My child has lots of strengths. She has the best sense of humour. She is kind, passionate and friendly, with a perhaps overdeveloped sense of justice. She will fight for her friends with the passion of a superhero. Her imagination is endless, and she would give anything to make those she loves smile.
She wants to share everything with her family and gives the best cuddles this side of Pluto—which, despite the insistence of the formal scientific body, I maintain is still a planet.
Or possibly a cartoon dog.
One thing I will admit she has little to no grasp of, however, is the concept of money.
She has frequently told me that I should use my phone to pay for things because “Apple dollars aren’t real”.
Alas, if only that were true.
When I was looking for a car on eBay, she informed me that I was wrong and should be looking at Audi.
What can I say? The girl’s got opinions. And expensive taste.
A while ago, her father sighed and lamented that, in the future, she was “going to cost some poor boy a lot of money”.
She paused, thought seriously for a moment, then asked whether he meant Grandpa.
To be fair, she DOES cost her grandpa a lot of money, but that’s more of a present-day problem than a future one.
Last night, she was telling us about the life of the latest toy of the day. This one is called Mary.
It is the third toy she has called Mary, and no, I am not allowed to number them. I am supposed to know by magic which Mary she is referring to.
During her rambling explanation of Mary’s adventures, she mentioned that Mary was currently away at summer camp.
It is October.
When asked why Mary was at summer camp while every house in the neighbourhood was in the process of assembling Halloween decorations, she informed us:
“Summer camp in autumn only costs one money because it is off-peak.”
Well.
We can’t argue that it would be off-peak. I do, however, have questions about the existence of an autumn summer camp, and I would very much like to know the exchange rate of “one money” to GBP.
So yes. Our fae: friendly, kind, funny.
Financial planning remains a work in progress.
Although if she finds an Audi for one money, I’m letting her take over.
