How were you in school?

[Yakibomb]

So if you ever see people like me who are sulking and need friends, don't be afraid to go up to them and speak. Tell them that there's always a light at the end of the tunnel, and that things will get better every day, no matter how long it takes or how hard it gets.

Actually, I did this for a friend when I was in 2nd or 3rd grade. We'd be on a playground, playing and talking (no clue about what, probably video games), and eventually, he'd throw a tantrum, tell me things like "You're not my friend anymore!" and I would be left with that for the rest of the day. This went on for probably a long time, probably 6 months. Though, I went back to him each day. This was because there was a moment when I realized something...

One day, he approached me after school. I was on-guard and suspicious, but as a first-defense mechanism I mirrored his movements in an attempt to gain acceptance. I recognized that the things, his movements and so on, we normalized. So I asked him about his tantrum (in so many words) but he didn't quite remember that he even had this. I said, "ok", and that was the end of the discussion. He would still have these tantrums, but I was generally ok with this.

(I'm kind of getting off topic here... There was one time I remember, when we were playing SSB64 he'd want to be "bee Ness" (the yellow/black palette swap of Ness from EarthBound), I poked fun at his anger by picking Ness as that pal.swap and quickly realized my mistake--He gets up and resets the game! Ugh. We're still friends today but man... The guy just wanted to be bee Ness, I guess.)

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As for the school thing. I was a loner kid. That's pretty much where I'd like to leave that.

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