Having her when I was 17 is hardly the sturdiest cornerstone of raising a daughter. On the other hand, Emma looks upon me as a best friend and tells me all her secrets so I can not complain.
I was chilled to the bone when I walked in on a delicate question "where can I buy self defense products for women online?" that she inserted in a phone conversation just as she had turned 17 herself and could be replicating my errors.
Having once queried my cell phone stun gun, she never did hide her attraction to personal security devices. We sat then as I talked her through pepper sprays and the Taser, later gifting her with a bicycle safety light.
Here she was now, asking someone else where can I buy self defense products for women online? not the woman supposedly dearest to her. I kept mum about my disquiet though.
My turn came the following week as she cut in on dinner and burst out: where can I buy self defense products for women online? I gave her room to enlighten me, reacting as though the line was unexpected.
An overbearing boyfriend was the explanation returned to me, who warned of circulating tall tales of her surrendering virginity to a rapist lest she agreed to sleep with him. She could have fought back with her personal safety alarm right there.
On the brink of weeping, she added, "I turned to uncle about where can I buy self defense products for women online and leaving my boyfriend quietly."
I felt proud to have a daughter who was sapient at an age when I once fumbled about. I immediately summoned my brother in question, a paramedic, and we three built Emma a women's safety kit.
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