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[blondeNchicken]

Love my light brahma. Just saying. She was the last to mature, but she's extremely quiet and docile. My SLW could have more personality. She's not the least favorite, but she's not in the top 10, either. Russ and I are celebrating our 7th anniversary today! People talk about the 7-Year Itch, but nobody says a thing if those 7 years pass by blissfully, no matter what trial has come up. These are the pics we saw when our profiles met on HotorNot.com Our engagement photo. Can you tell I was fighting a raging case of the flu? Totally lost it about a half hour after the photo shoot. Less than a year ago, at Tough Mudder. Through cancer, heart attacks, disabled kids, and poverty, we're still strong as can be. No fights yet!

Super cute you two! happy anniversary, and congrats on going strong for 7+ years

 

[Lacy Blues]

TOTALLY agree with SunnyDawn!

High school for me was miserable. I had a male bully who used to physically harass me, come to my house and vandalize it, you name it, he tried to torture me with it. On top of all the petty females there also, doing, well, normal petty teenage girl stuff.

Don't let it show that what they are doing is getting to you in any way. Throw on a smile, even if it's fake, and tough it out. It's only a few short years, and the "real world" gets so much better!

Then, go on to do great things, and you can laugh at your old bully when they're still living in their mom's basement and working at a community pool with a bunch of 15 year olds, for minimum wage

This is really good advice. It reminded me of my public school days... Ugh.

For whatever reason, the class bullies decided that I needed an unpleasant nickname which they really enjoyed taunting me with. It bothered me and it probably showed... made it that much more fun for them. Do you want to know what made it stop? It stopped practically overnight. It had gone on for months on end. When I told my Mom about it, she suggested that I pretend that I really liked the nick name. It was difficult, but I did it and I only had to tell one person that I actually liked the name. It literally stopped that very day!

So, hold your head up. If they laugh at you for something, laugh along with them. If they point out something about you to ridicule, exaggerate the behavior and laugh while you do it. When they call you whatever they call you, answer... cheerfully. It is difficult, I know, but if they are anything like the kids I went to school with, hopefully it will stop right away.

 

[SunnyDawn]

Just a note to younger folks on this thread. We, as adults, are not allowed to invite anyone under age to our private events without their parent's permission. Parent's would be informed of all the activities (like if beverages unsuitable for the under 21 crowd will be served) and they would need to accompany you to the event as well. If that works then please carry on with your normal BYC programming and please excuse this adult interruption.

 

[deserthomestead]

I went to visit my mom in Vegas yesterday and had dinner there. When I got home last night, another chick was dead. She was the runt and hadn't been getting bigger or feathering in. Sigh. That's 3 dead now.

 

[Peep_Show]

re: High school

Hated it. I was short, fat and very smart....literally the bully-target trifecta. My cadre of true friends (and indeed 35+ years later they are still my friends) I kept close to my vest and donned a Teflon coat for the rest and just tried to get along with everyone, although there were times when copious tears at home over the injustices couldn't dissolve the hurt. And you know what? By not rising to the bait and just realizing that high school was an endurance contest where folks were working out their own short-comings (which is what it really is in social hindsight), I was pleasantly surprised when I went (dragged and kicking) to a high school reunion decades later that everybody remembered me with "Oh, Dee. You were always SO nice." Who knew? The high school beeyatches may have grown up, but they couldn't outgrow their well-earned label that will haunt them the rest of their lives no matter how many civic good-doings they do.

Hang in there. The meek shall inherit the earth....or, at least, have the last laugh.

(this added later)

As an addendum: When I was in college I had a Psych 101 class and one thing I truly remember from so long ago was this lesson: No matter how many good things you do -- you can donate a kidney, adopt children, be a great civic figure -- if you run over a kitten THAT is what they'll remember you for. So drive safe, be nice and ignore the bullies because they're just really doing themselves harm in the long run. The high road is always the best route....safe(r) for kittens, anyway.

 

[americanvalkyrie]

Just a note to younger folks on this thread. We, as adults, are not allowed to invite anyone under age to our private events without their parent's permission. Parent's would be informed of all the activities (like if beverages unsuitable for the under 21 crowd will be served) and they would need to accompany you to the event as well. If that works then please carry on with your normal BYC programming and please excuse this adult interruption.

Good reminder! Makes sense, with a simple solution. Seth and FC/RoS's parents are awesome, anyway.

 

[RulerOfTheSkies]

You don`t have to live with them...

Anyways, RoS? I guess ROTS is kind of weird...

 

[americanvalkyrie]

You don`t have to live with them...

Anyways, RoS? I guess ROTS is kind of weird...

It's cause I was typing the response and was too lazy to scroll back to previous posts to remember exactly what it was, because the only things going through my mind were FC and your real name.

But ROTS is pretty funny.

 

[deserthomestead]

hmm.. anyone in the Vegas area have BRs? If I don't end up with a roo or two, I'd be interested in buying or trading unwanted roos for pullets.

 

[juneytunes]

Hi, I'm a newbie with 5 Blue Orpingtons and 5 Black Opringtons in Las Vegas that just turned 3 weeks old. Sure am having fun watching them run around. It's looking like I may have some extra roos. Time will tell. Anyone else here in Vegas?