November 11, 2014 THE HORRIBLE THING I WISH I DIDN’T HAVE TO DO TONIGHT Oh no! I feel SO bad! You know how good friends do stuff for each other? So do I, and that’s why I feel HORRIBLE that Chloe needs my help and there’s nothing I can do! She has this HUGE math test tomorrow, and she asked me to come over and study with her using flash cards. Asking me to help with math is like asking Taylor Swift how to NOT get dumped by a boyfriend…So not a good idea But I’d do anything to help a friend in need! Seriously, there are three things I’d happily do any day of the week: eat Chunky Monkey ice cream, watch old episodes of Tyra, and be there for my friends. (And if I can do all three together, even better!) But on THIS day of the week, I have something I have to do with my dad, and it doesn’t involve tasty treats, my TV, or Chloe, Zoey, and Marcy It’s something I REALLY don’t want to do, and I’ve tried my hardest to get out of it. I told my dad I had to write a 50-page report for extra credit, and my grade depended on it. I told him I had a sudden urge to read the entire Harry Potter series because I wanted to go to wizard school, and my admission depended on it. I told him I needed to stay close to a bathroom because I ate a bad burrito, and my pants depended on it. But he didn’t buy ANY of it! What was this horrible thing I didn’t want to do? Father-daughter bonding night! It’s not that I don’t want to spend time with him. If he wanted to take me to the mall, to get a pedicure, or to do something teen girls actually love, I’d be all for it! But no, he doesn’t want to do anything normal, because my dad is about as normal a talking camel with pudding-filled humps! Instead, he wants to take a class together. A dance class. A HIP HOP dance class. That’s right, my dad not only wants me to dance with him in public, he wants me to do it wearing matching baggy jeans and backwards baseball caps. I am SO mortified!! I’d rather study math! I just know he’s going to humiliate me! Since it’s a hip hop class, he’ll probably try to use slang and just end up sounding dumb and old…like, “Aight shortie, turn up! This class is da BOMB!” And he’ll probably try to rap along with the music, which is just all kinds of wrong! The only thing my dad should RAP is my sandwich for lunch! (I know, I spelled it wrong. It’s a joke!) I tried to suggest some other things we could do for father/daughter bonding night, things that wouldn’t scar me for life, but he’s all about this class! I guess his friend went with his daughter and they loved it, but there are a million and one other classes I’d rather take…like “Intro to Being Sprayed by Skunks” and “Playing Dead for Beginners.” How do I get out of this? I DESPERATELY need your help!
Emma says November 18, 2014 at 1:53 pm Yea Nikki my parents do embarrassing stuff all the time! You should just run away screaming and don’t look back.
Dorkarella says November 18, 2014 at 7:24 am Hi Nikki, It’s great that your dad loves to do hip hop. But doing hip hop right there on the street?! That would be WAY too exaggerating. Just make sure MacKenzie is not around to videotape you dancing hip hop with your dad right on the street and then posting it on YouTube. 😉 * wink wink * That’s what she did in book 3: Tales From A NOT-SO Talented Pop Star. She videotaped Nikki and Brianna dancing on stage at Queasy Cheesy, then posted it on YouTube. Typically mean girl! Here is my advice for you: First, be brutally honest. Tell your dad that you have to help Chloe revise for her Math test that will be taking place tomorrow. Next, negotiate with him. That’s what I do with my dad. You can tell him that you will do hip hop with him if he lets you go to Chloe’s house to revise for her Math test. I’m sure your dad will let you go over to Chloe’s house, ’cause you get to revise Math, which is what ALL parents want. But if your dad says, “Aww Nikki, I thought you would LOVE to do hip hop with me today!” you have to use a secret weapon that MIGHT make him say yes to letting you go over to Chloe’s house for revision. This is my secret weapon that I’m gonna teach you. The secret weapon is…telling him, “Dad, if your friend asked you to help him/her out, what would your answer be?” His answer may be, “Okay Nikki. BUT you have to do hip hop with me tomorrow/or on (date he picked).” But if his answer is that you have to do hip hop today no matter what, you can only go to Skype to chat with Chloe face-to-face, or text her to revise the Math problems together. Hope this advice helped! 😀 ~Dorkarella
Dorkarella says November 18, 2014 at 8:17 am Another secret weapon is to look at your dad with sad puppy-dog eyes. Maybe it will work! I ALWAYS do that at my dad and it works all the time!
I Give Advice So Ask Me And I Will Give You Some! :) says November 18, 2014 at 1:51 am Hi Nikki, you should tell ur dad the truth about how u feel! BTW I changed my name I used to be eco ego 5001.
Liz says November 17, 2014 at 11:54 pm Nikki, just tell him you really need to help Chloe with her math test! He’ll understand!
jitavelyndavis says November 17, 2014 at 11:37 pm put up posters about a dance party and tell your dad that it is a contest for the best dancer and if he wins he will get a trophy with his name on it then if he enters ask the judges can u be a judge if they say no then take 1 of the other judges spot convince the other judges to pick your dad but before the competion make you dad the best dancer ever and then if he finds out just cancel the whole thing but he he doesn’t finds out then you will get away with it but it might surprise you at the end.
allison says November 17, 2014 at 8:52 pm tell your dad you don,t think you,ll have any fun and if he still dose it just pertend to be sick like I wrote in my nikki diary or dicth it by jumping out the window or going out emergencey exit or the front door/entrence