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My kid asked me this morning if she was wearing too much makeup. I told her not if she's going to (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2022 OP
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ReluctanceTango

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4. Oh dear.
Fri Jun 10, 2022, 07:21 PM
Jun 2022

I believe the more, um, considerate way of saying “yes” would have been, “If you have to ask, then you are.”

That’s how my stepfather handled it, and it worked in getting me to tone everything down more than my mother’s snark did.

But your daughter’s mileage might vary.

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