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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think all the PPs who say these adults are makong small talk and don’t care are off base in this area.  Many parents here are obsessed with college admissions and are constantly trying to gather information, especially from those kids they perceive to be good students.[/quote]

To what end?  Also, it doesn’t matter. People should still just politely redirect the conversation if they don’t want to answer the question.[/quote]

Or adults should learn manners

Don’t ask where you are going to college, or if you have a boyfriend, or when are you getting married, or when are you going to have kids of how much money you make.

Have some manners.[/quote]'

OK, sure, but no need to make it into an Everyone Sucks Here situation by encouraging the teen to do something other than politely redirect conversation. And if the redirect fails, then sure, "enforce boundaries".   We are trying to have a society here, people.

Also, I think OPs post is a helpful reminder to clueless adults who can't navigate the situation and figurer out if this is a good question or not.  But the teen should still attempt a normal response  first.[/quote]

It doesn’t seem to me that anybody on here gives AF being rude[/quote]

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