Dec 26 2008
Caught in Victoria’s Secret
The day after Christmas is considered to basically be black Friday revisited and just like everyone else, you could have found me at the mall. However, I was completely unprepared for what happened while I was there. Looking around for a new bra at Victoria’s Secret, I turned the corner and was shocked to see my 13-year-old niece with her other middle school friends shopping for lingerie! If I would have been thinking clearly I would have kept to myself and waited to see if they actually purchased anything. But, I couldn’t help myself and blurted something out right away. After some nervous giggles and a poor excuse to say that they were “just looking” they quickly left the scene.
Now, having grown up in a small rural town I have to confess that we didn’t have a Victoria’s Secret in our area to go to. So, would I have shopped there when I was that age I don’t know……..but I do know that my niece is even more boy crazy than I was which leads me to wonder….is she just being curious? Is she planning for an event that I should be worried about? Is she shopping for something new to show her boyfriend? Or is it just completely innocent girls in the mall pretending to be older than what they are?
So tell me, what would you do? Would you tell your brother that you saw his daughter shopping in Victoria’s Secret? Do you have a daughter this age? If so, is she currently sexually active? Are her friends?
Amber
I think you should tell your brother. With the teen pregnacy on rise our children are growing up way too fast. If your brother is anything like mine, he may not think this is a big deal but it is. Liz