A Twist On Betrayal
Your teen is all pissy because someone they thought was a friend betrayed them, someone they thought was a lover, cheated or someone they thought they could confide in let them down. You listen to the transgression and then you tell them…
You tell them they should say, “Thank you.”Now, they’re really pissed. “What do you mean say, ‘Thank you?’ That was so wrong what they did!” You agree and add isn’t it better they did that early in your relationship rather than twenty days, twenty weeks or worse twenty years down the road. Look at all the time they saved you. They told you in less than twenty days that they weren’t worth your time. Some people have to wait twenty years to get priceless information like that. You should count your blessings.
Now, there’s nothing but silence from your teen as they try and let that thought sink in. They didn’t think about it that way. They don’t completely understand it either because until you have spent the twenty years you might not fully appreciate the twenty days, but say it anyway. They need to learn this concept and earlier is better than later.
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Greta post – love it. It makes perfect sense to us as adults but not as easy to convince them that this is the way it should be.