At school today we were running the mile and this girl who likes me was making fun of me. I'm a really good runner but really thin- and she kept calling me 'chicken legs'. She had her stupid little posse of girls with her all laughing at me. Very humiliating. Eventually, after a few minutes of it, I lapped her and called her drumsticks. She has asthma and started running really hard. She had an asthma attack and had to go to the ER. I got hauled into the Office and yelled and screamed at about how much I hurt a 'poor girls fragile emotions' and 'what was I thinking' and this and that. That is so unfair! Society coddles girls like you can't believe! I'm in massive trouble and shes off scott free!
2007-01-14 15:48:42 · 15 answers · asked by fslcaptain737 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I guess my question is- what do you think of this?? Girls are coddled!
2007-01-14 15:51:08 · update #1
Well, of course they are, they are girls! You,being the man, need to take a little teasing in stride. I do not think that you are in that much trouble, but the school administration probable came down on you to show the girls parents that " they were on it ". Perhaps they are afraid of law suits. Why was a girl with that bad asthma doing running?
2007-01-14 15:57:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how old you are but my mother had this ole saying that she would say to me all the time when I was being obnoxious or just plain mean. There once was a girl who had alittle curl right in the middle of her forehead. And when she was good, she was very very good but when she was bad she was Horrid. Girls will be girls and boys will be boys no matter how you look at it.When girls have a thing for a certain boy instead of being nice like a girl should be they intend to be rotten instead and say things just to be mean but deep down they really like the boy.Remember the old saying...Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never harm me.? Well..in a sense it's true words can't physically harm you as sticks and stones but it can hurt a person emotionally..I know but the thing you should have done was just to ignore her.In a sense you gave her what she wanted which was attention for a come back but instead it came back to her with bad results. What comes around,Goes around! The office personnel should have listened to your side of the story with more of an open-mind then what they did but on the other hand you as a boy should have just ignored her and played it off like it didn't hurt. it would have been forgotten eventually with time.Don't let this girl get under your skin. The more comebacks you give her the more attention she'll seek. So ignore her.Then she might get the hint that you don't play.Good luck!
2007-01-15 00:29:26 · answer #2 · answered by shuggabhugga05 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im a girl and I wouldnt expect to be 'coddled'. I think you shouldntve gotten it trouble at all. She decided to make fun of you, and She made the decision to run faster with her asthma. Oh well if you said something back to her. She was saying it first.I think that guys and girls should have the same amount of respect for each other. Be the bigger man and ignore the girl. The way each person (boy or girl) acts is a reflection upon themselves.
2007-01-15 00:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by Nolagirl83 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's totally the girl's fault and I can understand why you would insult her... and it was her decision to try and run faster than you. And I know how this is very unfair to you, because the office people only cared about the girl's feelings and not yours, which the girl had obviously hurt. But you know, you're right. My friend, who is a guy, got into trouble, and his situation was similar to yours. (not the whole running thing, but the girl started the 'fight' and my friend insulted her and she cried and he got into trouble) But don't worry, you will get over it in time... hopefully.
2007-01-15 14:31:07 · answer #4 · answered by woo_la_la 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a 'novel' idea ...
Try asking her to discuss the following articles with you ...
EMPATHY--Key to Kindness and Compassion
- What IS Empathy
- Scriptural Examples of Empathy
- How to Cultivate Empathy
- Empathy Helps in Christian Activities
- Cultivate Fellow Feeling
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2002/4/15/article_01.htm
How to Make Real Friends :
- We All Need Friends
- Satisfying Our Hunger for Friendship
- Good Friends--Bad Friends
- A Note to Parents http://watchtower.org/e/20041208/article_01.htm
Should I Apologize? :
- Why Is It So Hard to Apologize?
- Apologizing--A Key to Making Peace
http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/2002/11/1/article_01.htm
Don't you think that calmly doing so would likely smooth things out between everybody? Own up for your part in it, & have a heartfelt talk. If you think that might encourage her feelings for you --and you wish to avoid that-- you could give her copies of the articles, along with 1 or more appropriate personal comments of yours added.
2007-01-15 00:34:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol drumsticks!! you're funny.. anyways, I 110% agree with you. I don't think thats fair in any way. If I were you.. I would go to the office and talk to the people who screamed at you and explain to them exactly what you just wrote! You didn't cause her to have an asthma attack.. she did! She knew her condition and pushed herself to run harder which would obviously trigger an attack.
2007-01-14 23:58:27 · answer #6 · answered by Lisa 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As another has said The school admin. is at fault she should probably not be enrolled in gym class if she has bad asthma .If they give you any more lip tell them that you've been intructed by your lawyer not to discuss the matter further directly with them and they should contact him if they want to harass you any more over this matter.As for the girl she should have known better.There is no end to the number of girls who will treat you like sh!t if you don't ask them out .She's just trying to get your attention to get you to feel something ,anything at all to get inside your head.Looks like her plan sort of worked eh?
2007-01-15 00:20:47 · answer #7 · answered by The Dark Side 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, no matter what anybody says, I wouldn't feel too bad about it, after all, you're not responsible for her actions, or her asthma. But I think you should probably apologise just to be polite and to defuse the situation, and so no-one can accuse you of being insensitive(or something). Not that I'm saying you're right or wrong, it's just smart politics.
2007-01-15 00:04:43 · answer #8 · answered by WOMBAT, Manliness Expert 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think any girl who can talk **** should be able to handle it and I think that if she had the balls to call you out then she deserves what she got. You calling her a name did not cause her asthma attack and if she can't handle being called a name then she should shut her damn mouth.
2007-01-14 23:57:48 · answer #9 · answered by freakyallweeky 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I think it's unfair that those in authority wouldn't listen to you. On the upside, I don't think she'll be calling you names anymore (or it could get worse - "You hurt our friend, you *******!!)
side note: I don't think this is a boy/girl thing. I think it's a "kids can be cruel" thing (no offense intended). Other possibilities for this girl - she likes you, or she's jealous.
2007-01-15 02:03:59 · answer #10 · answered by Dino 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋