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- Go to I found out my "best friend" hated me. Even worse, I was the last to know!
I am sorry...
posted by
_Symphony_
on February 26, 2006 at 2:48 PM
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It must have been dreadful reading it. Did you ever confront her with the fact you read it? Maybe it wasn't about you?
posted by
Ca88andra
on February 25, 2006 at 5:01 PM
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That is awful
Are you sure it was about you? You would think that you would have felt it, but people can show two very different faces. Did you ever ask her about it? Maybe what she wrote and what she actually felt were two different things. Your teacher should have been shot!
posted by
Sherri_G
on February 24, 2006 at 7:32 PM
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Quirky...
I have a really hard time trusting others. There are things that have happened to me in the past where I have been very hurt. One time I figured I would let down all the walls and it was devastating. I recovered, but my trust of people was stolen. When the stupid teacher assigned the essay she gave the perfect fertile ground for someone to get hurt, I'm so sorry it was you.
posted by
dejtemper
on February 24, 2006 at 6:19 PM
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Quirky, that's very traumatic for you....
I don't know how you handled it, but you have. You are a very sincere, nice person which tells me you can love and trust in spite of it. You're a BIG person and I mean that in a nice way.
posted by
MaggieMae
on February 24, 2006 at 6:02 PM
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I understand your lack of trust in humans.
After all that, I couldn't find it in me to trust people either. As it is I don't trust easily--and I haven't been betrayed nearly as much or in such profound ways.
posted by
Jemmie211
on February 24, 2006 at 12:15 AM
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Quirky
I've been thinking a lot about karma today. Your situation is redolent of learning acceptance. With all of your rejections, broken promises, shattered innocence.
What a contract you signed up for.
posted by
avant-garde
on February 23, 2006 at 6:07 PM
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I'm shaking my head at that English teacher, mequirks, what with me being in said trade - disgraceful.
'When did her hatred of me begin?' ~ it began when the tosser of a teacher put the thought into her mind that there had to be someone she hated. What a disgrace - I'll say it again.
You want me to say it once more - what a disgrace, that teacher.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on February 23, 2006 at 3:04 PM
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It Happened to Me
I wrote about it a week or so ago attempting to go to the her mother's funeral. What was worse in my situation was that my best friends was also a cousin! She had attempted to date to guys that she knew that I was dating, in addition to other negative behaviors that I found out a month or so ago. I did not attend the funeral and had determined a few years ago that she had bad character.
Do not let it destroy your complete faith, because all are not like her. Nice post!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on February 23, 2006 at 12:22 PM
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Okay, this is a guess
But, having known too many teenage girls....she may have been mad at you on the day she had to write the essay and channeled it all into the writing. She may have even embellished because, well, that's just what some teenage girls who are ticked off do. She may have been embarrassed or even mortified to have gone through with handing it in and you finding out... and she lost a best friend because of it too. She does unfortunately remind me of one of my nieces. We won't go there 
I am sorry that you, as a teen who did not realize the potential irrational actions of teen girls, suffered as a result. She should have apologized no matter what and I sure hope that teacher never gave such a horrible assignment again!
posted by
FactorFiction
on February 23, 2006 at 8:16 AM
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Did you ever ask her why?
Not a good assignment either.
posted by
meeshe4
on February 22, 2006 at 7:28 PM
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Quirkyalone...
That would be a terrible experience for anyone, especially difficult during the teenage years. It had to hurt a lot. I am sorry that happened and it must make it difficult to trust others, knowing they may sometimes deceive. Yet, Quirky there are people, a lot of them that give of their love genuinely with no hidden motives and without pretense. I hope you have many in your life that are real and true friends!!!!
posted by
jacentaOld
on February 22, 2006 at 6:14 PM
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Hi Quirky
I think if anyone has a reason to be wary of other humans, it's you. What I'm hoping is that there's someone in your life who can offset these others who have let you down. I get along with most people, but nobody can escape strife in life. When it happens, I find that by concentrating on the people who love me and who do like my company, it has the effect of overwhelming any negative stuff which is being directed towards me by one person. They eventually go away or come around...
posted by
Lensman
on February 22, 2006 at 5:49 PM
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Quirkyalone
I'm so sorry that happened to you- what an awful experience. Truly, she was a very emotionally dishonest person- but there are many in this world who aren't that way, as I hope you have discovered...
posted by
Nanaroo
on February 22, 2006 at 5:37 PM
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strat--
it's a moment that one does not easily forget, that's for sure.
posted by
Julia.
on February 22, 2006 at 5:35 PM
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I would hazard a guess that such a moment would,
in fact, be the last straw. And maybe not a moment too soon.
posted by
strat
on February 22, 2006 at 4:22 PM
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