The TV said you should ignore bullies and they would stop harassing you. In practice this worked about half the time. The other half, you ended up with two tall boys shadowing you through a trailer park, their fingers taking little nips at your clothes, like dogs.

It was better that we never apologized to each other. Then we'd be admitting that we were wrong and we owed each other something. That's where people got into trouble.

Sarcasm was a weapon for children.

My mistake was assuming that when I got to college, people would not be such assholes.

Or that I couldn't stand to watch anything bad happen to you, because it was like it was happening to me too. Is that love?

The TV said you should ignore bullies and they would stop harassing you. In practice this worked about half the time. The other half, you ended up with two tall boys shadowing you through a trailer park, their fingers taking little nips at your clothes, like dogs.

When something awful happens, sometimes people get stuck.