Anonymous
05/21/2026 15:42
Subject: Parents, I’m sorry but you’ve got to teach your boys some manners
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Last night DS (7th grade) had a friend over after school, and he stayed for dinner. During dinner, I’m sorry, but this kid was just behaving in a way that was completely unacceptable. It wasn’t just bad table manners. He also said a lot of unkind things to me and DH, including saying my earrings were ugly and other things of that nature. This isn’t the only time something like this has happened with one of DS’s friends, either. I understand that it’s a difficult age, but I would never have dreamed of behaving this way when I was in middle school. I always feel so awkward disciplining someone else’s child, though! Parents of boys, PLEASE teach your sons some GD manners, because this is crossing the line. Completely. Okay, rant over.
I have a boy and a girl and the girl friends are ruder than the boy friends. Pretending boys have a monopoly on being rude idiots in middle school is laughable
Girls still tell each other they are fat, ugly, the usual horrible things. Boys just tell each other they suck at games, sports, whatever. The girls are so much more cutting, insulting, and breathtakingly rude in their put downs. I can remember clearly the mean things said to be in school and it still goes on today.
Anonymous
05/21/2026 15:34
Subject: Parents, I’m sorry but you’ve got to teach your boys some manners
Anonymous wrote:Last night DS (7th grade) had a friend over after school, and he stayed for dinner. During dinner, I’m sorry, but this kid was just behaving in a way that was completely unacceptable. It wasn’t just bad table manners. He also said a lot of unkind things to me and DH, including saying my earrings were ugly and other things of that nature. This isn’t the only time something like this has happened with one of DS’s friends, either. I understand that it’s a difficult age, but I would never have dreamed of behaving this way when I was in middle school. I always feel so awkward disciplining someone else’s child, though! Parents of boys, PLEASE teach your sons some GD manners, because this is crossing the line. Completely. Okay, rant over.
I have a boy and a girl and the girl friends are ruder than the boy friends. Pretending boys have a monopoly on being rude idiots in middle school is laughable
Anonymous
05/21/2026 15:33
Subject: Parents, I’m sorry but you’ve got to teach your boys some manners
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Last night DS (7th grade) had a friend over after school, and he stayed for dinner. During dinner, I’m sorry, but this kid was just behaving in a way that was completely unacceptable. It wasn’t just bad table manners. He also said a lot of unkind things to me and DH, including saying my earrings were ugly and other things of that nature. This isn’t the only time something like this has happened with one of DS’s friends, either. I understand that it’s a difficult age, but I would never have dreamed of behaving this way when I was in middle school. I always feel so awkward disciplining someone else’s child, though! Parents of boys, PLEASE teach your sons some GD manners, because this is crossing the line. Completely. Okay, rant over.
Sounds like you’re raising a kid who gravitates to rude kids. What does that tell you?
+1. This is a you problem OP. Why would your son want a kid like this to eat dinner with his parents? Something is wrong with your kid.
Maybe the friend is lashing out in response to abuse and OP's kid is trying to provide a safe and stable environment.
Maybe OP’s earrings are objectively ugly.
Did you buy them at a craft fair? Was everyone involved in the making, selling, and purchasing of the earrings at least a little high?
Sorry to tell you but almost any top level creative work is done by people who either do or have done drugs. All of your clothes, movies, music, visual art etc done by people who get high.
Leonardo got high?
If true that certainly explains why music, movies, art, and clothes are so awful these days.
Anonymous
05/21/2026 15:33
Subject: Parents, I’m sorry but you’ve got to teach your boys some manners
Once when I went to pick up my kid at middle school, a few of her friends surrounded her as she came over to me (possibly bc I pulled out snacks for her) and one boy looked me straight in the eyes and clearly introduced himself, complete with holding out his hand to shake mine. I asked him to pass along my compliments on his manners to his parents.
Anonymous
05/21/2026 15:32
Subject: Re:Parents, I’m sorry but you’ve got to teach your boys some manners
Anonymous wrote:Everyone who doubts boys really are this bad, needs to watch Adolescence on Netflix.
Boys are absolutely horrible today!
I doubt it because I live with two boys and I see their friends and this is not worthy of a PSA. If this is a problem for you and yours, then I guess it was meant for you.
Anonymous
05/21/2026 15:30
Subject: Parents, I’m sorry but you’ve got to teach your boys some manners
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Last night DS (7th grade) had a friend over after school, and he stayed for dinner. During dinner, I’m sorry, but this kid was just behaving in a way that was completely unacceptable. It wasn’t just bad table manners. He also said a lot of unkind things to me and DH, including saying my earrings were ugly and other things of that nature. This isn’t the only time something like this has happened with one of DS’s friends, either. I understand that it’s a difficult age, but I would never have dreamed of behaving this way when I was in middle school. I always feel so awkward disciplining someone else’s child, though! Parents of boys, PLEASE teach your sons some GD manners, because this is crossing the line. Completely. Okay, rant over.
Sounds like you’re raising a kid who gravitates to rude kids. What does that tell you?
+1. This is a you problem OP. Why would your son want a kid like this to eat dinner with his parents? Something is wrong with your kid.
Maybe the friend is lashing out in response to abuse and OP's kid is trying to provide a safe and stable environment.
Maybe OP’s earrings are objectively ugly.
Did you buy them at a craft fair? Was everyone involved in the making, selling, and purchasing of the earrings at least a little high?
Sorry to tell you but almost any top level creative work is done by people who either do or have done drugs. All of your clothes, movies, music, visual art etc done by people who get high.
Leonardo got high?