# Would you allow a rich family to take your 13 year old to Bahamas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 28, 2012, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-a-rich-family-to-take-your-13-year-old-to-bahamas/632947 "2012-08-28T17:01:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bad\_News\_Baboon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bad_News_Baboon)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-a-rich-family-to-take-your-13-year-old-to-bahamas/632947/81 "2012-08-30T04:00:03Z")
> [@elbows](#): > > This just in - A thirteen year old who doesn’t seem appreciative, or say, ‘thank you’ enough, to satisfy the Auntie who knew the value of a dollar at 8yrs, and is sometimes whiney! - film at 11! > > As you keep changing, ‘what it is that’s really’, bothering you the most about this, I am left wondering why you can’t find it, in yourself, to just be happy your niece doesn’t have as hard a life as you had? You’re not 13, after all. I agree with this. There seems all together too much snark from you towards a 13 year old. What I don’t get is that you talk about her as if you don’t really know her all that well. How could this be if she’s your niece? ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-a-rich-family-to-take-your-13-year-old-to-bahamas/632947/82 "2012-08-30T13:00:09Z")
> [@CookingWithGas](#): > > BTW I’m curious about the exact relationship. Is the girl’s mother your husband’s sister? **Ecamp** has avoided this question multiple times now. I’d bet good money she’s actually the girl’s mom and is still pissed that her daughter wouldn’t wear the stupid shirt to promote her business. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-a-rich-family-to-take-your-13-year-old-to-bahamas/632947/83 "2012-08-30T15:23:16Z")
> [@Ecamp1](#): > > But I did grow up knowing the value of a dollar-at age 8. Tell me about it. Damn, I was working two full time jobs when I was six, just to save money for college. These kids these days. My two-year-old talks back when I make him earn his keep, but no free ride for them. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-a-rich-family-to-take-your-13-year-old-to-bahamas/632947/84 "2012-08-30T15:44:43Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > **Ecamp** has avoided this question multiple times now. I’d bet good money she’s actually the girl’s mom and is still pissed that her daughter wouldn’t wear the stupid shirt to promote her business. Or maybe she’s the 13 year old, and is trying to get a feel for how much more she can get away with… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-allow-a-rich-family-to-take-your-13-year-old-to-bahamas/632947.md?page=4)