Stubborn

Stubborn
Adjective, Middle English, 14th Century
1. Unreasonalby or perversely unyielding; justifiably unyielding: Resolute
2. Performed or carried on in an unyielding, obstinate or persistent manner
3. Difficult to handle, manage or treat
4. Lasting

At Christmas my mom gave my daughter some blue lounge pants with purple and darker blue owls all over them. They are adorable but, Daughter refuses to wear them because they don’t have a matching shirt. Well, last night all of the other pajamas were dirty so I had her put on the Owl pants, and she refused to put on a shirt because none matched. I took an old pink tee-shirt and told her that it was now a pajama shirt. She would not put it on. It didn’t match. I told her that she couldn’t come out of her room if she didn’t have a shirt on. She still wouldn’t put on a shirt. I told her she would have to go to bed (even though it was only 6:30) if she didn’t put a shirt on. She got in bed. I was certain that she would put a shirt on and come down stairs, but when I went to bed at 10, there she was, asleep in bed with her Owl pants on and no shirt. She must have gotten cold, because she was up in the night a couple of times. Turning random lights on and going back to bed and trying to get out of bed at 5:30. Each time I turned off the lights and made sure that she was in bed. Today at Wal-mart I tried to buy her a purple shirt because it would match the owls, but she informed me that "I will NOT wear that shirt with those pants."

I am trying to convince myself that this stubborn (difficult to handle, manage or treat) streak that she has is a good thing. I tell myself that when she is a teenager and someone wants her to do something that she doesn’t want to do, it will be good. Because I don’t think that she will give in.

But most days, I wonder if I can outlast her stubborn-ness or if it will drive me to the end of my rope....