Law Students

Yesterday morning, with no preamble, I received the following text message from my lovely daughter:

"Hey, do you think we can spare $3 a week to help rescue Ugandan children that were abducted and turned into child soldiers?"

No pressure. Despite that I don't think the subject of abducted Ugandan children is funny, I had to laugh. The message caught me off guard and went right from casual to deadly serious. I was at work, and given this week's work load, I quickly forgot about the text. T called me a bit later and wanted to know, "did you get my text?"

Ah, yes. I told her I sympathized with her desire to help, but that I already give to various causes and I wasn't willing to incur another $15/month obligation, no matter how worthy. She quickly corrected my math, and when it became clear I wasn't going to budge, she declared my refusal to spend $12 a month rehabilitating child soldiers "RIDICULOUS!"

After trying the calm approach, in which I informed her she was welcome to commit to the cause herself...WHEN SHE FINDS A JOB...I gave up and used my outside voice to make my point crystal clear.

Noble, isn't she, for wanting to save the world with my money?

Full post as published by Just Playin on March 18, 2009 (boomark / email).