A lot of these responses are related to differences in gender, so let me just say, I love my dad because he taught me to be interested and to be interesting. From him I learned that every stranger has an interesting story to tell. He’s a voracious reader. He’s constantly curious. An off-hand comment about octopuses will send him to the bookstore. He always talked to me like I was smart, and he listened to every single opinion I’ve ever had, even when I was twelve and knew absolutely nothing about the world yet.

That’s all just to say, your differences in gender don’t have to be the most important part of your relationship. You’re interesting and have a lot of your personality to show her, and she’ll learn from you even when you’re not paying attention. Allow time and space to grow into more interesting people because of each other.