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• midribbon_action@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I can’t help but wonder if your son is shy about his relationship or maybe he has some fear about talking about it with you. It sounds like things are more serious between them than he’s telling you. It’s not impossible to make new friends as a high school junior, but the way it is described it sounds more likely they are romantically involved, and in that case, expensive gifts aren’t very strange for someone in an upper middle class family.

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• Forester@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Something to consider: To me this sounds like they are more than platonic friends. That’s a relationship gift if I have ever seen one.

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  • Pudutr0n@feddit.cl ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    To some people in my country, taking someone to mcdonalds is a nice date. Financial context is relevant to understand the emotional intention of a material gesture.

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    • Forester@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m saying that this is a “ring”

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• Widdershins@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Steal from the rich: accept expensive gifts from the rich

  Give to the poor: at the very least see if anyone needs his old phone. One of you may know somebody who has a cracked screen and is willing to up/side/downgrade to a phone in better condition.

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• throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  1. Reject the gift
  2. Start a meth empire
  3. ???
  4. “I am now become Heisenberg, the knocker of doors”

  (C’mon just keep it. Its not like there’s “strings attached” or anything, right?)

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• HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Why do you want him to return his gift? “A bit too much” can mean a lot of things.

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