these other nuclear conversations and it’s no comparison, whatsoever.

Looking forward to hearing from the dads.

Brutal, typical, mornings

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:20:25 +0000

In keeping with tradition and sunny disposition, my 16 year old daughter marched down the stairs this morning, did not say a word, literally, and walked out the door. No hello to her brother, mom or her saintly father. Absolutely par for the course. She’s a brooding, melancholy, antisocial, self absorbed teenage girl in the am. I said hello to her and was rewarded with a glare in return. No good effort goes unpunished!

I need to leave the house earlier to avoid such further treats……

Teenage Girls in Meltdown

admin — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:53:30 +0000

Hello fellow suffering fathers. I have 2 teenage girls who have nearly rendered me comatose. I’m looking forward to some therapeutic counsel and posts from other fathers in the midst. Where to begin………