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To all you youngins out there, this Daily Mail "Dear Jane" article is a direct ripoff of "Dear Abby" and "Ann Landers" newspaper columns of the 60's and 70's.

The millenials and z'ers are probably asking themselves what is a "newspaper" and a column.

1 posted on 06/04/2023 1:21:44 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

It seems a bit contrived, and fake.


2 posted on 06/04/2023 1:22:57 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: DallasBiff

I’ve seen this and it’s disturbing. Traditionally, parents want their children to have a better life than they themselves have had. But at least some people these days (in my limited experience it’s 100% the mothers) feel great jealousy and are in constant competition with their daughters, constantly wishing to beat them and crush them and show that Mom is smarter and prettier and cooler than their child. It’s a staggering sort of mental illness.


4 posted on 06/04/2023 1:25:08 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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'What does she have that I don’t?

I'll take an insane mother for $500, Alex.

8 posted on 06/04/2023 1:28:08 PM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (If Kitty Genovese had a gun, she’d be in jail today.)
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To: DallasBiff

This thread is useless unless the daughter is older than 18 and there are pictures.


9 posted on 06/04/2023 1:28:57 PM PDT by DannyTN
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'What does she have that I don’t?

For beginners, probably a healthy self-esteem and a normal state of mental health.

10 posted on 06/04/2023 1:29:29 PM PDT by fidelis (👈 Under no obligation to respond to rude, ignorant, abusive, bellicose, and obnoxious posts.)
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To: DallasBiff

Smarter AND more intelligent?


12 posted on 06/04/2023 1:30:53 PM PDT by enumerated ( )
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Women hate it when their daughters end up better looking than them.

On the other hand, men love it when their sons end up being more handsome and better with the girls then they were.

14 posted on 06/04/2023 1:33:21 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (5,301,904 Truth | 86,921,174 Twitter)
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‘What does she have that I don’t?“

- A selfish, pathetic mother.


15 posted on 06/04/2023 1:34:44 PM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: DallasBiff

The letters are written by the columnist.


16 posted on 06/04/2023 1:35:36 PM PDT by I want the USA back (A man is not a woman. A woman is not a man. There is no in-between or undefined middle. )
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To: DallasBiff

Sleep with her boyfriend. That will even the score. /S


17 posted on 06/04/2023 1:37:03 PM PDT by Farmerbob
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Narcissistic mother better save up for a lonely old folk’s home.


19 posted on 06/04/2023 1:37:42 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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I thought this sounded familiar, except the first time it started with, “Dear Penthouse,”


20 posted on 06/04/2023 1:40:47 PM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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I just watched this episode on CSI.

The mother killed her.


21 posted on 06/04/2023 1:41:13 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Guns don't kill people, Democrats do. )
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What does she have that I don’t?

Knowing when NOT to eat an apple?

23 posted on 06/04/2023 1:44:28 PM PDT by Jonah Hex
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Jane, don’t worry. Everyone hates bitter ugly bitches so she probably hates you too.


25 posted on 06/04/2023 1:47:45 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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I should be proud of all this

No, you should be satisfied with this and thank God with humility. Oops, I used the “G” word. There can’t be an answer there! /s Maybe, just maybe, if you adjust your value system and hence how you behave you will have peace of mind. Look up to God and value godly behaviors. Mostly certainly don’t look towards a precocious, immature child for an example. Be the adult and help your child. Your child certainly isn’t a finished product.

28 posted on 06/04/2023 1:53:40 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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This is where being a person of faith is an advantage. You have to face your faults and ask God for help. You are accountable. And you already know that you are fearfully and wonderfully made, just as your daughter is.

As the mother of a beautiful daughter I soon realized when she was a baby that she was the star and I was merely part of her entourage. Not at all insulted by this though. I was proud and humbled that God had given this gift to my husband and me.


29 posted on 06/04/2023 1:59:23 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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Dear DallasBiff,

You are blessed to have a daughter is so blessed.

Be thankful and encourage her.

Teach her discipline, self-respect, and self-control.

Ensuring she is grounded in faith in Christ is the best start.

31 posted on 06/04/2023 1:59:36 PM PDT by G Larry (It is RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants by importing Cheap ILLEGAL Labor!)
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Wow!

Shouldn’t she be HAPPY for this?

Her daughter is her creation, after all. 9 months in the womb. The pain of labor. The joy of motherhood, having a loving toddler than child, then blossoming into a fine young woman?

I have a daughter and a son I love to pieces. Everything they excel at is better than me, and boy am I proud!


33 posted on 06/04/2023 2:06:15 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Repeal the Patriot Act; Abolish the DHS!)
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This is why women don’t run the world- they are jealous of each other.


34 posted on 06/04/2023 2:06:27 PM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie. )
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