Okay, well I may have mentioned before, but if not I'll say it again. I have recently acquired a daughter. Not just any daughter, but a 12 year old daughter, with all stress that being a teenage girl brings.Now, normally, we would have grown up together, we would be used to each other and would know when to put up and when to shut up. But I never had that chance and now I'm trying to learn on the job.
Now I work with computers all day and I'm fairly handy around most things like that. I know that there will be manuals if I'm stuck, or something on the web, maybe even a video clip on YouTube to help me understand some obscure configuration.
But here is the whole point, there are no handbooks, manuals or userguides on how to handle teenage girls and their mood swings. There is nothing on YouTube or Google helping me say the right thing, do the right thing or, more importantly, knowing when not to do or say anything!
I love her to pieces and her brother too. After my first wife died, I never thought that I would ever have a chance to experience a family, and on the whole, they make it very easy for me, Most of the time.
I guess, like most things in life, it is a big learning curve (make that a giant learning curve) and eventually we will work things out.....I hope!
