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Where Did I Go Wrong

She told me that I'd best obey My daughter always has her way When I say 'No,' she stomps and pouts Then calls her friends to cuss me out I don't know why she acts so mean I fulfill her every dream With the latest tech and clothes She's a fashionista head to toe She's realized all of her fantasies Except, I guess, getting rid of me

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Lindsay Laurie

Date: 12/7/2020 8:29:00 PM

G’day Gershon … it’s turned into an enitlement world that only offers parental pain. What is the answer? Thanks Gershon - Lindsay

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 12/7/2020 7:38:00 PM

No one would want rid of a dad like you, the tide will turn in a year or two, wait and see... Belle

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/8/2020 11:43:00 AM

I like the sentiment and the rhyme in your comment, Belle. Wish it were true -- Two of my four kids have gotten rid of me so far... ~ Spurned and Burned

Ame Thyst

Date: 12/6/2020 7:23:00 PM

teeners these days are like that. in our time just a stare of our parents we fully understood. _amethyst

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/6/2020 7:33:00 PM

Hey, I can still stare 'em down -- this teenager in the poem, purely fictional, has already been sent on a one-way vacation to the mountains of Afghanistan. lol. Thanks, Amethyst. Season's best, Gershon

Mark Koplin

Date: 12/6/2020 7:15:00 PM

Sounds like a typical teenager to me. Maybe it's time to drop the hammer. Good luck Gershon

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/6/2020 7:32:00 PM

Let's go for an anvil and a hammer, Mark. lol. Thanks, Gershon

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 12/6/2020 7:12:00 PM

I have to admit I would be inclined to stop fulfilling her dreams. The stomping and pouting I recognize. Ugh! Thanks for the reminder.

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/6/2020 7:31:00 PM

You would deny this perfect teen-angel? -- You cruel, heartless human, you. lol. Exile to the Gulag would serve her right!! ~ Simon Legree

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 12/6/2020 6:48:00 PM

So sad :(.... wow. God bless you always

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/6/2020 7:30:00 PM

It is sad, isn't it... Parenting at its nadir. Ugh! ... Appreciate all of your support, Regina. Blessings, Gershon

John Lawless

Date: 12/6/2020 6:22:00 PM

I think that you should shut the door...and sprinkle tacks upon the floor.. but if she opens up the door...you're screwed, I think, because you snore...

Gershon Wolf
Date: 12/6/2020 7:27:00 PM

I'm screwed, alright... Heh, heh... Thanks for a little laughter on a dark December night, John! Festival Lights, Gershon