My daughter and I are getting closer and closer to our trip and its finally beginning to seem real. It is my second time to Europe, but to a completely different part this time. And I get to share it with my 16 year old. Taking a trip like this seems sort of extravagant, especially considering how financially rough it is for a lot of people right now, but this is more than just a splurge. This started a few years ago actually. A colleague of my husband's suggested we bribe our daughters to stay away from boys for a predetermined length of time by offering them a trip to wherever they want to go at the end of such time period. It seemed a bit far-fetched to expect a teenager to stay away from the opposite sex that long, but we thought we'd give it a try anyway. At the time, our oldest already had a boyfriend and had missed the opportunity to participate, but we made this offer to the remaining two daughters. One declined and one took us up on it. The one that decided to try it was 13 at the time. We agreed that she wouldn't go out on dates or see boys until she turned 16. To this day, there has never been any indication that she ever broke that promise. She then chose Greece and Italy as the destination(s) for this strip. And that's where we're going. Failing to follow through on a promise of this magnitude is NOT an option, regardless of circumstance.
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