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Quoting Karith:
So, I was sitting here thinking that being taller than all the boys in grade school was a real curse. It made me feel self-conscious and I learned to slouch so that I could be at the same eye level as my girlfriends' when we gathered in the hallway before lunch to talk. When some of the boys would come over to talk, I wanted more than anything for one boy (in particular) to notice me. But as he stepped into our circle, he turned to me and said, "give me some room stretch" and I withered, horrified he would see me cry. I left and went to the bathroom, where my best friend followed and told me "boys are really stupid, aren't they?" The next day he had a black eye and when I asked my friend what happened, she said, "Why, didn't your brother tell you he heard what the (boy) said, and socked him in the eye after school?" After that, I decided not all boys were stupid.
So, I was sitting here thinking that being taller than all the boys in grade school was a real curse. It made me feel self-conscious and I learned to slouch so that I could be at the same eye level as my girlfriends' when we gathered in the hallway before lunch to talk. When some of the boys would come over to talk, I wanted more than anything for one boy (in particular) to notice me. But as he stepped into our circle, he turned to me and said, "give me some room stretch" and I withered, horrified he would see me cry. I left and went to the bathroom, where my best friend followed and told me "boys are really stupid, aren't they?" The next day he had a black eye and when I asked my friend what happened, she said, "Why, didn't your brother tell you he heard what the (boy) said, and socked him in the eye after school?" After that, I decided not all boys were stupid.
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