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Feb. 3rd, 2005 08:14 amI've been up since 3:47 this morning, as it's my turn to be on call for the wee-hours testing. I've had a bit of coffee, so, so-far, so-good, but I'm feeling it wear off, and am tempted to go scrounge for something sugar-laden, which I am trying to resist.
My daughter got an invitation to go to a birthday party this weekend, for a girl who is in her school. The girl is turning 11, and already has her own cell phone, and the birthday party will be held at the Holiday Inn, and the kids are expected to spend the night. WTF?? I told my daughter that I realllllly wasn't comfortable with her spending the night in a hotel with a group of kids who seem to me at least, to be growing up WAY too fast. A HOTEL?? I still don't get it. I've been to this girl's house, and at least have seen the outside of it...she's not part of a rich family by any stretch of the imagination. As mean as it sounds, they honestly strike me as fitting into the poor-white-trash category. All I can guess is that the parents are ready for her to grow up and get out so that'd be that much less for the monthly bills they'd have to pay. It hits me as sad, as this child is SO pretty, and might even someday be able to be a model...yet her speech is that of a 4-year old's...she still cannot even pronounce her R's. I'm seeing no future for this child the way things are going, except that maybe one day she'll grow to be the very best crack whore she can be. It makes me so very sad.
I told my daughter how I felt, and she understood, and said that she didn't really want to go to the party anyway, as there are people going who she doesn't really want to be around. I told her she could blame it on me, if she wanted to, or could say that we already have plans, but she'd already told the girl that she wasn't going to go. My kid is such a good kid sometimes, that she amazes me.
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My daughter got an invitation to go to a birthday party this weekend, for a girl who is in her school. The girl is turning 11, and already has her own cell phone, and the birthday party will be held at the Holiday Inn, and the kids are expected to spend the night. WTF?? I told my daughter that I realllllly wasn't comfortable with her spending the night in a hotel with a group of kids who seem to me at least, to be growing up WAY too fast. A HOTEL?? I still don't get it. I've been to this girl's house, and at least have seen the outside of it...she's not part of a rich family by any stretch of the imagination. As mean as it sounds, they honestly strike me as fitting into the poor-white-trash category. All I can guess is that the parents are ready for her to grow up and get out so that'd be that much less for the monthly bills they'd have to pay. It hits me as sad, as this child is SO pretty, and might even someday be able to be a model...yet her speech is that of a 4-year old's...she still cannot even pronounce her R's. I'm seeing no future for this child the way things are going, except that maybe one day she'll grow to be the very best crack whore she can be. It makes me so very sad.
I told my daughter how I felt, and she understood, and said that she didn't really want to go to the party anyway, as there are people going who she doesn't really want to be around. I told her she could blame it on me, if she wanted to, or could say that we already have plans, but she'd already told the girl that she wasn't going to go. My kid is such a good kid sometimes, that she amazes me.
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