Like Mother Like Daughter...

Let's have a moment of silence for the eight year old little girl that will be walking out the door today in a $200 pair of shoes, with a $250 back pack, and a $150 outfit, all purchased by her father(with his crazy a**) , because I had to take about $5 off her behind last night before she went to bed. She had a fit because she had left her new back pack and shoes at her dad's house. Do you know that he got out of his bed to bring them early this morning. I hope that a** whopping was worth it. I believe in buying my child nice things, but for a kid that is growing like a weed, I refuse to spend that kind of money. Her dad says, "She'll only be little once, and we might as well enjoy it while she's small." I say, "When she's older and responsible enough to take care of her things, then I'll start spending my money on her...until then, she wears what I buy!"

My kid is spoiled rotten when it comes to getting things. She's not a brat. She is very well behaved, and knows how to act in public places, but she is slick as can be when it comes to getting her way. Especially with men. My mother says she learned from the master...

The people around me need to start having kids because they spend entirely too much money on her. Between my family, her dad's family, and my friends, she has everything she wants and needs...and it's becoming a bit much. I have been through this before...This is a never ending battle with me. She is a little girl that knows exactly what she likes and finds a way to get it. I must say, her sense of fashion is on point , but dang.

My man has fallen into her trap...As long as she does well in school , and does all of her chores around the house, the word no is not in his vocabulary. She's smart too. She doesn't ask him for things. She mentions the things she wants to me, while he's close by. By the next day, it's hers.

She is too smart for her own good, and no one sees it but me, and my mom of course. Do my daughter and I posses a similar trait that was not passed on by genetics? Maybe what my mom says is true because all the men in my life seem to have no problem doing what I ask... I told my child she better get a good education and get a good job because she's going to need it to keep up with herself...

For the most part, I have a way with people. Especially guys. Most of my friends are males...My (male) boss loves me to death...oh my goodness, could it be? I don't think it has anything to do with looks, does it? I was taught to treat people the way I wanted to be treated, and that's just what I try to do. Maybe I have passed the torch on to my child. Have I been blind to the fact that I have been doing this all my life?

When it comes to getting things in this world from other people, do you think that looks outweigh brains?

I can afford the things I want because I got an education and I went after the job I wanted, so that I would be able to by them. Even though most of the time, I don't end up spending my own money on the things I want. Hmmm. But do things really come easier/harder for people because they look a certain way? Have I been blind all this time?

Aren't we supposed to use what you have to get what you want...to a certain extent?