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Originally Posted by pylon

LOL.

This is right up there with not keeping score in soccer.

This does remind me of and interaction I had in Grade 2, and I actually remember it well. I was a pretty picked on kid, and had a lot of trouble interacting with other kids because I was such a spaz. During recess one day I wanted to play with some other boys that were playing with Star Wars action figures. I was crying because I was too shy to ask them if I could play with them. The teacher comes over and asks why I am crying and I tell her why. She says "Trevor, just go over and ask if you can play too."

So I do it, and the first thing that happens is the cool kid punches me right in the stomach, then I pissed my pants. I look back now and LOL, but I had a pretty rough ride for quite a few years. Being a young unpopular kid is tough enough, putting yourself on a big bright bench to expose your insecurities works great as a sad, tear jerking scene in a John Hughes film, but in reality, other kids are gonna jump all over it, and start calling you "bench buddy' until you snap.