I need DU help: How do I handle this situation with my stepdaughter?

[Pale Blue Dot]

She's laughing at my wife and I because we are on two different floors of the house talking to each other through the DU Lounge. How should I handle the lack of respect? (Note: she's taller and stronger than me, so I'd prefer not to make her angry. :scared:)

[flvegan]

1. Post embarrassing pics of her from her very early youth.

You know, covered in pudding, etc. Call it a "tribute" so she can't be angry.

[SeattleGirl]

2. Hehe!

That was exactly what I was thinking!

[TommyO]

3. Make her pay for an intercom system.

The need to communicate through DU will be gone, she won't laugh, and you'll have a new toy to play with.

[PassingFair]

4. Threaten PDA's....

my teenagers would MUCH rather my husband and I
communicate EXCLUSIVELY via computer chat.

They get GROSSED OUT over even rakish LOOKS...

[Skittles]

5. you want I should kick her ass, Finnfan?

yes INDEED

[Missy Vixen]

10. Wooo-hoooo!

It's always a good day for an ass kicking, isn't it?

:hug:
Julie

[Sanity Claws]

6. Let's talk about her here on DU

Or post some pictures of her, particular ones she doesn't like. Maybe someone here can photoshop them and "improve" them.

[SOteric]

7. Wait until she's got some fine young man over to visit her,

then buddy up to the lad and offer to show him her 'booger wall.'**


**No actual booger wall required to be an effective deterrent.

[Courtesy Flush]

8. Take her cell phone!

The one-size-fits-all punishment.

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Dude, I've talked to roommates from different rooms via MSN, but that is just sad.

Accept the laughter as legitimate critique.

[Maine-ah]

15. that's what my husband and I do

I'll be in the living room and he'll be in the man cave.

[Bunny]

11. I text message my daughter, from the living room up to her bedroom.

You are not alone!

[reyd reid reed]

12. Use the same medium to

recollect a....colorful....incident from her past. Things like her favorite blankie...her favorite sippy-cup....her potty-training issues.

Either that or brazenly flirt with each other -- any parental PDA is enough to send a teen screaming from the immediate vicinity, whether visual or textual.

[applegrove]

13. LOL!

[Midlodemocrat]

14. I'm an enormous proponent of

public embarrassment. I routinely threaten to do my Cher impersonation. Stops them dead in their tracks. :thumbsup: