Comments on: Doing Nothing http://kickedbyanangel.com/2010/03/15/doing-nothing/ RUNNING,BIKING,SURVIVING...AND TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 22:15:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rachel http://kickedbyanangel.com/2010/03/15/doing-nothing/#comment-668 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:45:48 +0000 http://kickedbyanangel.com/?p=724#comment-668 Hey Fran–
You’re not alone. “Sybil” was bullied only a short time ago (cyberbullied, in fact) which led to her being ostracized from the “it” crowd. While she’s ultimately better off, it has definitely left her questioning things and feeling lonely. She’s younger and less savvy (and less confident) than Aidan, so she’s still needing direction and my push here and there. But it hurts just as much either way.
I, too, wanted to beat the hell out of this girl, a girl that had been her “bff” for a few years, and no apology ever came our way even after I confronted the parent. It spilled over into the schoolyard and became entertainment for the grade for close to two weeks. I can only hope that middle school broadens the horizons in ways that are beneficial. And if Sybil encounters more mean girls (and she no doubt will), then her experience will only help her to find the ones that aren’t.
Hang in there. You’re in good company.

]]> By: Karen http://kickedbyanangel.com/2010/03/15/doing-nothing/#comment-665 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:33:54 +0000 http://kickedbyanangel.com/?p=724#comment-665 Great kid with a great strategy – maybe if he wants a gentle giant to protect him he should go hang with Liam – with all of Liam’s problems they will completely forget about Aidan while they are picking on Liam! I hate middle school. . . but if Aidan wants to come over to our house, Liam is usually here, alone, with his XBox, trying to avoid all those kids himself.

]]> By: francesbarrie http://kickedbyanangel.com/2010/03/15/doing-nothing/#comment-664 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:30:46 +0000 http://kickedbyanangel.com/?p=724#comment-664 Love you Donald! If you need me to teach your kids how to throw a baseball…I am at your service!

]]> By: don http://kickedbyanangel.com/2010/03/15/doing-nothing/#comment-663 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:00:24 +0000 http://kickedbyanangel.com/?p=724#comment-663 Fran, this sounds like advice in advance for us. We’re still at the “who vomited today at lunch, boys?” stage, because that’s the only kind of question that will evoke a response. As you well remember, nothing of substance, certainly nothing educational, happens in elementary school for boys.

You brought me back to that evil Central Junior High in Waltham, where by being labeled the class fag and enduring the torture that went with it, I enjoyed permanent damage to my self-esteem. I pretend I don’t see the ball that’s coming my way and that I’m expected to catch and, here’s the embarrassing part, throw back, like a girl. (“Oops, it’s bouncing down the hill, how did I not see it coming?”). Of course as we age and those same darling kids get fat, divorced, fired, and start taking anti-depressants for breakfast, I do feel the score has evened a bit.

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