cre8tiff Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 (edited) My 15 year old daughter went to the mall with two "friends". Both friends come from avidly religous families, one Jewish, the other Christian. We are agnostic. So my daughter buys a soda at a restaurant that offers refills. The other two girls try to convince her to let them take the cup up and refill it, to avoid paying for thier sodas. My daughter refused, because it would be stealing. They threatened her in the way girls do, and tried to get her to do it and she would not. They got all pissed off at her and left her alone at the mall. They have since spread nasty rumors about her, and basically poisoned her group against her. But my daughter has taken it in stride and gotten a new set of friends. Funny how the most properly moral of that bunch was the girl who DOESN'T go to church or Synagogue. Sophie...SA-LUTE EDIT: inspired by Big John's SIG, not Thread... Oi. Edited September 15, 2006 by cre8tiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Kids are cruel like that, good for her though. I was having this discussion with my business partner yesterday about a similar situation. These girls basically blackballed his daughter by spreading malicious rumors, unfortunately, kids that age are very impressionable and it only went downhill from there. His daughter actually transferred schools becuase of the incident and is very happy at her new school. For what it's worth, crea8tiff, the school was MICDS so you can imagine that those kids are as snobby as they get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big John Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 (edited) EDIT: inspired by Big John's SIG, not Thread... Oi. Though I was blackballed often too. edit: And Sophie did the right thing Edited September 15, 2006 by Big John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godtomsatan Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 So your daughter's a narc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrobn26 Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 (edited) A Tip-o-the-hat to Sophie! Sophie was my grandma's name and she was honest as the day is long! Edited September 15, 2006 by rocknrobn26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilthorp Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Having two daughters, I'm starting to see how cruel young girls can be. Now, I'm not thinking that my daughter is always 100% in the right, I have seen where she has been the victim of spread rumors and out and out outcasting by some of these girls. She has learned some valuable lessons in life before the age of 10, and is selective of who she really befriends now. It might harm her in the short term, but as she gets older, I'm hoping she is cautious in who she decides to befriend, after giving everyone an open chance on the front end. Tell Sophie that Gil said "good job". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whomper Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 A tip of the hat to your daughter and to you and the Mrs for guiding her into the decision she made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Glad to hear that she was raised to do the right thing... it must be very rewarding to know that the things you've tried to teach her have actually taken when she's out there in the world. As a side note, I hope you don't mean for this to be some kind of an indictment of people of faith. There are examples of bad people making wrong decisions across all demographics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 I am not sure if that is "stealing" or not. They offer re-fills. If she wants to let her friends finish her re-fill, then thats her business. Arent teenagers supposed to push the envelope a little bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Most religious folk that attend Church every Sunday feel that gives them a free pass the rest of the week...and then there are those of us that lead our life the right way every day of the week without the need to put on the act to everyone else on Sunday. Good for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skilly Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Most religious folk that attend Church every Sunday feel that gives them a free pass the rest of the week...and then there are those of us that lead our life the right way every day of the week without the need to put on the act to everyone else on Sunday. Good for her. Bingo. Great job Sophie! I can hope my daughter would act the same way in that situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Most religious folk that attend Church every Sunday feel that gives them a free pass the rest of the week...and then there are those of us that lead our life the right way every day of the week without the need to put on the act to everyone else on Sunday. What could you possibly show us to support this ridiculous claim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spain Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 What could you possibly show us to support this ridiculous claim? 43 years of living in the buckle of the bible belt has given me enough perspective to know that that is definitely true... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Dick Posted September 16, 2006 Share Posted September 16, 2006 Very cool. Congrats on obviously raising her the right way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chargerz Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 Honesty is an admirable trait for the religious and non-religious alike. Here's to your daughter!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiegie Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 (edited) So... you're saying that you are proud of the fact that your daughter doesn't share, right? . . . As for your "we are holier than thou even though we aren't actually holy" attitude, it's no less offputting than someone with a "holier than thou because we are holy" attitude. Edited September 17, 2006 by wiegie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted September 17, 2006 Share Posted September 17, 2006 43 years of living in the buckle of the bible belt has given me enough perspective to know that that is definitely true... Wow, there's some convincing statistical data. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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