Daughter can’t land cute boy, world coming to an end.
I certainly understand how fragile teenage hearts are, perhaps particularly with teenage girls. My second daughter, using all the finesse normally associated with a sledgehammer, went after the cute guy in the dorm down the hall.
So far all is well, but then she discovers that he has a girlfriend, such is life. So then after this initial salvo (or was it an assault?) which lasted 5 minutes, she feels rejected and devastated. I understand this is painful, but after 5 minutes?
My counsel to her was that her life was not necessarily a train wreck as a result of this slight rebuff after a 5 minute conversation. But then again what do I know, as she none too gently reminded me. I’m working with her on her social skills, trying to impart that tack and sweetness might be other arrows in the quiver in addition to a sledgehammer. But, again, what would I know?