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Not so Sweet Sixteen - need ideas!

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OK, I need all your help with this. My beautiful, angry & unmotivated daughter is turning 16 next Wednesday. Our family has been through a very rough year & she has definitely added to it. My relationship with her is not so good. She is flunking all her classes & has got into way too much crap this year. I have done the counseling, etc. & am still trying. Her dad pretty much checked out of our family a few years ago so he is no help, but enough of all that.
The problem is she doesn't want me to do anything for her birthday. Originally she asked me to take her & some friends on a two day shopping trip to the city. No way can I afford that! She now says don't do anything. I want to invite some of her friends over, or have a get together at a restaurant. She says she if I do either of these, she won't participate & that if she can't have what she wants, she doesn't want anything. I am tempted to throw together a quick surprise party - but I am afraid that she may surprise us all with a "F--- You all" & walking out. My friend says I should do nothing, but how can I do nothing? It's her 16th birthday! How can I make it special for her without spending too much?
The problem is she doesn't want me to do anything for her birthday. Originally she asked me to take her & some friends on a two day shopping trip to the city. No way can I afford that! She now says don't do anything. I want to invite some of her friends over, or have a get together at a restaurant. She says she if I do either of these, she won't participate & that if she can't have what she wants, she doesn't want anything. I am tempted to throw together a quick surprise party - but I am afraid that she may surprise us all with a "F--- You all" & walking out. My friend says I should do nothing, but how can I do nothing? It's her 16th birthday! How can I make it special for her without spending too much?
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