Grades 6-8 were horrid for me (and sometimes I was also horrid) and hindsight being 20/20 I wish I’d not been raised at the altar of people-pleasing. It might have been easier? I always envied kids who seemed to be able to shrug things off or better yet call out mean-girl shit.
It’s very true that former middle school boys have a higher t…
Grades 6-8 were horrid for me (and sometimes I was also horrid) and hindsight being 20/20 I wish I’d not been raised at the altar of people-pleasing. It might have been easier? I always envied kids who seemed to be able to shrug things off or better yet call out mean-girl shit.
It’s very true that former middle school boys have a higher tolerance for nonsense. Sometimes the stories my husband tells me or the way he and his brother (they are both over 40) act together is like - were you raised by bears??!
same. My husband is a pretty sensitive guy, not a bro by any means, and he keeps saying the stuff I find horrifying is in fact typical. I still have a hard time believing it. Again it makes me nervous b/c you're like how many clicks are we away from "locker room culture"??
Grades 6-8 were horrid for me (and sometimes I was also horrid) and hindsight being 20/20 I wish I’d not been raised at the altar of people-pleasing. It might have been easier? I always envied kids who seemed to be able to shrug things off or better yet call out mean-girl shit.
It’s very true that former middle school boys have a higher tolerance for nonsense. Sometimes the stories my husband tells me or the way he and his brother (they are both over 40) act together is like - were you raised by bears??!
same. My husband is a pretty sensitive guy, not a bro by any means, and he keeps saying the stuff I find horrifying is in fact typical. I still have a hard time believing it. Again it makes me nervous b/c you're like how many clicks are we away from "locker room culture"??