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Editor’s note: We’re have a new feature here at GNMParents: Kid Concepts - These are essays written by kids, giving parents an opportunity to view the world as seen through the eyes of children, not adults. Today’s author is 13 year-old Nick Chance, please welcome him to GNMParents. His viewpoint on girls is candid and forthright, you have been warned!

1) Talking bad about themselves - This drives me nuts. Often there is a really pretty girl, and she says stuff like “Oh, I’m fat,” or “I’m ugly” or “Don’t waste your time on me I’m not worth it.” That just drives me crazy, and no matter how much you tell them otherwise they never deny it. But then once you get arguing you end up breaking up, so I just say that it’s my opinion and she can think what she wants.

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2) Play tricks – I don’t like it when girls do things just to see what you would do. Like pose as someone else on a chat room and ask if I really like her. Once, this girl paid this guy to call me and say that he was dating her. I got really mad but got a hunch it was a setup. I called her, and played her own game. I said that I saw her cheating. Then she said “Your lying I told him to call you it never happened.” And that relationship was done.

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3) Teasing with insults – Sometimes girls will be tease and think it’s cute, or that I like it. For example, one time this girl said that I was a geek, I got really upset and then she’s like “calm down, I’m just kidding.” When I was younger, about 4th grade, some girls would tease and then their friend would come tell me that they are doing it because they like me. I would think, “If they like me, why don’t they just say that instead of embarrassing me?”

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4) Jealousy - I have always been faithful with my girl friends, but I have a lot of friends that are girls. When my girl friend sees me hugging my friends or something, she gets really jealous, sad, angry, etc. One girlfriend told her brother her jealous thoughts, and he wanted to beat me up. Yuck.

5) Assuming the worst - Finally, if you say you’re going to be busy or something, or you can’t talk on the phone, some girls just think you are avoiding her, leading back to jealousy.

Much of this is based on my past year, because this is the year girls have really come into my life. It’s the first year I’ve been in public middle school, and there were many differences compared to elementary and private school.

[tags]kids, boys, girls, tween, teen, relationships, behavior[/tags]
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