P is for Pensive
Me: What is wrong?
Paige: Nothing.
Me: Yes there is, I can tell.
Paige: Nothing is wrong.
Me: Just tell me the general “gist” of what’s wrong. I can tell something is up because you are ooozing negativity right now.
Paige: I DON’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
Me: FINE, but don’t give me attitude about it.
Paige: I’M NOT GIVING YOU ATTITUDE ABOUT IT.
Me: OKAY FINE YOU’RE NOT GIVING ME ATTITUDE ABOUT IT.
Later on via text message …
Me: Just wanted to tell you I love you. Enjoy the sun today.
Paige: I love you too. I can’t enjoy the sunshine because I will be inside all day so it doesn’t matter.
Paige: Can I come home? I don’t want to go to school.
Me: What is going on?
Paige: Nothing. I SAID NOTHING IS WRONG.
Paige: I need a mental health day.
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Ah, teenage angst. I remember that feeling. I vote cave and let her have the mental health day.
I get a mental health day when mine stay IN school. My teens have a half day today and I’m not sure how it’s going to go. Counting down the minutes before their “ooozing negativity” jumps off the bus at 1pm. Good luck!
Oh to be 14 again. Sometimes I can just feel myself making that face.
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Oh! That reminds me of my husband – Me: “why are you making that face?” Him: “I’m not! That’s just my face!” :l
hormones … raging hormones
I felt like I needed a LOT of mental health days at that age
Mental health days are very good sometimes (and by sometimes I mean with some frequency).
I still haven’t been able to put an end to saying “Nothing!” when asked “What’s wrong?”.
I’m 25 years old.
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ohh be glad she talks to you about it. i would’ve just grabbed my best friend by the arm, said “let’s go!”, walk a mile to his house, hop into the hand-me-down car he inherited from his grandma that he can’t legally drive because he’s 15, and gone lord-know’s-where at that age.
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hmm, I can see this budding in my 6 years old!
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