Beta (who is 12, that’s important to the story) and I were at a farewell reception for some diplomats last night (Alpha was ill and stayed home with Gamma).
Beta: “Dad, stop doing that.”
Miguel: “What are you talking about?”
Beta: “You just look… stupid.”
Miguel: “What?”
Beta: “Like a bunny.”
Miguel: [Bunny?] “Well, Easter is coming, so it’s cool.”
Beta: “And you’ve had a piece of rice stuck to the side of your mouth for half an hour…”
12 going on 20 :)
A good friend of mine and his wife have two beautiful daughters, both sophomores in college. He’s been ‘at odds’ with them in a familial, paternal way all their lives. He has a close relationship to them, but privately he swears the best he can hope for for his precious girls is that they get a good divorce settlement (then we laugh). Personally, I don’t see how any man survives the ‘fatherhood period’- especially of two sharp, intelligent girlwomen. I guess it’s all about the sense of humor, eh?