Anonymous wrote:(1) Why are you reading your DD's texts? How old is she and does she know you read it?
(2) Have you tried asking her to explain it?
(3) Her friend might have been joking. Like "oh look at you and your fancy donuts, I have fancy donuts too but I don't brag about them hahahaha I had a cronut last month you don't even know." You are taking it literally when teens (I'm guessing your kid is a tween or teen) use a lot of sarcasm and caustic tone that is not meant to be taken literally.
Anonymous wrote:(1) Why are you reading your DD's texts? How old is she and does she know you read it?
(2) Have you tried asking her to explain it?
(3) Her friend might have been joking. Like "oh look at you and your fancy donuts, I have fancy donuts too but I don't brag about them hahahaha I had a cronut last month you don't even know." You are taking it literally when teens (I'm guessing your kid is a tween or teen) use a lot of sarcasm and caustic tone that is not meant to be taken literally.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lol my tween's frenemy is constantly telling her she's bragging. Carpool conversations where I'm just the invisible driver go like this:
1: omg I'm so hungry, that lunch was horrible.
2: oh yeah? I didn't try it. I brought lunch today.
1: why are you always bragging about your homemade lunches? Who has time for that anyway?
Or
1: I like your shirt.
2: thanks! I found it at Goodwill. I like yours, too.
1: yeah I know you're a super shopper who goes thrifting, whatever, you don't need to brag.
Oh lord. I hear so many conversations along these lines w/my son and his carpool frenemy...
Anonymous wrote:Lol my tween's frenemy is constantly telling her she's bragging. Carpool conversations where I'm just the invisible driver go like this:
1: omg I'm so hungry, that lunch was horrible.
2: oh yeah? I didn't try it. I brought lunch today.
1: why are you always bragging about your homemade lunches? Who has time for that anyway?
Or
1: I like your shirt.
2: thanks! I found it at Goodwill. I like yours, too.
1: yeah I know you're a super shopper who goes thrifting, whatever, you don't need to brag.
Anonymous wrote:How can a person brag about a donut? Shoes maybe, but where's the cachet in a donut?