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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is--or was--always talking about various sneakers. Now that I want to get a pair as a surprise for her birthday, she is not mentioning anything specific. I could ask her but she already knows about the one other significant gift she is getting so I would like this to be a surprise. Are Air Force 1s still cool?[/quote]

This is pathetic.  You're concerned with what's in vs what she would.like. tsk tsk [/quote]

Not pathetic. Op knows her child. Like lots of kids, she probably likes most of what's in at the moment, and op wants to surprise her. She also said her DD can exchange the shoes for something she likes better.

My mom did stuff like this for me when I was that age.

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Yes, thank you! This is OP and I absolutely want to get her what she would like (unless super crazy expensive), which I think is probably whatever is in. She used to talk a lot about AF1s, then it was something else, then something else--when I read the responses, Air Max 270 is ringing a bell, so I think I may get those and if she wants something else, I will absolutely let her exchange it. Or if I get lucky and hear her mention something before her birthday, I will get that. (With my luck, that will happen the day after I make a purchase.) I just know my kid. Rag on her, if you want, for liking what is cool. I was the same age in middle school and got past it in HS. I turned out to be a productive member of society. I have another kid who wears what is comfortable--and they are not cool. [/quote]

I was the same way. In middle school, I was very into what's was super popular at the moment. Then I gravitated to whatever was popular among the alternative and grunge crowd. By my senior year in HS, I cared very little about what anyone else liked.

I remember my mom buying me random Guess brand tshirts and jeans for birthdays and Christmas. And sometimes she would then take me to the mall to exchange the jeans for a denim mini skirt (lol, I remember a particular outfit - Guess denim mini skirt, with a yellow Guess oversized sweatshirt emblazoned with the logo). I was just excited to get the pricey "cool" brand, even if I preferred a different item. My parents were generous but frugal. No way they'd have me keep an expensive item (like popular sneakers or clothes) if it wasn't exactly what I wanted and I knew I'd wear it.

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