Teenage Daughter's
It feels like summer this weekend, with the temperature in the high 80's/low 90's here at the beach in Southern California. Best of all, the ocean temperature has finally hit the magical 60 degrees, which for Southern California is not bad. It rarely gets above 67/68 in the summer. Now I can go swimming and take my chances with the fishes.
My daughter also visited this weekend, which is always a treat for me. She is 17 and lives with my ex-wife so I don't get to see her as often as I would like. She brought a friend. They wanted the opportunity to relax and work on their tans. It was the chance for me to have a Daddy moment.
She and her friend wanted to wash their car yesterday afternoon. I live on a fairly well traveled street just a couple blocks up from the beach and it was late afternoon. Dressed in their bikinis and spraying water everywhere reminded my of a beer commercial.
I was perched on my front balcony with my girlfriend having a cocktail and watching the events below. Nothing drives home the point that your daughter is growing up more than watching her parade around in a bikini scantily clad while car after car of guys drive by. I was waiting for someone to stop and say something. I had it all planned out in my mind. Some guy way too old for her would stop, "Hey girls!" he would say. Hey F**ker!" I would yell down from the balcony, but the moment never arrived. They would ogle but not stop. They probably need the help of April Braswell, Dating Maven and Romance Coach. I was thankful that they hadn't read her advice.
Oh well, they all grow up. My daughter also recently changed jobs. She had been working at Jamba Juice, the fruit juice and smoothie joint. Now she will be working at a local pizza joint / brew pub frequented by college aged kids. The job change means more money, especially tips, and she is really excited. I commented, "Now I have to worry about all those college kids hitting on you." "Why do you think I got the job?", she responded.
The time goes by much too quickly.
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There's nothing like catching up with your family on a beautiful day!
As you say, time goes by much too quickly. I don't have any kids but I feel exactly the same on my infrequent visits to parents (since she's only 17, you should still have a few decades before your daughter feels the same).
All the best,
Yann
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Yes, Steve, the children do grow up very quickly. I think it's more difficult for the fathers to cope for lots of reasons -- maybe, partly, because they remember what they would have been thinking and why they were oggling at the girls back in their teens and 20s.
I'm happy to hear you got to spend time with your daughter and it sounds like she enjoys visiting you as well -- which is very pleasant, isn't it? It's a great stage to be in life.
Sue
Good luck in the future
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I LOVE her comment.
Ah yes. I remember being that age. It's like having a loaded Magnum and simply NOT having had a weapons training conference. LOADED. Definitely. Hmmm, will you and the Lovely T start eating pizza more often now? A girl DOES need her father to protect her while she's figuring all of that out. I had an older brother to boot. Very protective at the time. It helped while I was young and simply clueless about what I had and its effect on boys (later men....).
All the best,
April Braswell - Romance Coach, Online Dating Coach
Hey Steve, Can totally relate. My daughters' almost 19 now, but back when she was 14, my ex took a photo of us outside by the pool. When I got the photos back I said "where the hell have I been"?
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