Lines of Communication

After having promised The Princess that I really won't tease her anymore about NB (Neighbor Boy) -- once I got one last zinger in*, Husband made me promise the same thing.

He is worried that she won't feel as comfortable telling us things if she's teased about it.

I agree, to a point. She needs to be able to take a bit of teasing, and trust me that a mother would be WAY more gentle than a 7th grade girl would be.

The Princess just got added to our cell plan and now has UNLIMITED texting. Trust me on this, as well: I am doing EVERYTHING IN MY POWER to keep the lines of communication open with my daughter. I want her to get questions answered by me, advice from me, support from me. She does need to feel comfortable putting issues and ideas and even crushes out there, in front of me.

And I still need to be able to give only a few little gentle teases, mostly used to gauge her reaction -- so that I can be sure to know when she stops thinking boys are yucky, except for Daddy.




* How could I pass this up? -- Neighbor Boy's name rhymes with "you" -- as in, I can substitute his name in song lyrics such as "You belong with me" and "My life would suck without you". Good times!