Oh this is a good one.  A few nights ago I was telling my daughter that back when I was a teenager living on my own, I used to have to pay 50 cents to wash and 50 cents to dry my clothes and I had to buy my own detergent and fabric softener.  I told her since she’s moving into her own apartment in July that I thought it would be a good idea if she started paying me the going rate to wash and dry her clothes and she should start buying her own laundry detergent and fabric softener.  Or even better yet, she could take her dirty clothes down to the laundry mat and do a few loads just to see what it feels like to pay hard earned money to wash dirty clothes.  She didn’t like that one bit and quickly shot down the idea.

Then her father told her, “Those Doritos you are eating they cost money too, what are you going to do about buying food so you can eat?”  Wow, that little question got her fired up.  She yelled back, “Well I’ll deal with being able to afford food when the time comes!”

Can anyone that’s reading this believe this comment came from a 17 year old getting ready to live on her own?

The girl has a WHOLE lot of growing up to do.  It also sounds like she’ll be going on a crash diet come July.

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Well that’s a little exaggeration. My jeans won’t button unless I lay on the bed and suck my stomach in and then it’s a struggle.

On Sunday I was getting ready go to a birthday party. I had a heck of a time getting my good jeans on. It was horrible and I almost gave up. I finally got them on and was uncomfortable but suffered in silence.

I have no choice, I need to go on a diet and start going for daily walks. I refuse to go up a jean size.