Kids say the darndest, cutest things.
Teenagers? Not so much.
When Catherine was little, helping make the bed meant pulling up “the comfortable”; the time between midnight and 6 am was “the side of night”; she wondered, while helping fold laundry, if my bras were meant for chasing butterflies.
These days, some of what comes out of her mouth is not nearly as endearing.
And I have no one to blame but myself.
See, as much as she is like her Dad in many (often maddening) ways, she embodies a lot of my traits, too — including my well-practiced way around a smart remark.
Here’s what happened last night:
As she made her way to the laundry room, finally ready to wash a load now that clean underwear was getting scarce, I noticed she had some lights mixed in with the darks.
“You don’t want do to that,” I said. “Everything will turn gray.”
“You mean like your hair?” she replied.
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Pushing on a Rope 
I was just telling my teen this the other day. I asked him why his shirt looked grungy and then asked him if he is separating his colors from whites. I just looked at me. I told him I guess his next lesson is how to bleach his whites. Teens are so so fun.
Posted by At My Counter | November 21, 2013, 5:45 pmYes they are! Let me know how that bleaching lesson goes…
Posted by Terri S. Vanech | November 22, 2013, 9:25 amIf one of my sons said that to me, I would have to answer honestly and say. “Yes.”
Posted by Bonnie/LadyBlogger (@bonnielfrank) | November 20, 2013, 2:34 pmYes, well, it’s true here, too!
Posted by Terri S. Vanech | November 20, 2013, 2:51 pmA friend used to think retroactive birth control was a good idea. And sometimes it is, even when they’re grown!
Posted by Karen Waggoner | November 19, 2013, 12:44 pmKids do say the darndest things. This blog is reason #4,562 why I’m a bit sceptical about the teenage years.
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Posted by Terri S. Vanech | November 20, 2013, 2:52 pmSometimes eating your young is okay….
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