Tattletale

That's such an interesting word. I keep saying it to myself, over and over again. I was looking for the etymology of the word, but I couldn't find anything. Anyway, apparently this is what Amanda thinks of me now. She feels she doesn't have to follow the same rules around me that she has to follow around her mother. It's a matter of respect, really. I brought this up in coversation with her mother. Of course it got back to Amanda that she wasn't doing what she should be doing and got grounded.

The mind of this teenage girl interpreted that as my being a narc, whistle-blower, etc. When all I wanted was to be treated with the same respect as her mother. This is why it came up in the first place!

Ugh. I have a headache. I would accomplish more by banging my head against a brick wall. I think teenagers are the worst age group, ever!