Why does your son or daughter feel inclined to call you and tell you things that worry you to death or drive you completely out of your mind? Sometimes they come in the form of phone calls. Sometimes, if you are luckier, it?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s a text message. The text message does not demand a response in quite the same way and therefore you can avoid being sucked in to say something stupid.
I have a sense that this little list is just for starters.
Here?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s what we?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢ve got after 8 weeks:
1) ?¢‚Ǩ?ìI haven?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t eaten in days?¢‚Ǩ¬ù What exactly are you supposed to do with that one? You might be able to come up with some other reactions to that one but the only one that makes any sense to me is ?¢‚Ǩ?ìWhy not, you idiot??¢‚Ǩ¬ù (my default is always set to ?¢‚Ǩ?ìsupportive.?¢‚Ǩ¬ù)
What I am not clear about is what Scout hopes to gain from this comment. Is she looking for suggestions about how to eat ? Is she intimating that we should send a care package? She couldn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t possibly be looking for sympathy, could she? if the answer here is yes, she should call the other mom.
2) ?¢‚Ǩ?ìI have absolutely no money!
I believe that #2 has typically come hand-in-hand with #1 or when Scout needs to get somewhere and is about to miss something we believe to be important. Oh yeah, it usually comes in what feels like nano seconds after I have deposited a minimum of $200 in her account.
During these somewhat combative conversations, I did learn that the $35 she spends on her weekly manicure/pedicure (?¢‚Ǩ?ìmani/pedi?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢s?¢‚Ǩ¬ù) is an incredible bargain.
Yippee.
3) ?¢‚Ǩ?ìWow, the emergency room is so close to campus?¢‚Ǩ¬ù
And they take credit cards! Doesn?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢t get any better than that. This one does not come by text ?¢‚Ǩ‚Äú college students need to hear your empathetic, maternal voice. If you?¢‚Ǩ‚Ñ¢re really lucky, your college student will be a repeat customer and you might get the opportunity to hear him or her say ?¢‚Ǩ?ìIt was nice. They recognized me at the ER this morning!?¢‚Ǩ¬ù
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