Father / Daughter Moments

November 14, 2008 in Family, Random Thoughts 3

So … I’m sitting here making some changes to my Mobile Me account. I decide to switch over to a family account from an individual one, to give the rest of the family some of the benefits of having online storage, etc.

I get it all set up just as Chrstina comes down the stairs (PD Day today). She is excited. She wants to tell me about something she wants for Christmas (a doll or some thing like that). I wait for her to be done telling me, and then I tell her my good news: I’ve set up a new account for her including her own domain name (www.christinadale.com).

She’s excited, she screams with joy, she passes out with delight.

Actually, she doesn’t. What she does do is something that every guy has experienced a member of the female persuasion do to them: she humours me. She goes, “Oh, that’s really neat,” in a tone that is meant to pretend she cares. Then, she goes back to telling me more about the thing she wants for Christmas (again, I have no idea what it was).

Not exactly a “connecting” moment for father and daughter.

She’ll learn.

  • http://brittanydee.blogspot.com Brittany.

    ahahaha! What a tipical “Christina” thing to do.. by that I mean to go back to talking about the doll.. lol See me, I proably would have been very excited, not screamed or passed out, more like “Awesome!, show me how it works right now, no wait, let me get some food (cause that would probably be why I would be coming up stairs) then show me” .. you know its true too

  • http://cbelair.wordpress.com carrie Belair

    Brilliant — I had to laugh!

  • JC

    Well Rob, you’ll both be doing the learning. See the progression in the developmental female persuasion techniques between your youngest female member of the family, to the next eldest. Now with the oldest female member her approach would have been even more refined. Heather would have followed Brittany’s technique, but instead of food for HERSELF, Heather would have maybe brought you some food, rubbed your back, expressed her appreciation, and then gone for the kill when your guard was down. Awe yes the female mind who can fathom its depth ;-)