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[quote=Anonymous]OP, this is tough b/c obviously you only want your DD associating with the right kind of people. Fat, illiterate, trashy, slovenly people are contagious, and some of that may rub off on your DD. Which could destroy her chance at happiness in life, because then other people -- the winners of this world -- will avoid HER.

Now SOME people will tell you that kindness, loyalty, resilience, honesty are what matters in a friend, but you and I both know what really matters is how thin you are, and what college you go to, and whether you are reading this year's Pulitzer Prize winning book. (Well, maybe not read the whole thing, but at least listen to the review on NPR).

So it's tough. If you crack down on the friendship, DD may rebel, and she may come to see you as elitist and shallow, which could really put a damper on your mother-daughter bond (No more mani/pedis).

However, if you let her hang out there, she could catch some of her friend's disease, and that would be tragic.[/quote]

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