Ned and Susan
Bedtime is the best. Especially when you have a 12 year old daughter who is still willing to snuggle with you. Tonight’s conversation:
Rissa: Is there anything you might want to ask me?
Me: Is there anything you might want to tell me?
Rissa: …. maybe…
Me: Is it something really good?
Rissa: (turning away presumably already beginning to blush) …maybe…
Me: Is it about you??
Rissa: (muffled from behind the covers) … maybe…
Me: Is it exciting??
Rissa: (shrugging shoulders nonchalantly) … maybe…
Me: Oooooh! Yay! Yay! Yay!!!
Rissa: You sound like Kermit the Frog.
Me: Did you kiss so-and-so? (name not included to protect the innocent – yes she’s 12 and she has her 1st boyfriend and has been ‘going out’ for 9 months which is like celebrating a diamond anniversary when you’re 12.)
Rissa: (with disgust) NO!
Me: Okay, then what?
Rissa: Say a particular person let’s call him…
Me: Ned?
Rissa: I was totally going to call him Ned!!
Me: Okay, so Ned…
Rissa: Has a friend who might possibly be a girl named… we’ll call her Susan…
Me: And….?
Rissa: Ned might want to have Susan come over to his… place of residence… sometime around Susan’s upcoming birthday… to you know…
Me: Celebrate?
Rissa: Maybe… and Susan might wonder what Susan’s parents might think of that. (shrug)
Me: Would Ned’s parents be there?
Rissa: Yes.
Me: Then I think as long as Ned and Susan were in common areas and not making-out behind closed doors…
Rissa: Mummy! EEEEEEEWW!
Me: I’m just saying… that Susan’s parents would be okay with that.
(pause)
Rissa: Susan is very happy.