Live and Let Di

Mom, you ignorant ****!

There is a language unto itself that is unique to teens (and precocious tweens.) It involves words that are spoken and words that are unspoken. Teenguageâ¦I love coining new words! Most teens enter a phase (that lasts FOREVER!!!) when they think, no, they KNOW, that they are intellectually superior to their parents. They may indulge us by appearing to listen. They may toss in the occasional �…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

The Generation Gap

When I was a young teen, I thought my Mom had it made. I mean, what a life of leisure!!! She had two live-in indentured servants to do everything. We washed dishes. We dusted. We vacuumed. At one point, I remember Mom saying, "You know, it really would be easier to just do it myself." Ha! I laughed.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

The Other Woman

Featured blogger Diane Neer appears every Saturday. When I started blogging, my husband was a little uncomfortable with my candor. He brags that I've "never met a stranger," but was concerned about the entire Internet community being my "new best friend." So I promised him that I would adhere to a certain code of conduct. There are things that I won't blog about like our financial status or ou…

Posted 1 yr. ago.

Mom is NOT a 4-Letter Word!

Featured blogger Diane Neer appears every Saturday. By the time my Mom was my age, both of her children were well into college and career. I thought she was VERY old at that time. I have now recognized that she was 1) REALLY young and 2) REALLY smart to be done with the teen years by this age.

Posted 1 yr. ago.

about this blog

Live and Let Di

Diane is a TriangleMom2Mom featured blogger, appearing every Wednesday.

I try to be the voice of Moms with teens. My daughter Haley is 16. She's at that age where she is convinced that I know nothing. I'm thinking I'll seem a lot smarter when she's 22. We bond over Broadway shows. My son Rory is 13. He started reading the sports page when he was 5 and his passion for anything sports-related has grown ever since. This year he beat out 9 guys in their 40s to win his Fantasy Football League. Watch for him on ESPN in a few years.

My husband Hurley works from home, but travels quite a bit. When he's gone, I usually take a break from making dinner and cleaning the house. Oh, I don't do those things regularly when he's here either! Our parenting philosophy is "choose your battles." The only problem is that we often choose different battles. It keeps it interesting!!!