Girl Power
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Newsletter #1: The first theme is — Friendships
It was a horrid week of mud-slinging, with Victoria and Jane shouting my corner and Karen making accusations about me to her new friends and half the class.
The funny thing was I remember much of the shouts and name-calling going over my head. I didn’t cry or run home and hide, as I had done when the previous school had separated me from my then best friend, Claire. But let’s face it, far worse things than this had happened to me.
I almost felt detached from what was going on all around. A kind of disconnection which has returned many times over the years. It was probably my body and mind’s way of helping me cope with distressing situations.
Taken from — I Was Bullied by a School Friend for Being Poor
The above quote was written about a time when a previous best friend, Karen, turned on me when we began secondary school. After that experience, I made a conscious decision to choose my friends carefully and not accept any bad-mouthing from them. And that stuck with me into adulthood.
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