Teenage girl, puppy love.

We had a young guest putting up at our place for a few days, sometime not long ago. She's 17 and waiting for Form 6 to begins while her only parent, her mommy, was away for a long overdue break.

I had known her since 10+ years ago, and so much has changed in her. Sometimes it scares me, sometimes it amazes me. When just a child, it was so easy to keep her entertained and satisfied. Nowadays, I do not know what would. She seems to be to be staring at her handphone every freaking minute and her mind seems to drift away to no man's land.

Really, seeing her, I wonder if I can be well equipped to handle my daughter when she reaches this age. Apparently, I digged her info up on FB and she put her status there as "In a Relationship with...". So, there! She was probably missing her boyfriend back in the hometown. And it's a mixed feeling in me to know she's declaring that she's in a relationship.

I know. Girls. Didn't I like this kind of puppy love too when I was at that age? But seeing from the eyes of a 30+ yo mother role, it's so different. On one hand, I wanna tell her not to be so involved in 1 guy, why give up the whole forest for just 1 little plant, eh? She's so young and pretty. It's such a waste, and I can't bear the thoughts that how rugi it would be if she got "chau-sui" just like that. On the other hand, I know, these words won't ring in their ears. In fact, they might be thinking we have a generation gap, that I don't understand la.

Well, I guess that's the "disadvantage" of having a girl, made even more worrisome if she's born to be a pretty lass. Seriously, I don't want to think how to deal with this with my own daughter.