I think the girl with the big mouth should consider how she phrases her "corrections" of other people, or she may be asking to get more than she bargains for as a response. I have told people in the express lines that they are in the wrong line etc. However, If anyone of any age told me to get out of a theater, I think I would tell them...well, never mind. I am a grandmother now and would not keep a crying baby there ... or probably take a baby there. However, if a 16 year old girl started rudely correcting my behavior, my response would not be positive. From the tone of her letter, I suspect that she chose only the situations that she thought you would agree were obnoxious. If her peer group finds her disrespectful and embarrassing, I suspect that she has appointed herself as "the one who knows what is right and is willing to tell everyone how to do everything." Good luck to her in future relationships.

I am with MWhitten on LW1. If I ever catch my daughter behaving like LW1, she'll be grounded for months. It is not that teenagers should not correct adults because it is disrespectful. It is that she is being RUDE. People who go through the express checkout line with more items than allowed are breaking a rule, but it is even ruder to monitor items in other people's carts. One rude act does not make the other more excusable. If somebody has a crying baby in a movie theater, they are probably already trying to quiet the baby and get him out to the lobby. It does not help to shout at them. Besides, how does shouting at the person to get out make the theater quieter? Now, you have a crying baby AND an ill-mannered loud-mouth teenager. LW1 should read Miss Manners and get some insights how to manage her public behavior. As MW, I'll say - Good luck with future relationships.

LW3-switch to Soy Delicious ice cream. There's way less fat, no cholesterol, you can still have your goodie but without all the fat. Besides, the USDA allows a certain amount of pus into our dairy products and when you eat ice cream, you are also eating the pus that comes from cows who have mastitis from being pumped too much. Do you really want to eat that? That's why people develop mucus after eating dairy. Our immune system goes into action and produces mucus to fight off the bacteria. Do some investigating about dairy and believe me, you won't want to eat ice cream ever. Worked for me. BTW, I dropped 4 pounds.

Oops, I meant 40 pounds!

40, not 4 lbs.