Dear Mother who is now entering her teen years
I have absolutely no problem with the idea of you dating. I hope you find someone that is good company and intelligent ( your #1 condition)
What I DO have a problem with is that you have decided that my DH can't meet these guys because he'll "say something" but you insist on ME meeting them and then you give me a long list of things I cannot discuss.
I cannot discuss my retirement (262 days from now)
I cannot discuss my age, her age, the ages of my kids, or anything related to those ages. Now I ALREADY know that she doesn't want age discussed, so it infuriates me when she has to "prep" me to meet some old f@rt who can't hear a word I said ANYWAY because he's deaf as a post and the only reason why he can hear HER is because he's reading her lips.
I can't tell you that I was laughing because the conversation we had was so pathetic
. him "How did you get this great cheese?"
her "a friend of ours from Italy brought it"
him "you went to Italy?"
her "no, it was a friend of ours, she brought it when she came"
him "how did you bring cheese in from Italy"
her "I didn't"
him " you could have gotten in trouble"

sincerely your long suffering grey haired daughter