My 12 year old did me a favor today. Here in Scotland you have to carry glass items to a centralized recycling unit, often near a store. She was taking her allowance over to get some candy and she offered to bring recycling. Sounded great to me.

While she was there a 25+ year old man noticed that she was putting a wine bottle in the recycling and said “Drinking already, huh?” and winked at her.

She said: “First of all, it’s my mom’s. Second of all, I’m twelve. Third of all, I’m lesbian. Bugger off.”

She said he was a bit startled and said “Damn.” But he walked away and made no more of it.

I have rarely felt so proud. I want to grow up and be like her.