Her stepfather was always screaming at her (go figure). Her mother was always mad at her (shocking). She couldn't keep friends (probably because her parents were so mean). Her boyfriends often acted as if they were going to hit her (only acted?). She was often hit on by her elementary school teachers (even the octogenarian female librarian). And once, a wild beaver (or cow or elephant) got into her yard and attempted to bite her. And there was that one time in church camp when the camp counselor locked her into a shower for 8 hours to teach her some lesson. Just because they locked the showers at bedtime and 100 other girls all had showering opportunities, it didn't mean she did!! How many other girls were attacked by a squirrel (or fire ant or duck-billed platypus) that afternoon?!?
Lord help me. There's one of these people in my life now. Things always seem to "happen" to her. She is never at fault. I have a hard time feeling pity for this person. But I don't have a hard time feeling disrespected and used. She may get a little more drama than she bargained for this time.
Why Do Bad Things Always Happen to ME?!?
By: Jo James (View Profile)
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I thought at first you were talking about yourself in a round about way. But by the end it seems you are really talking about someone else. I know a girl who is just like this one you describe. In fact, her life is so nutso that she never has time to call me back or meet me when she says she will. I'm not really friends with her so much anymore. Who can deal with that?
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