Maggie and I returned to the pool for the afternoon.  She was having fun on the slide when all the sudden two boys she had been playing with splashed her in the face and called her a bad girl.  What hurt the most was the look on her face.  Hurt and confusion, I could barely handle it and teared up.  I never want her to hurt, but I know that is an impossible dream.  These years are going to be rough for me.  In all honesty, it is one of the reasons I never wanted kids.  They are here now, I love them so much and I have to relive my formative years all over again.

I wanted my advice to be screw 'em.  There are mean people in this world and you have to realize what you bring to the situation. You are individual who is smart, strong willed and awesome. Not everyone is meant to be in your life and when people are mean it has more to do with them than you.
Walk away, it might seem like these years last forever but they don't.  You will become an amazing adult.