Oh man, I wish I found this post earlier.
I truly feel for you and your daughter,
not from experience, but just from being
able to envision the entirety of events
unfold.
I have a 3 year old daughter myself, and
could just imagine what I would feel like
in your shoes. The sweet 16 is supposed
to (for reaosns unknown to us males lol)
be one of the greatest birthdays ever for
a young girl.
Remember though...No day is too late.
Just because you didn't come up with a
miraculous and extravagant thing to do
with her on her actual b-day, schedule a
time for her to just hang out with
you...Take a couple of hours one night
whenever you got the time and just give
her a belated experience.
Put a few *cough* hundred *cough* lol
away, or even like 40-50 bucks, and take
her out. Go out to dinner, take her to an
arcade, and actually *play* games with
her, whether you suck or not. In truth,
the worse you are, the more you'll both
laugh, the better the evening.
End out with ice cream, just the two of
you at a table and *talk* to her. About
whatever that comes to mind, boys to cars,
school to parties. It won't erase the
memory of a ruined 16, but you'll give her
a good memory to even the balance.
Best to both of you, and happy belated to
your daughter for me.
