Question: Shoplifting gf? my gf 16 has been shoplifting. i ask her to stop cos i'll gladly work n buy the stuffs for her but she say she doesn't want my $. she say she's in for the thrill with her friends. how do i help her??

Answer: wow- i went throgh the same thing as  teen.  I was 17 and my mom hardly bought me clothes, make up or whatever.  me and my friend used to go to  target and "take clothes" and makeup until we got caught.  I was arrested and so was she- we got charged with burglary because the ammount of makeup  and clotheswe stole was over $300  (make us expensive).  I had to do community service, pay a restitution etc.  Getting caught was enough for me.  No matter what you tell her- what she steal will never be enough because every time she does it seems easier and easier despite the fact that it's free stuff.  All she needs is to get cuaght and that will teach her a lesson.  Hopefully she will learn it before she gets caught.  After high school i got offered a job at the Employment Developmend Department  EDD  government job and becauase of my background i couldn't get it!!!  I wa so mad a t myself for being stupid when iwas young.  Years have passes and that's in the past but- the emberrassment i went though is something hard to get over especially after my family found out what i was doing- they wouldn't trust me in their houses.  Tell her my story and see what she says.  If she doens't stop after you tell her- break up with her because if she ever gets vaught she can say that she was in it with you too!!!!!!!!!\n\nGood luck
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