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Help! Poor social skills...now I'm afraid to volunteer again
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 608128" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Thanks again, Susie. I am thinking of working with kids and am going to be fingerprinted...lol. I applied to volunteer at our school district <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> We'll see how it goes. I am also maybe going to volunteer at a church that has free clothes and shoes for anyone in the public. It is very similar to the other place only the volunteers are church folks and not felons and drug addicts. </p><p></p><p>Your right about how the ex-felons and ex-drug addicts do seem "fun" but that's only when they are on their medications (nothing against medications...I take them, but I don't skip them and I don't lace them with pot or worse). And when they start drinking again, it's not pretty, and we never know if they are. So...they are lots of fun until they implode and they always do. </p><p></p><p>I think I'm becoming attracted to boring. My life is pretty run-of-the-mill and peaceful, at least at home, but I've always found these different type of people fun. But they're no fun at all when they decide to bully you. And, since so many had been in jail, they have no problem bullying out in the open. Then...they stop being fun. Some of the volunteers at the other place were doing their community service there (sigh). And some started out that way and hung around afterward.</p><p></p><p>Some of the folks there were really nice, but, looking back, it was basically high drama.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 608128, member: 1550"] Thanks again, Susie. I am thinking of working with kids and am going to be fingerprinted...lol. I applied to volunteer at our school district :) We'll see how it goes. I am also maybe going to volunteer at a church that has free clothes and shoes for anyone in the public. It is very similar to the other place only the volunteers are church folks and not felons and drug addicts. Your right about how the ex-felons and ex-drug addicts do seem "fun" but that's only when they are on their medications (nothing against medications...I take them, but I don't skip them and I don't lace them with pot or worse). And when they start drinking again, it's not pretty, and we never know if they are. So...they are lots of fun until they implode and they always do. I think I'm becoming attracted to boring. My life is pretty run-of-the-mill and peaceful, at least at home, but I've always found these different type of people fun. But they're no fun at all when they decide to bully you. And, since so many had been in jail, they have no problem bullying out in the open. Then...they stop being fun. Some of the volunteers at the other place were doing their community service there (sigh). And some started out that way and hung around afterward. Some of the folks there were really nice, but, looking back, it was basically high drama. [/QUOTE]
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