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Social difficulties/loner by choice--what do you do?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 468288" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>As a kid I was very similar to MWM. Ok, as an adult I'm still that way. </p><p></p><p>I hated jr high and high school due to all the cliques and the stupid nonsense that goes along with them. I was picky about whom I chose to befriend. I didn't go in for gossipy back biting nit picking let's make fun of everyone sort of deal. Which, let's face it, at your daughter's age.....it's what 99 percent of the kids do. I had enough drama going on at home that the last thing I wanted was to be involved with it somewhere else, I avoided it whenever possible.</p><p></p><p>I had a few close friends. But I was friendly with most people. Friendly and friends are not the same thing, especially at that age.</p><p></p><p>Sounds like this girl who wants so desperately to be difficult children friend is trying too hard, is too desperate, and so is turning difficult child off. Reminds me of a girl whom I chose to be nice to once in jr high......took me 2 years to get her to finally stop stalking me. (ok, not actual stalking per se but it was almost as bad) She was ok, but the behavior turned me totally off.</p><p></p><p>For the most part I let my kids chose their own friends. Only time I'd step in is when a kid would be far too difficult child and would make mine worse. easy child had tons of friends was very social. Travis of course didn't get the whole social thing. Nichole was more a loner like me but she did have a small group of friends.......and they were all the type they didn't have to hang out together every second to know they were close friends. Know what I mean??</p><p></p><p>At 12, she's old enough to make her own decisions about what makes her comfortable socially. When the whole gaga for boys thing hits.......you may be wishing she was still a loner. lol</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 468288, member: 84"] As a kid I was very similar to MWM. Ok, as an adult I'm still that way. I hated jr high and high school due to all the cliques and the stupid nonsense that goes along with them. I was picky about whom I chose to befriend. I didn't go in for gossipy back biting nit picking let's make fun of everyone sort of deal. Which, let's face it, at your daughter's age.....it's what 99 percent of the kids do. I had enough drama going on at home that the last thing I wanted was to be involved with it somewhere else, I avoided it whenever possible. I had a few close friends. But I was friendly with most people. Friendly and friends are not the same thing, especially at that age. Sounds like this girl who wants so desperately to be difficult children friend is trying too hard, is too desperate, and so is turning difficult child off. Reminds me of a girl whom I chose to be nice to once in jr high......took me 2 years to get her to finally stop stalking me. (ok, not actual stalking per se but it was almost as bad) She was ok, but the behavior turned me totally off. For the most part I let my kids chose their own friends. Only time I'd step in is when a kid would be far too difficult child and would make mine worse. easy child had tons of friends was very social. Travis of course didn't get the whole social thing. Nichole was more a loner like me but she did have a small group of friends.......and they were all the type they didn't have to hang out together every second to know they were close friends. Know what I mean?? At 12, she's old enough to make her own decisions about what makes her comfortable socially. When the whole gaga for boys thing hits.......you may be wishing she was still a loner. lol [/QUOTE]
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