My shy Granddaughter

That was a great answer from your GD Tanith. Why some school children are so nasty and cruel I don't know, and these are more worrying times than ever they were. Once upon a time they were the happiest days of your life.

For some they might have been, EllanVannin, but children have always been nasty and cruel. Good for your GD, Tanith for putting him in his place!

I was happy at big school from 1951 to 1956 Greyduster as teachers then ruled with a rod of iron and there was always someone " keeping guard " in the playground. It wasn't Borstal, honest !

Wow! Great answer. Respect to your GD tanith.

But thats a chat up line not an insult

That’s what I thought, notanan.

Still a good response, though!

I’m sure the kids with additional learning needs had a great time at school in the 50’s

Yes, I thought that was rather a nice "insult"!

I agree it’s probably a chat up line but it was also her way of making clear that at 14 she has no interest in him or any of his mates. She likes her male friends as mates and fellow gamers not as potential boyfriends. Good for her I say.

But her reply was flirting back! In quite a racy way! Fine if that was her intention...

I agree it was a sassy reply & quick thinking & will have impressed that bunch of boys.

She will prob get MORE attention from them, but maybe she's happy with that?

(Or maybe she didnt mean it and doesnt realise how sexualised the female lines in gaming plots are, and just thought it sounded cool?)

Great quick witted retort!
Why ‘shy’ though - sounds ‘sassy’ to me ??
Go girl!

Momof3, what's that supposed to mean ??

In the 50' we had something called discipline-----a word you hear less and less nowadays !

She’s always been on the shy side and prefers to avoid as much of the ‘banter/bullying’ that goes on around school. I don’t think for one minute she meant to flirt notanan2, she and her 3 friends keep out of the way by helping staff in the library at lunch times/breaks as the boys wouldn’t be seen there.
I agree about the discipline being lacking in our schools although the school are very quick to investigate any problems reported to them.

I’m so glad I went to a girls’ school, and my granddaughter does, too.