Bless her...
My elder Sparklet is known for her outspokenness, always has either suffered, or made others suffer for it, but she's a great girl and I'm very proud of her..

She was bullied to hell at her secondary school, there was one yound lad who had decided it was his "Turn" to make her life a misery, which he did, for the rest of the term. Then he was off school with a weird form of bone cancer, resulting in an amputation of one of his arms up to the elbow. During his illness, the school went into overdrive collecting money for him, extolling his virtues as Captain of the school rugby team, top student and all round nice guy, which pissed her off no end, given how he'd treated her. So much so that when the collection came round at parents evening, she asked the collector what the plans were for the funds raised, they replied that they were compiling a list of suggestions, and stood with pens poised.

"How's about half a juggling lesson?" asked my dear daughter, before turning on her heel, marching off and leaving me to deal with it..
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 10:54, 10 replies)

Insta-Karma
Cracking comeback. Aftermath?
(J.T Squid, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 11:10, closed)

Once I'd stopped..
Cringing, and trying not to smile too much at her forthrightness..
I just told them she'd had a bit of a run-in with him in the past, and that the school knew about it, which they did..

It didn't help much when he died a year later, either...
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 11:15, closed)

Good
Sorry to sound harsh, but I have no time for people who amuse themselves by bullying others. If there's one fewer of these cretins alive on the planet, then that's good news.
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 11:42, closed)

Well there's that...
:-)
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 11:56, closed)

Great comeback.
I wonder what the word is for being proud and embarrassed all at once.

"Emboud"? "Proubarrassed"?
( Moey, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 12:21, closed)

:-)
All of the above!
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 12:41, closed)

Hahaha,
I too hate bullies.
(Juan Quar is clinging to her front teeth on, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 13:19, closed)

*peers closely*
No, you're not me.

That sure does sound like something my daughter would do, though.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 3 Dec 2008, 16:57, closed)

!
I love your kid--good for her.
(TDub Nunc id vides, nunc ne vides on, Wed 3 Dec 2008, 18:15, closed)

this
Is why I really can't wait for christmas!! Unless the Sparklet minor beats her to the "Lets wind-up Nanna" contest..
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 10:59, closed)