My easy child is the most responsible young adult anyone could hope for. So I was surprised yesterday when I got a call from husband saying that easy child had called to ask what to do about her car's broken rear window. Being a man, he didn't get any details and just told her to call a glass repair place who would come to her to replace the window. They also discussed whether to call her insurance company and decided she should just pay for it herself.
I was out shopping when I got the call and asked husband how it happened and he didn't have any idea. So I called easy child and she told me she had left her car overnight in a bar parking lot. I asked her why in the world she would do that and she explained that she had had too much to drink and decided to leave it there rather than drive drunk. She pointed out that she had done the "responsible" thing.
Being a mom, I felt the need to point out that the "responsible" thing was to refrain from drinking if she had driven in the first place.
The difference between difficult child and easy child is that easy child accepts the consequences and is already dealing with getting the car fixed and doesn't expect anyone else to pay for the window.
Still . . . I have to say that I was surprised. I guess it is not fair of me to expect easy child to really be perfect. LOL
~Kathy
I was out shopping when I got the call and asked husband how it happened and he didn't have any idea. So I called easy child and she told me she had left her car overnight in a bar parking lot. I asked her why in the world she would do that and she explained that she had had too much to drink and decided to leave it there rather than drive drunk. She pointed out that she had done the "responsible" thing.
Being a mom, I felt the need to point out that the "responsible" thing was to refrain from drinking if she had driven in the first place.
The difference between difficult child and easy child is that easy child accepts the consequences and is already dealing with getting the car fixed and doesn't expect anyone else to pay for the window.
Still . . . I have to say that I was surprised. I guess it is not fair of me to expect easy child to really be perfect. LOL
~Kathy