And This Is Why We're Here

Hater wrote back:

Well it turns out you guys want to insult people instead of giving them truthful advice. NO I am not jealous. I think 15 is too young to spend every day with a boyfriend, and it's especially young to have to deal with a boyfriend who haas a troubled home life. If my parents want to help him, that is their decision. She's not going to be with this kid forever, and when she does break up with him he'll be heartbroken. No 15 year old kid needs that drama. BUT ha, your advice is to stop being a bitch because I didn't have a boyfriend when I was 15 and I probably still don't? You really wanna get legit with that advice? GOOD LUCK.

It's letters like this that make what we do worth it. Seriously, we love this stuff.

Hater, you do sound jealous, and your attitude will do nothing to help your sister or her boyfriend. So you can keep being angry and tell us we're wrong, or you can realize that regardless of how insulted you were by our advice, all we did was correctly point out that your attitude will get you nowhere.

You never once provided a legitimate concern about this relationship. Are you worried that they're sexually active? Are you concerned that neither one of them is branching out into other friendships/interests? You've said that her school work hasn't suffered, they don't go to the same school, and he's going to be gone for most of the summer. If it was a female friend hanging out at the house this often would you still be concerned? Why or why not?

When you properly articulate your concerns and make it clear that it's your sister you're worried about and not your particular black and white brand of right and wrong, then we won't be as quick to think you're complaining about nothing.

Tell your sister and her boyfriend that we hope they have a nice summer.