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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:34 PM Original message |
parents of 16-17 yr old girls -- help |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Sounds to me like she's just insecure |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. two girlfriends, never had a boyfriend |
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jpgray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It does sound like a rationalization to me |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. I had a bad case of the "I Hate Everybodys" at that age... |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. you seem to have turned out okay |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I'm 38. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:46 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I'll be forty-one and a half in seventeen days. |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I'll remember to wish you a happy half-birthday... |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. oh, heavens, I know. no worries. |
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eyesroll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Not a parent, but I was a 16-17 year old girl awhile back |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. she writes, too |
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goju (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. Girls no, teens yes |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. Been there--if you take the pressure off, she will find her own way. |
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silverlib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
8. Back to school system... |
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Carrion (206 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
9. Huh? |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:12 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. You didn't even read the damned post, Pal. |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. But just for you, I checked with my sister. |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-06-04 02:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Sorry... |
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Fleshdancer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:51 PM Response to Original message |
10. It could very well be agoraphobia |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes we humans do suck but not as bad as some other things |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think you may have to sit her down and tell her to get her act together |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. If someone is depressed - telling them to "get their act together" is |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. She coud have clinical depression or another psych disorder |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 03:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. That's my hunch also. 16-17 is a high risk age , particularly for women |
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MrSandman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
24. Needs professional evaluation... |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
25. I went through this through my high school years |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Quark |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-06-04 01:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Thanks |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
27. everyone, forgive me for the impersonal group reply, but THANK YOU. |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. Sounds like Schizophrenia, not depression. |
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Doctor_J (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
29. first, get some professional intervention, |
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dolo amber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
30. Well, I have a 13 yr old |
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Nlighten1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. Sounds like depression. |
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seventhson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
32. I have a few thoughts I would like to share. I work with adolescents |
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onebigbadwulf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-05-04 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. With more knowledge comes more sorrow |
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Bjornsdotter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-06-04 02:13 AM Response to Original message |
35. Gifted... |
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praxiz (570 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-06-04 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
37. Ignorance is bliss. |
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Sparrow (81 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-06-04 04:11 AM Response to Original message |
38. she is smarter than most people |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-06-04 08:59 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I beg your pardon? |
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