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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 598559" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The thing that truly helped me get through these sort of meetings was knowing, truly KNOWING, that the reason for the cattiness was because these people had so little going on in their own lives that they NEEDED to look to my life and whatever little tidbits they could scrounge up to entertain themselves. they had so little brain power that they could not occupy themselves in any way except to point fingers and poke fun of those who did have interesting lives and enough going on that they didn't need to entertain themselves with others fortunes, good or bad. It allowed me to smile broadly and confidently and write them off as too small minded and boring as to be worth my time. </p><p></p><p>And trust me, LOTS of people tried the point and giggle thing over the years. By the time I had Wiz I was firm in my absolute refusal to allow those people to upset me or take up space in my head or my heart. Gfgbro was SOOOOOOOOO outrageous (riding his bike or walking around town with no clothing on when drunk/stoned was just the START of the things he did!) and while many adults did not connect him to my parents, they ALWAYS connected him with me. Esp the cops and the people who taught or worked at the high school here in town. He only went to the high school for one year, but he was memorable enough that it took more than the first year of high school for me to establish my own reputation.</p><p></p><p>These people ALL,every single last one of them, are ashamed of something and have something similar to what Trinity pointed out going on. NONE of them are immune. NOT ONE.</p><p></p><p>These are hard meetings to sit through, and you must follow the lawyer's advice, but remember that they ALL are hiding something and their cattiness is a cover for their shame and their fervent prayers that no one ever would learn and poke fun at their secrets.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 598559, member: 1233"] The thing that truly helped me get through these sort of meetings was knowing, truly KNOWING, that the reason for the cattiness was because these people had so little going on in their own lives that they NEEDED to look to my life and whatever little tidbits they could scrounge up to entertain themselves. they had so little brain power that they could not occupy themselves in any way except to point fingers and poke fun of those who did have interesting lives and enough going on that they didn't need to entertain themselves with others fortunes, good or bad. It allowed me to smile broadly and confidently and write them off as too small minded and boring as to be worth my time. And trust me, LOTS of people tried the point and giggle thing over the years. By the time I had Wiz I was firm in my absolute refusal to allow those people to upset me or take up space in my head or my heart. Gfgbro was SOOOOOOOOO outrageous (riding his bike or walking around town with no clothing on when drunk/stoned was just the START of the things he did!) and while many adults did not connect him to my parents, they ALWAYS connected him with me. Esp the cops and the people who taught or worked at the high school here in town. He only went to the high school for one year, but he was memorable enough that it took more than the first year of high school for me to establish my own reputation. These people ALL,every single last one of them, are ashamed of something and have something similar to what Trinity pointed out going on. NONE of them are immune. NOT ONE. These are hard meetings to sit through, and you must follow the lawyer's advice, but remember that they ALL are hiding something and their cattiness is a cover for their shame and their fervent prayers that no one ever would learn and poke fun at their secrets. [/QUOTE]
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