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   rayannina said, 4 months ago

   The pilot has just turned on the “GET OVER YOURSELF” sign.

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   ejcapulet said, 4 months ago

   Oh please! Anyone who thinks their life is hard needs to come visit me in China. I do not live in nice expatriate enclave - I live in a normal neighborhood surrounded by normal Chinese people. I will NEVER complain about my standard of living, the US government, air quality, or the FDA ever again!!!

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   vasgar1 said, 4 months ago

   wow, when did she become so selfcentered? My paper stopped printing this when Joan was it? got pregnant. Glad I found it again!

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   Josh 1360 said, 4 months ago

   Yesterday, she couldn’t swim with her mom and her little sister at a natrual swimming hole. Today she’s b#%&-ing
   about having the worst life ever! Face, Holly’s a total loser!

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   lightenup said, 4 months ago

   Oh this is just typical 13 year old ranting. Teenagers (esp early ones) have no sense of reality.

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   Josh 1360 said, 4 months ago

   Holly has no sense…period.

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   Macushlalondra said, 4 months ago

   Lightenup is right. Holly’s a teenager and teenagers always think it’s all about them.

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   pearlandpeach said, 4 months ago

   Yup, Holly is perfectly norman…I remeber me then……

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   Sharch said, 4 months ago

   Sadly true. I’m dealing with an almost-16yo who thinks like that. I shake my head a lot…

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    eatteaphonenome said, 4 months ago

    Two words, Val: Summer Camp!

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    Doug Dean said, 4 months ago

    The problem isn’t Holly’s attitude, per se, but the fact that so many parents (Val not included) can’t tell the difference between nurtuing attitudes like that (thereby perpetuating them) and nurturing the child (which is what they should be doing).

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    TheDoctortheoneonlya... said, 4 months ago

    ( sounds like R.Dangerfield): ” Hey!, The kid reminds me of my WIFE, ya know a….Oh, Hello Dear, I didn’t see you standing there. Hey ! DON’T THROW THA………

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    dicatduke said, 4 months ago

    For once?! She tries to make sure the focus is on her all the time, every day!
    
    ejcapulet: you live in China? you’re a lot braver than me! What city do you live in?
    
    (by the way I agree with you)

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    humormehere said, 4 months ago

    I’ve got seven daughters. EACH of them goes through this “stage.” Some last longer, some shorter.

    I just ignore them.

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    russman131 said, 4 months ago

    Can anyone honestly say, they don’t think their own personal issues are the only ones that matter.

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    RinaFarina said, 4 months ago

    Just let’s make Holly’s life even more unbearable: tell her that from now on she and Alix will have to wash, dry, and put away all the dishes - after all, they eat, but they don’t cook. (Details to be worked out among the three of them.)

    Similarly, they should start doing their own laundry…

    THEN she’ll be a REAL martyr!!

    Somehow I don’t think Alix will mind doing these chores at all… She’s not a whiner like Holly.

    It’s too bad so few mothers insist on things like this.

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    big G 3469 said, 4 months ago

    Holly, take a “chill pill” you’re acting either a spoiled princess brat , a pre-teen drama princess or even a “Ego-rella” or a “Ego-zilla” If you think you have “the worst life in the world” think about the other who are worst off that you !

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    Ushindi said, 4 months ago

    One thing I’ve noticed in reading comments on “Stone Soup”, is how many adults forget about what life was like as a young person going through puberty. Either they have forgotten the way THEY acted, or they were perfect young teenagers who never ever had a problem with new and strange hormones rocketing through their systems one moment and disappearing the next. Mood swings through chemicals are pretty common during adolescence, for those who have forgotten. Jan Eliot remembers and captures those years beautifully.

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    prasrinivara said, 4 months ago

    How about this Holly–write an essay for grandma on how bad your life is, then see how grandma grades you on it!

    (hey, that’s a “2-bird” solution)

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    Tigger said, 4 months ago

    Holly.It’s Not About you!

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    bluetopazcrystal said, 4 months ago

    Two words that will wreck Summer. “Summer School”. Even if it is at home. That may be her problem.

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    laughaday said, 4 months ago

    Holly’s just going through that difficult stage between two and nineteen.