Time for an amusing #parenting story.

This morning, I was putting some cash in my 12 year-old daughter’s backpack to pay for her lost school id card. As I was putting it in, I notice what looked like a gift card in the bottom of her bag.

I see on the front of it “$20” and “something something fundraising”, and on the back, a list of restaurants that you can use it at to get discounts.

Me: Emma, what is this? Her: I got it from the boys sports fundraiser. Me: You paid $20 for this? You don’t even like any of these restaurants listed here. Her: …

I didn’t have time to enquire further because she needed to catch the bus. But I was definitely wondering where she got the money, because last I’d heard, she certainly hadn’t saved up that much.

I find out later this morning that she got it from my mother-in-law.

So, it sounds like to me that she had a crush on a boy, and scammed her grandma out of $20 to impress him.