“Actually, Mom and Dad, the reason that I want to wear makeup to the dance is because I would like to (hopefully) impress Aaron Hill, who just might be there. This way, I might be able to parasite off of his easy-pickin’s energies; I really like the way it would make me feel. What I truly want is to likewise impress the more beautiful people in life; i.e., anyone other than myself! I could thus parasite off of their energies in just the same way. I’d say things to my nemesis Tiffany Farrell like, “hey, I’m 13, and I’m wearing makeup, too; so there! Hmpf! Nyaah! Nyaah!” I would LOVE the way that’d make me feel! If only for a couple of seconds! And there you go; unabashed, brute honesty. Now. What do you say to that?"
“Actually, Mom and Dad, the reason that I want to wear makeup to the dance is because I would like to (hopefully) impress Aaron Hill, who just might be there. This way, I might be able to parasite off of his easy-pickin’s energies; I really like the way it would make me feel. What I truly want is to likewise impress the more beautiful people in life; i.e., anyone other than myself! I could thus parasite off of their energies in just the same way. I’d say things to my nemesis Tiffany Farrell like, “hey, I’m 13, and I’m wearing makeup, too; so there! Hmpf! Nyaah! Nyaah!” I would LOVE the way that’d make me feel! If only for a couple of seconds! And there you go; unabashed, brute honesty. Now. What do you say to that?"
Dad: “Nope.”
Mom: “Forget it, Kiddo!”