NEWSFLASH: teens borrowing clothes is still a thing.
I recently saw a post on a local mom’s FB group that brought back some memories.
If you’re not lurking in one of those local FB groups, let me just say you’re missing out on a world of petty grievances and thinly veiled passive-aggression.
It’s like watching Jeopardy on steroids with topics like “I’ll take drop off lines for $100” or “School lunch menu for $200” and “Bullying for $500.”
It’s a wild ride (especially as a homeschool mom).
Anyway, I saw post from a mom who wrote anonymously and was was sending out an urgent plea to moms of teen girls.
And no, it wasn’t about lunch menus, lost Stanley tumblers, TikTok trends, or the sudden rise of mystery odors in the house (though that’s a saga for another day).
Her emergency?
Her daughter’s friends are swiping her daughter’s precious (and probably overpriced) name brand clothes and not returning them.
Just to clarify — she said she wanted an anonymous post because she didn’t “want to point fingers and make accusations”—you know, except for the part where she totally did.
It’s like wearing sunglasses indoors.
You’re not hiding. We still totally see you. We all STILL see you.
She went on with descriptions so exact that even I (the person who is socially clueless and homeschools her kid) could identify the kids she was talking about.
And then I was like, OH YEAH. I forgot I totally did this as a teen.
My friends and I used to trade clothes all the time!
(I think I still have BFF Jodie’s blue sweatshirt, but don’t tell her.)
Kids are still out there swapping clothes like it’s a black market deal, and moms are still out there losing their minds over a missing AE crop top like it’s the Hope Diamond.
Naturally, I felt the need to pass along this wisdom to my homeschooled teen. You know, in that way we parents do where we think we’re imparting golden nuggets of knowledge and experience and nostalgia, only to be met with the modern teen equivalent of an eye roll.
I casually mentioned how back in the day, I too used to share clothes with friends, swapping outfits like they were Pokémon cards, and sometimes not see that favorite flannel for months (or, like, ever again).
Apparently, this was the most disgusting revelation my child had ever heard.
“Kids share each other’s clothes?!? GROSS.”
If only our biggest problems were as simple as who borrowed whose Crocs.
So, to the anonymous moms everywhere sending out pleas like bat signals, just know—this too shall pass.
I mean, you may never get that Arabess fleece crewneck sweatshirt or those Billabong Free Fall fray hem wide leg jeans back again, but there’s good news: In just 6 short months in the popular teen trend world, it won’t even matter anymore.
Until then, maybe consider attaching AirTags?
Just a thought…
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