Mother-daughter Conversation...

This is how conversation goes between our daughter and me one evening:

“I don’t like you,” says the daughter right after I ask her to redo the work she had done. This particular subject is not one of her strong points. 

“Ok,” I respond trying hard not to make a big issue of it.

“I think I hate you,” the instigation continues.

“I know,” says me.

After about two minutes. “I didn’t mean it. You know I love you,” says the daughter with please-forgive-me expression.

“I know. It is possible to hate and love the same person at the same time,” I was clearly in a stoic mode.

“No, no…I like you a lot. I love you. Either you like a person or you don’t…you cannot do both at the same time,” the daughter in a trying to make amends frame of mind.

“Hmmm…you still have to do this work again,” says me.

“I just don’t like you,” says the daughter with a scowl.