My Son Needs a Job

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day and my fifteen year old son wants me to buy his girlfriend a present that he can give to her. At first I said that I would help him purchase a small token of affection to give to her. I thought that I would take him out and let him buy her a card and a small box of candy. I'm no stick in the mud, I understand that they want to exchange gifts. This morning in church though my son quietly handed me a list of items that he "needed" to buy for his girlfriend. The list included the following: sugar cookie dough, Mike and Ike candy, a teddy bear, a Pandora bracelet, white chocolate and a movie that I had never heard of before. "Oh, and by the way," my son said, "Morgan also wants me to take her to Carrabas". It seems to me that his girlfriend might be what some call "high maintenance". After church we talked it over and I pointed out to my son that he was broker than broke. We ended up settling on a family dinner at Carrabas with an invitation extended to Morgan and a teddy bear with a card. Considering that my son doesn't even have a job, I think that they are pretty lucky. I have decided that the lover man will be working the Valentine gifts off by washing my car and babysitting for his younger siblings.