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How are you sleeping?

December 2, 2010 by Margie Clayman 11 Comments

When I was in sixth grade, I was approached by a group of the popular kids. I had only been in the school with them for a year because my family had moved, and it had been made very clear to me that I was not in the hip and trendy crowd, so you can imagine my surprise when they approached.

“We want you to write some fake love letters and hide them so that this girl finds them,” they said.

I’d like to tell you that I refused off-hand, but I didn’t. I wrote 1 or 2. And for awhile, I was in that crowd of people. They invited me to eat lunch at the cool kids table, and they even shared their lunches with me, trading their cookies for my chips and things like that. I felt really good.

Then one day, the girl who was receiving the letters practically danced into class. She was holding the letter I had written. She was also feeling really good. Suddenly, I felt really bad.

I talked to the leader of the cool kids. I said, “I have to tell this girl that it’s me. I just can’t do this.” The girl was not happy with me. I confessed to the girl who had received the letters. She wasn’t happy with me either.

Needless to say, I was no longer welcome at the cool kids table. But I’ve been able to sleep really well for years.

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  1. Suzanne Vara says

    December 2, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    How am I sleeping? Not well. Not well at all. The laptop is generally positioned on the lap or next to me and when I do nod off I have the most bizarre dreams like Jason Falls is officiating my wedding and the groomsmen are Tom Martin, DJ Waldow but there is no groom. No one is standing up there. Funny but shows where I am.

    Oh you meant the way we treat people, right? I digressed. I am sleeping quite well thank you very much. I do not care much for undercutting or doing things that are not on the up and up. So when I do sleep, I sleep knowing I can keep both feet on the bed.

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    • Margie Clayman says

      December 3, 2010 at 7:44 am

      those are some weird dreams. I guess it’s just cuz you’re in Vegas 🙂 Maybe you’re marrying Social Media though. Hmmmm 🙂

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  2. Cristian Gonzales says

    December 2, 2010 at 5:28 pm

    Short and powerful.

    I had a similar situation growing up as well. I always wanted to be one of the cool kids, and could never fully become one…because I just couldn’t be as cruel as most of them were.

    Ahh well, I will forever be a loser, but that’s ok. Most losers turn out to be pretty kind people.

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    • Margie Clayman says

      December 3, 2010 at 7:44 am

      yeah, it’s all based on perspective 🙂

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  3. Jason Mikula says

    December 2, 2010 at 6:02 pm

    Sad thing is, most kids (and really, adults too) have a hard to admitting when they’ve done wrong & taking responsibility for it.

    Thanks for sharing, Margie. Many of us spend so much time wrapped up in our own issues, we forget or fail to see how our actions impact others.

    Cheers,
    Jason

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    • Margie Clayman says

      December 3, 2010 at 7:45 am

      Thanks, Jason! Agreed!

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  4. Ken Rosen says

    December 3, 2010 at 12:35 am

    Really sweet Margie. Would have had a good probability of connecting this post to you in a matching game based on your tweets.

    Cheers, Ken

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    • Margie Clayman says

      December 3, 2010 at 7:45 am

      Aww, thanks 🙂 hehee 🙂

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  5. Karen E. Lund says

    December 3, 2010 at 10:48 am

    Not sleeping so well lately, but I’m grateful to be reminded that it’s not my conscience that’s keeping me awake.

    It may have sounded like a harmless prank to your sixth grade self, until you saw the effect it had on the girl who was targeted… and realized, a little late, that this could not possibly end well. You were smart to ‘fess up when you did and not let the situation become worse, and seem to have learned a lesson into the bargain.

    (Ever wonder what happens to those “popular” kids later in life? I look at my friends and colleagues, almost all smart, educated and successful in some sense–and they all say they were the unpopular kids in school.)

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