I Need More Angst?!

I was sharing my new playlist with Aleks, asking him if he recognized "this one" as I cued up Pink Floyd's The Wall. I absent-mindedly sang along a bit... interrupted by Alek's exasperated exclamation:

"Mom, you can't just sing this sort of song. You have to really feeeeel it. You know what you need? You need more ANGST in your life!"

I'm brimming with angst. Overflowing with it. Working hard to contain it, in fact. But, like my inability to see Mom's angst when I was in high school, I don't think my teens can really see mine.

And that's probably a good thing.