" She got mad and told my grandmother, who almost laughed herself into a hernia.
Now you understand why most of us are so crazy.
But, just a jacking up - not an all out abusive beating. I think it's a "pecking order" type of thing, and probably normal for the most part.
It's pretty normal for the little bull to lock horns with the big bull at some point, it's just that mothers and daughters do it differently than fathers/sons.
Right - though my mother never called me a slut - she would say stuff to me that would make so mad. I would come right back at her - but not enough to get smacked.The female version of the jacking up.
Some girls establish their equality earlier and some never do. The former are the ones I see sweating on the tiny house show.
Typically, I was smart enough about what I did, though, so she didn't have much occasion to say stuff to me. My sister was a lot more brazen then I was. 
That would be a high five and a trip to his fav restaurant.
That is until you find out how many are pregnant.
Then it’s my failure in parenting — “wrap it up, all the time, every time”
Hope your daughter is never a cheerleader.
