Next hurdle. My older daughter just graduated high-school. Her school year ended at spring break and she missed all the typical end-of-Senior-year activities. She was able to go to graduation. But everything else including prom was cancelled.
So now that things are settling down, we are having a "prom night" for her and several of her friends at our house this weekend. Wife specifically asked me on Sunday if I wanted to help out. I wanted to scream at her. I'm always helping out in everything the kids do. Volunteered for nearly every school request for parents since they were in elementary, been on most of the field trips, and chaperoned just about everything. Even when wife and I thought we had gone overboard and tried to back off when oldest started high school, we were told clearly by all three kids that we were being stupid, so I've built props for marching band/theatre on ice/flag corps, made hutches for FFA rabbits, and even spent a year as President of the Marching Band Booster Club.
So for wife to act like I'm not usually involved...ugh. But I just said, "sure, whatever you need". But I had some second thoughts later that maybe I was too accommodating. I've got a long honey-do list for the rest of the week as well as the Saturday night even itself. Wife and I have never had any disagreement when doing stuff for the kids and I don't expect anything now. Wife tends to overextend herself when it comes to the kids and I am the one that bails her out, but if its all about the kids, then its completely different, right?
In any case, this Saturday night, I'm hosting/chaperoning Prom with my wife.....
