Yes, sweetie pie, raising sons is a picnic next to raising a daughter. And getting a girl through her traumatic teen years on your own with no one to confer with and help you set limits is downright SCARY!
Ashley is 19 so just as yours enters the teen years, mine is leaving them behind. But she is still tough at times. One minute she loves me and wants my advice. The next minute she is grouchy and steers clear of me. The next she is crying over some boy AGAIN. and the next minute she is mad at me for interfering. The life of MOM. I take comfort in the fact that we are close. She chooses to live at home (oh, I'm sure it has something to do with the comforts she has here). But I also know that we will always be there for one another.
Just tonight, after she has broken up with BF a week or so ago, we were talking. And I said "Aren't you glad I didn't let you move in with him?" And she said "Yes mom, I'm so glad you stopped me". So - never let it be said that you can't ever say I told you so (well, I didn't but I thought it) or that setting limits is not a good thing.
She has no shortage of guys interested in her. One just picked her up in his brand new Cadillac CTS. Of course I asked her if he deals drugs on the side. I know he paid for it with his good job and overtime but still...
Be prepared for the second rockiest roller coaster of your life. As the rest of us know - nothing could top the first one.
Happy birthday to your daughter> now take some dramamine.
