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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 203101" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My daughter, who is definitely easy child, wouldn't have said "My Mom made me come" but she certainly would have posted her boredom on her cell and MySpace, as do her friends (she has to let me check her MySpace). At that age, I think they certainly should try to act gracioius at family affairs, but often their hearts are with their friends. I'm not sure most of this isn't typical teen. If I had been the aunt, I would have probably grinned to myself and blew it off. I certainly wouldn't have tattled about it to mom. The difficult child in her probably thinks you were unfair and overreacted. But again I also think a lot of teens would have said, "It WAS boring." A easy child probably would have added "I didn't mean to let her know though. Sorry." Then, again, thinking about my daughter, she is twelve and very outspoken about how she feels. She may have just said, "Well, Mom I WAS bored" and leave it at that. However, if I told her to apologize, she would. Your daughter is 17. Family get togethers don't usually rate high in relation to friends at that age (even PCs). This is just my observation after raising three kids to adulthood. Anyway, I'm sorry it didn't go well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 203101, member: 1550"] My daughter, who is definitely easy child, wouldn't have said "My Mom made me come" but she certainly would have posted her boredom on her cell and MySpace, as do her friends (she has to let me check her MySpace). At that age, I think they certainly should try to act gracioius at family affairs, but often their hearts are with their friends. I'm not sure most of this isn't typical teen. If I had been the aunt, I would have probably grinned to myself and blew it off. I certainly wouldn't have tattled about it to mom. The difficult child in her probably thinks you were unfair and overreacted. But again I also think a lot of teens would have said, "It WAS boring." A easy child probably would have added "I didn't mean to let her know though. Sorry." Then, again, thinking about my daughter, she is twelve and very outspoken about how she feels. She may have just said, "Well, Mom I WAS bored" and leave it at that. However, if I told her to apologize, she would. Your daughter is 17. Family get togethers don't usually rate high in relation to friends at that age (even PCs). This is just my observation after raising three kids to adulthood. Anyway, I'm sorry it didn't go well. [/QUOTE]
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