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May 12, 2005

The Truth about Teenagers

From Michelle, Broke in Rotterdam...

Motherly love is...

1. When A Teenager forgets to use the brand new strippenkart you purchased for travelling to school on the metro, and then gets stopped by the ticket inspector and fined $55, and is so upset and sorry about it that you forgive The Teenager instantly. (Because This Teenager is just like me--a bit forgetful)

2. When A Teenager accidentally gets your cell phone wet, and then it doesn't work anymore, and The Teenager is so upset and sorry about it that you forgive The Teenager instantly. (Because This Teenager is just like me--a bit clumsy.)

3. When A Teenager forgets that crossing the road when the pedestrian light is red is highly illegal--a heinous, terrible crime (although there is no traffic in sight except for a police car across the road), and then gets stopped by the police for jay walking and fined $30, and is so upset and sorry about it that you forgive This Teenager instantly. (See earlier remarks about similarity to mother.)

4. When A Teenager loses the brand new cell phone you bought to replace the water-logged cell phone, and is so upset, really upset and sorry, because this is the second cell phone disaster, and The Teenager wants you to use all of The Teenager's allowance for the next billion years to pay for it, that you forgive This Teenager instantly.

5. When both The Teenagers sneakily plot to get you the best Christmas present in the world and then go to the author's booksinging to get it autographed for you (it was Feast! by the incomparable and funny Nigella Lawson. I cried...).

6. When A Teenager brings you a cup of tea just because The Teenager knows you've been attached to your keyboard all day and thought you might like one.

7. When A Teenager calls you just because The Teenager wants to hear the sound of your voice.

8. When A Teenager downloads music onto The Teenager's MP3 player for you, because The Teenager thought that you would love to listen to a selection of all your favorite bands while you work (I cried...)

But mostly, it's just fun hanging with The Teenagers, because they are the brightest, nicest, kindest, most intelligent, most fabulous people on the face of the planet!

Not that I am biased, or anything...

Michelle :-)

PS. The water-logged cell phone made a miraculous recovery and is now fully functional.

Posted by Michelle at 10:33 AM