Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Christmas

From present ideas to party food, find all your Christmas inspiration here.

What do (pretty grumpy, sullen) 13 year old girls like...?

13 replies

Mallowmarshmallow · 30/06/2019 20:18

My niece is pretty grumpy; never talks to us and doesn't socialise during family events so I don't feel like I know her at all.

Does anyone have any good ideas that could help me avoid giving her money....again!

OP posts:
TheWoollybacksWife · 02/07/2019 14:14

My DDs are older but have both gone through the introverted teenage years.

Does she wear makeup? A decent set of brushes (Real Techniques is DD2's recommendation) or a nice palette of nude/neutral eyeshadow shades. Morphe is another brand for brushes and makeup in general.

Books would have been DD1's present of choice or a Waterstones voucher so she could choose her own.

Cinema passes are a winner with my nieces and nephews.

foreverhanging · 02/07/2019 14:40

Seconding morphe here - you can get decent bundles for fairly good money.

EarlyModernParent · 02/07/2019 14:42

Posh skincare.
Notebooks for writing all their sullen thoughts in.
Earrings.
Tickets to something they can do with their friends.

sideorderofchips · 03/07/2019 19:54

Stationery

MamaRaisingBoys · 03/07/2019 23:27

Cinema or costa vouchers

InsertFunnyUsername · 03/07/2019 23:51

For you to leave them alone "cos you're so wet man"

Pieceofpurplesky · 03/07/2019 23:56

Spotty and smelly teenage boys if my form are anything to go by!
They all spray Victoria Secret sprays, have these handle things for their phones, love pandora and going shopping and to the cinema.

BiddyPop · 04/07/2019 09:41

With DD, its not makeup or toiletries etc - hates all that stuff.

Vouchers for audiobooks and music work well. Or for the computer game store.

She also is looking for a waterproof Bluetooth speaker to play her music off her phone when out with friends (on boats - hence waterproof).

And things for sports - gloves for hockey, gloves/parts/hats etc for sailing, nice sports gear generally (very plain black leggings - don't even THINK about colour, but the ones with mesh inserts are suddenly acceptable, brightly coloured socks that can be found at the bottom of dark gear bags, and tshirts that aren't "lame" -I'm still failing on the tshirts front!).

Weirdly, recently, her wish list has also included bedding (she wants jersey sheets, in dark grey colours) and storage boxes to organize her room.

And headphones - she likes big ones for relaxing at home, and earbuds (on a wire - not the ultra expensive airpods or whatever they're called!) to go into her phone (recently needed to replace the phone, so the old buds don't work anymore - not a round connection but a flat one).

And definitely vouchers for Costa, Starbucks, or places with nice salads (Chopped)!

namechangedforthis1980 · 04/07/2019 09:47

I'd go for vouchers! Particularly anything food related- so costa, local ice cream parlour?

Accessories? Selfie light thing for her phone? Pop thing that goes on the back?

Nice socks? DS's girl friends all like champion sport socks. They're not very girly girls though but still quite trendy ( oh I sound old Grin)

namechangedforthis1980 · 04/07/2019 09:49

@BiddyPop - you can buy a little dongle thing to attach to the new iPhones so standard earphone jacks work

OhTheRoses · 04/07/2019 09:54

I'd ask her mother in about November.

BiddyPop · 04/07/2019 09:55

Thanks NameChange!! Will have a look for those

PamelaTodd · 22/07/2019 15:48

Ime cash is the most wonderful gift at that age. Once they start working it’s a bit odd/thoughtless to give money but at that age when brands matter and you desperately want to fit in, cash is king.

New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.

This thread is closed and is no longer accepting replies. Click here to start a new thread.

Swipe left for the next trending thread