Ask Phil - 002

Dear Phil,

My mother and I are really close. I am 13. There is only one problem. She doesn’t know I go out with boys. She is always telling her friends that I am different and not interested in that sort of thing. I want to know if I should tell her. The one other time I lied to her she cried because I kept a secret from her.

I need help,

pantsonfire


pantsonfire,

You say you and your mother are really close. How close? Is she right there with you? Because if she is, I'm sure she read your letter as you were typing it. So I don't think you are going to have to tell her, because she knows now because she read it.

Which is convenient because my advice to you was going to be to have your mother sit next to you while you type a letter asking someone for advice about your problem. And then your mother would have read it while you were typing it and then you wouldn't need advice or to tell her at all.

I hope that answers your question!

Phil.

P.S.
Tell your mother to stop crying. Tell her crying is for babies, little crying cry-babies.