Question about teen age girls.......

[The empressof all]

How many pairs of jeans does a 14 year old need to be socially appropriate. My daughter and I are quibbling.....

Your thoughts?????

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

1. Mmmm

if *I* were the 14 year old girl, I'd say seven. If I were her mom, I'd say four or five should do her, max.

If she wants more ask her if she's willing to do the laundry for them, too.

[Annette]

2. Well..

My 11 year old daughter says you need one pair for each year of your age, so your daughter needs 14 pairs. LOL

[Guy Fawkes]

3. None...

Oh, you don't live in a nudist colony, do you...

[onebigbadwulf]

4. As many as she can afford with her part-time job?

I dunno.

I know that when I'm a parent, my kids will have to read books for luxeries like games and fancy clothes.

[MrSandman]

5. At least five...

With other clothes, several shirts for each.....

BTW, I have 19 and 21 year old daughters.

[olddem43]

6. I say two - one to wear while she's washing the other.

What does "socially appropriate" mean? I went all the way through high school with only 2 shirts and one pair of pants. I guess it depends a lot on your income level and priorities.

[The empressof all]

10. Yeah, teens find it very important to "fit in"

For the most part she is not a sheep and does think for herself about most things. However clothing is a means of self expression for many girls her age and it does have a heighted sense of importance because it is something they can control and individualize. She doesn't buy into the designer label, gotta have the $200.00 pair of sneaker kind of mentality. She just wants to present herself well physically as she develops her self confidence.

14 is a tough year for many girls. So far she's doing good.

[The empressof all]

7. Boy am I a patsy

She almost had me convinced she needed at least 14. One for each day of the week for two weeks. I thought 7 to 9 was reasonable but still alot.

I remember being very conscious about clothing when I was her age as well and I was deprived.......(OH POOR ME) I certainly don't want to over compensate for my own frustration by overly indulging her so I need to reality check sometimes.

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

8. Depends, how often do you wash clothes?

Give her enough to last one cycle + 2 extra (unless that means giving her more than 7). It seems to be the amount that most girls my age have :shrug:

[The empressof all]

11. Cycle?

Menstrual Cycle. I'd have to build another closet!

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

15. LOL

no I meant one cycle of laundry.

[JohnKleeb]

14. heh I really think you should do the girl thing full time

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

16. excuse me for being observant......

oh my god! i am so over you! ;)

[JohnKleeb]

17. well youre the only who actulaly has feminite tendencies

You have to add "like"
Like oh my god, this guy was so hot.

[ScreamingMeemie]

18. And don't forget..."and so um...and he was all like...and she was all

like..." At least this is the basis of any conversation among my daughter and her friends..You know? ;)

[JohnKleeb]

22. and then I was like you are so cute what is your like name

and he said it was like brad, I was like whatever. Yeah valley girls are weird.

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. I know. Gag me!!! And we're in Michigan even....

;)

[JohnKleeb]

28. Valley girls are weird

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

20. actually that's a California thing for both sexes.

I'm like so over that though... ;)

[JohnKleeb]

21. Yeah like no you're not

and I know thats bs because another one of my "sisters" lives in San Andreas. Oh wait thats where the new GTA is gonna be and I dont have a sister.

[LiberalManiacfromOC]

23. If that made any sense, I would probably be pissed

:D

[JohnKleeb]

26. my sister lives in Valejo ;)

:shrug: really though, I think I could have some sister or brother out there. My dad, heh my dad :).

[the Kelly Gang]

9. how long is a piece of string ?

[HEyHEY]

12. How many does she have?

[The empressof all]

29. Right now she has 8 that she will wear.

I think I'll offer a pair of Khaki's and hang it up there with her on this.



AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....

I'm tonight's Anti Christ!


666

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

33. that's plenty.

Of course, I have like 500000 shirts.

Which makes it not look like i'm wearing the same 5 pairs of jeans over and over.

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Accck! We go through this once a week, and she has a dress code

at school. She has three pairs of good jeans, one pair of scrap arounds...a pair of khakis and a two pairs of black dress pants. The pants money ends there for us. Anything more comes out of her cash flow.

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. My daughter says I am all wrong on this. Don't listen to me.

You need several...perhaps hundreds...of pairs of jeans to make it in the social world of the modern teenager today.

Like...OMG.

Nicole

[MrSandman]

But doe she telephone around in tha AM...

To be sure to wear something different from everyone else?

[The empressof all]

31. No- They IM the night before. (eom)

[MrSandman]

37. Telephone is so 90's...n/t

[Comicstripper]

19. I'm in high school, I can help

The answer is approximately 9, 847, give or take.
I don't get it myself. Then again, I'm a male, and would dress myself in pancake batter if it was on the floor by my bed.

[lil-petunia]

25. the square root of 14,440.

that is the closest that any sane measurement has come.

[Endangered Specie]

30. Its directly proportional to your credit card limit.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

32. Ha, say what? I'm a senior in HS...

I'm 17 so maybe I don't care quite as much but I only have like 5 pairs of jeans total. And most of those are covered with painting solvents and oil paint.

Yeah, but I'm also not the most popular kid in the world either. If it's important to your daughter, she should spend her own money on whatever is left in excess that you won't buy her :)

on edit: In the long run, the amount of jeans is proportional to nothing, and the square root of popularity is not evenly divisible by jeans. Also the amount of jeans- it depends on WHERE she shops. If she's shopping Old Navy you could get like 10 pairs of jeans. If she shops at Abercrombie... i feel very sorry for you.

[name not needed]

34. Wow. I have more jeans than you

But that's cause laundry gets done once in a blue moon at my house.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

35. Hey man

I also have khakis, a couple pairs of black pants, and some skirts.

But shirts, I have about 60, no joke

[The empressof all]

We're Old Navy kind of folks

Although there is something about Old Navy that I find disturbing. You are right the amount of clothing is not directly proportional to popularity. She doesn't really give a shit about being popular-She just wants the merchandise.

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