I haven't shared a Little P. story in a while, so I wanted to tell you about talking to his mom yesterday. Since we both work in the same school district, I can reach her office by dialing her extension even though we're in different schools. Anyway, I was thinking about her and P. yesterday morning and how we hadn't talked in a while, so during a slow time I rang her up to say hello. *
Anyway, we chatted for a couple of minutes, caught up, etc. When I asked her how P. was doing, she told me about something that happened to him recently. His middle school (!) is having a Valentine's Day dance this Friday evening. There was a girl he liked, so he summoned his courage and asked her to go with him. So cute! Right?
Except...you want to know how that little sh*t of a girl responded?
Turned him down, which is perfectly fine, but then she told her circle of little catty mean-girl friends that he had asked her, and they all laughed at him.
Laughed at our little P.!
I was so mad.
One granddaughter had a boyfriend all through high school and they went to dances together. The other sometimes had a boyfriend and other times went with a girl group. But it seems when they were on the floor, they just danced with whoever they were near.
ReplyDeleteThat's how it will be (dancing with whoever they're near) I feel pretty sure. These are really young kids.
DeleteMiddle schoolers are the pits. William can't stand girls, and does a hilarious imitation of them, *hand on hip* "That is a fake Stanley mug!" and so on and so forth. Honestly, I do not remember being so brand conscious as a kid, but these girls seem to be all about it. As I explained to William, it's a strange thing for them to get all snobby about. They have those things through no merit of their own. He says it doesn't bother him, but he was over the moon when I bought him a real Stanley mug at the beginning of the school year.
ReplyDeleteKids always want to fit in, so I can imagine that William really was over the moon about the mug. And girls can be brutal, especially to each other. I've never understood it.
DeleteNasty little girls who are probably not going to the dance at all.
ReplyDeleteThat would serve them right!
DeleteTurning him down is OK, but not going around and being nasty about him. From what you've always said about him, he sounds like a very nice boy. I hope he finds a better date when he's there.
ReplyDeleteHe's still really young, and he'll be okay. There will be plenty of time for girlfriends later on!
DeleteGirls can be terribly nasty, especially as a group. I wouldn't want to go back to my (early) teenage years, either, unless it would be with the knowledge and self-confidence I have now!
ReplyDeleteI can only hope for that girl and her friends that, when they see Not-so-little P. in his glad rags, their fickle little hearts miss a beat and they secretly have to admit that the girl he had asked made a big mistake in turning him down AND being nasty about it.
Groups of girls can be some of the meanest creatures on earth!
DeleteI had to look up what ages are at middle school.......much too young for " dates" and dances in my opinion! Too much pressure that doesn't need to be there at that age.
ReplyDeleteThey're "dates" in only the loosest sense of the word. These are kids pretending, honestly. I know that the middle school doesn't encourage the dance to be for "couples".
DeletePatsy would come in handy right now. And Karma is a bitch.
ReplyDeletePatsy is my spirit animal! Haha!
DeleteWell, that is a drag, but I suppose it happens to all of us. It's a learning moment, right? I love the AbFab meme!
ReplyDeleteIt is a learning experience! We all have similar stories from adolescence, I imagine. I hope he remembers how bad it feels to be treated like this and will be kind to girls in the future who are interested in him when he doesn't return those feelings. You can turn someone down without being mean about it.
DeleteChildhood isn't the rosiest of times and adolescence is difficult to navigate. Girls can be so unpleasant.
ReplyDeleteAdolescence is tough for everyone!
DeleteYeah, Little P should put that rejection behind him. Is there an online dating site for schoolkids he could use? Maybe "Kinder". You could help him with his profile.
ReplyDelete"Kinder" lol!!
DeleteI sure would love to see Little P in his Valentine's dance party outfit. I bet he was the hottest guy there.
ReplyDeleteThe dance is tomorrow night and I told his mom to send me a picture!
DeleteMean girls are awful in middle school. Hope he goes and has lots of fun.
ReplyDeleteMean girls stay mean throughout life, to be honest. I've worked with grown women who never outgrew that mentality!
DeleteMiddle school can be such a "mean" time for kids. Trust me, I know. I dealt with them for many, many years when I taught.
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