Teenager wearing boyfriend's hoodie
The author says that she knows when her daughter is dating someone because she wears the boyfriend's hoodie.
  • I know my daughter is dating someone when she starts wearing their hoodie. 
  • I didn't know this was a thing, and she had to explain it to me the first time. 
  • Some hoodies have been returned, others cut up, and one is still in our guest room. 

The first time I saw one was the summer before my daughter's freshman year of high school.

"Where did you get that?" I asked. She was wearing a clearly pre-owned hoodie that I had no recollection of buying.