"Why is Dad never home?" the 16 year old girl asked her mother.

"Well, dear, he has taken a second job so that you can have iPads, mobile phone, a TV in your room, club memberships, cosmetics, trendy clothes . . . he does it all for you, so his beautiful girl doesn't miss out on a thing."

"Wow," the teenager replied thoughtfully, "that's really very selfish of him, isn't it?"