Julie Bove wrote:
> "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER> wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Jacquie" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> There was only one time my family didn't eat my cooking, I chose to
>>> do a curried chicken. That was a mistake , we had never had curry
>>> before. We all took one taste and put or forks down, my father
>>> asked us all if we would like to go out to a steak house...didn't
>>> hurt my feelings one bit, that curry tasted awful...but I was 15
>>> and not 10.
>> I was taling about myself when I mentioned the angel food cake. I
>> was 10, and I have wonderful memories of times like that. I'm not
>> sure how old Angela is, but she is the one I was concerned about--it
>> sounds like she was trying to do something for her father and then
>> was berated because he wasn't pleased with it.
>
> She's 11.

She needs to know it is him not her (IMO). I never agree with parents
bagging out spouses or ex-spouses to their kids but I think in Angela's case
she needs to know that she doesn't own the problem, he does (again, IMO).