Teenage Drama

Yes, teenage daughter number 2 does not like to share, in fact never has.  She does not have a sharing problem, that would imply some sort of sharing in the past which no longer occurs.  There has never been any sharing by daughter #2.

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.

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.

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.

Add to the mix  the fact that my 2 teenage daughters not only slay their father, and fight to the end with their mother, but they compete and fight to the death with each other.  They are, literally, nothing alike.  My daughters do not look alike, do not think alike, do not behave alike.  Their values, politics, likes and dislikes are completely different.

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

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.

It should be happy Friday but the resident teenage insecurities, troubled moods, and continuing hostilities towards families members seem unaware of the fact.  It’s business as usual

Teenage girls angst, mood swings, and anger pay no attention whatsoever to the calendar, peripheral good new, happy tidings or other unwanted good news.

Nonetheless this father soldiers on.  I feel like Frodo, taking a massive beating but concentrating on one step in front of the other.

Happy Friday!

Well, my daughters are consistent.  As brutal as they are to their families (virtually a reign of terror) they are as tough on themselves.  For all my daughters being a handful they are excellent students as well as student athletes.  No matter, they routinely pronounce themselves idiots and unfit to survive in this world, and none of that is true.  Very tough on themselves, and I know all teenage girls are the same way.

I try and support them, in between being savaged by one or the other.  Definitely a mine field (and mind field) of sorts. Looking forward to hearing from other dads and their survival tactics.

Where to begin is right.  My 16 year old hates school, hates her favorite sport, hates all the catty girls at school, hates the fact that she shares a car with her sister, hates the fact that she shares a bathroom with her brother, can’t stand all the “nerd” boys at school, hates all the jocks, hates learning in general (even though she is somehow a good student) and otherwise has a perfectly sunny disposition.  Such a lovely creature…::-)

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……

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………