Shadow Puppet Storyteller

I had an epiphany, Sweetie

Kudos to the Big Bang Theory episode (just on) that has Penny tell Leonard that life with him is her "thing" to be passionate about. Leonard is optimistic that means she'll gladly cosplay with him at Comic-con, to which she replies:
"I had an epiphany, sweetie, not a stroke."

This is how I feel at times watching my teen girl and young adult boy offspring trying to interact. Not sure I can even explain, but I'll try. They're just on two different levels of expectation -- I can see that. What's hardest is when the older thinks my allowances to the younger are unfair to him in the present or his perceived past. And equally hard is when the younger doesn't act rationally enough to the older's liking. All I can say with some compassion is that age thirteen for a girl or a boy is never about reality or rationality.