Girls and boys are so different. When boys get mad at each other they do this...

Then they consider it over and move on to more fun things like legos or baseball.

Girls on the other hand, fight with words and then do this...

they pout, they sulk, then they get angry all over again and it drags on and on and on like a bad movie that you can't leave cause you spent too much on the tickets and feel obligated to stay.

Now I remember why I only had a few friends growing up. I don't do girl drama. My daughter, on the other hand, has the art of girl drama mastered...and it's killing me. Yesterday she had a sleepover with friend 1, a sweet, polite child that I love having over. Today friend 1 went to the volleyball game with us and we planned to swim afterward. Enter friend 2. Friend 2 is also a sweet, polite child that I love having over. But something happens when friend 1, friend 2 and DQ get together. It's scary, really, watching the transformation. Every time I swear I will NEVER let them all three convince me they can get along. And every time...I forget...I'm old...it happens. Friend 2 plays on the volleyball team. DQ invites her to swim with her and friend 1 after the game. I agree...stupid, stupid, stupid. The girls aren't in the water 20 minutes when I am being summoned...so friends 1 and 2 can tattle on DQ. I won't get into the whole story, cause my head still hurts from sorting through it the first time. This time, I handled things differently. I told them all to get out of the pool, made them get dressed and sent friends 1 and 2 back to their moms with the warning that from now on...NO GIRL DRAMA on my watch. I am done dealing with it...really. I also had a chat with both moms who made the same promise. No more girl drama. I think I scared all three girls a bit. My teacher voice might have come out. I know for sure the hairy eyeball was out. I was MAD...but I'm over it. Cause I am home and I had ice cream...and DQ is banned from playdates...for a long, long time.