I thought my husband would be furious when he learned what our daughter’s first boyfriend had said to her. Instead, he calmly invited the boy to dinner. I couldn’t understand his plan, especially when he treated Tyler like an ordinary guest. What was my husband hoping to accomplish?
I found my daughter sitting on the edge of the bathtub, razor in hand.
“Emma? Sweetheart, what are you doing?”
She quickly lowered the razor, but I could see she’d been crying.
“Mom, is it normal for girls to have so much hair on their arms?”
Emma rubbed her forearm with her thumb.
“Tyler said mine look like a man’s.”
I stared at her.
“He said I should shave them because it’s embarrassing when we hold hands at school.”
I wanted to grab my phone and call his mother immediately.
“Please, Mom. Don’t tell her.”
“Emma, he had no right to say that.”
“I know. Just please don’t make it worse.”
“How would I make it worse?”
Her eyes filled again.
That hurt more than anything Tyler had said.
Emma was 15, and Tyler was her first boyfriend.
They’d been dating for about two months, and until that Friday, my husband, Daniel, and I genuinely liked him.
Tyler was polite, always greeted us properly, and once helped Daniel carry groceries without being asked.
Now my daughter was considering shaving her arms because he was ashamed to hold her hand.
“Have you ever wanted to shave your arms before?”
She shook her head.
“Then you don’t have to start.”
“But what if he thinks I’m gross?”
“Emma, there is nothing wrong with your arms.”
That evening, she came downstairs wearing a thick, long-sleeved sweatshirt.
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