Reply #4: Last night I caught hell for daring to text my teenage daughter "is

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everything ok?" when she failed to check in as promised on a foggy night after a drive to the beach over a canyon road with her boyfriend. Did not get a response for well over an hour.

When she finally showed up at home a half hour beyond her curfew, I was told I'm "the most annoying person" in the world and reminded that when she's away at college next year she'll never be checking in with me.

Somehow she manages to keep her cell phone operational at all times so she can respond instantly to her friends, but it's conveniently off and/or ignored the few times I try to reach her.

Mother's Day is my least favorite day anyway. No one wants to pay for a meal out, so I end up cooking for the family as usual. Sucks.