u/goldieturkeyvulture

Teenage daughter doesn't fit in

Ok, my daughter (15 years old) has grown up in Utah her whole life but for some reason, she just doesn't seem to fit in. She has tons of acquaintances but not really friends, if that makes sense. She participates in things and is on a sports team but there's just something that's just not working, and I don't quite get it. We're not mormon, and it is a place that's majority mormon, but that can't be the only thing, can it?

She's not neuro divergent or anything like that. She tries making conversation with other girls and asks them questions about themselves. But she can tell that they don't really want to talk to her and want to go back to their real friends. Luckily, she's pretty resilient and future oriented and is planning on leaving the state for college but I just have felt at a loss. I really don't get it. She's a very nice girl and she is pretty "normal" (I don't mean this in a mean way but just to explain that she's not alternative.) Could this be a Utah/mormon thing or just a normal girl thing? (I did not grow up in Utah.)

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u/goldieturkeyvulture — 5 days ago
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Teenage daughter doesn't fit in

Ok, my daughter (15 years old) has grown up here her whole life but for some reason, she just doesn't seem to fit in. She has tons of acquaintances but not really friends, if that makes sense. She participates in things and is on a sports team but there's just something that's just not working, and I don't quite get it. We're not lds, and it is a place that's majority lds, but that can't be the only thing, can it?

She's not neuro divergent or anything like that. She tries making conversation with other girls and asks them questions about themselves. But she can tell that they don't really want to talk to her and want to go back to their real friends. Luckily, she's pretty resilient and future oriented and is planning on leaving the state for college but I just have felt at a loss. I really don't get it. She's a very nice girl and she is pretty "normal." Could this be a Utah thing or just a normal girl thing? (I did not grow up in Utah.)

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u/goldieturkeyvulture — 5 days ago