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Friday, May 6, 2011
Normal Parents Don't Quote Shakespeare - Or Do They?
My 14 year old daughter recently berated me for "stalking her Facebook page." By "stalking" she meant "looking at." Why did I have to read all of her statuses, along with all of the comments for each status, she lamented. Mind you, some of the comments for a particular status can go on for pages - more than 30 or 40 comments. This is what usually piques my interest =). When I mentioned in conversation something that her friend had said in a comment, she went crazy. The words "stalker" and "creepy" flew at me. At first I was laughing at her reaction. When I realized that she was actually upset by this, I got angry. Aren't your friends supposed to read your statuses (and the requisite comments) on Facebook? Was this not the purpose of Facebook? Now I was yelling. Seeing how upset about this I had become, my daughter quickly back-peddled. "God, I was just kidding..." was the reply I got - along with a roll of the eyes. "Do you know what Shakespeare once wrote?" I retorted. "Many a truth are said in jest." A pregnant pause. She looked at me and said, "He should've been more clear about what he meant......Oh, wait." The lightbulb went off over her head. I smiled. As she turned away she said, "You know, normal parents don't quote Shakespeare."
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- Andreana
- I type REALLY slow.....because I am a nursing mom. I usually type and nurse simultaneously and can only type with one hand. I am a mother of three girls, widowed in 2003, remarried in 2008. When I'm not being a full-time mommy, I teach high school English. I hope you find my life as amusing as I do!
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