Big Girls Don't Cry

They get even don't they?

from JoeUser Forums
Ah....softball. My favorite sport in the world next to soccer. I love to play the game. In fact, I could play it for hours on end. I've never played highschool softball because I didn't try out last year. And I never played jr. high softball. All though I did try out in seventh grade, but of course I didn't make it because at that time they had one team which combined 7th and 8th grade. And the people that ended up making the team were of course daughters of the coaches and then all of their friends. No offense, but half of them sucked compared to the girls that didn't make it.

So this year I'm trying out for the school's softball team. Lets just say it's so much different from pony league(which I've been playing for the last three years of my life). And to make matters worse they've changed the highschool softball rules around. Gah! Don't even ask me why I'm trying out this year. I really don't want to, but my mom is making me. But it's like I want to play softball(I'm now too old for pony league), but then I don't want to play for the school. Does that make sense? I don't know.

Last night's practice was so painful. I've never done so much running in my life. And I probably wouldn't have if some of the girls would learn how to throw a freaking ball to the person they're throwing with. We had to run sprints like 20 times just for people screwing up. I mean how hard is it to throw a ball straight ahead of you, and then the other person catch it? Maybe it's just me, but it seems like my asthma has gotten worse than what it was.(if that's even possible). I thought I was going to die last night trying to breath.

Question? Is it possible to get a charlie horse in your butt? That sounds kinda weird but, I think I had one in my butt last night. And it hurt really bad. They were timing how fast we could run from base to base, and the pain made it a lot worse. But I'm happy. Because I missed all of last weeks conditioning and I'm still a heck of a lot faster than a lot of girls that were there for the conditioning. So that makes me happy. And I guess that's a plus.

I'm kinda glad we don't have school today. I'm so worn out and my legs hurt. But like they say, big girls don't cry, they get even. I guess it's time to live by that when it comes to anything. Maybe we shouldn't go around crying about things that have happened. I don't know. Is it so right to get even? Like spreading things around that aren't true? Does that make a person feel so much better about themselves? I guess it does, because it makes them happy to see people get hurt by things that are said, or something. But maybe those of us who are getting hurt shouldn't cry, but then again not get even. Or so, we could get even by not doing something back to them and try to show them that we are strong. Maybe that would be considered getting even.

~carebear~
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Truth be told, revenge isn't really the best path. Only if a wrong that transcends anything that you have ever witnessed requires revenge...and by that I mean nothing short of murder. Crying isn't bad except when done in excess....it's a way to express grief, frustration, anger, and anything else that makes you feel bad. I don't cry, though, I suppose that's a bad thing....oh, well...I haven't gotten even for anything really......so, I guess that's good....or is it?...hmm

Well, I'll see ya later...

~Zoo
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah crying is a good thing. I usually cry to make myself feel better. Or something like that. But I don't cry to get attention. If I wanted attention I could probably find a better way of getting it. But I think that crying for mental pain and physical pain are two different things. You may cry if you stub your toe or something, but that's different than crying over something that happened. I try not to cry infront of people though. But then sometimes it just happens that I do. Sometimes people make me feel like it's not ok to cry. It's like if they see me crying they think that all I want is attention, and that's not what I want.

~carebear~
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
Good luck, carebear. Baseball (and softball) is basically our "family sport", and we're trying to get our girls signed up for baseball rather than softball (many reasons), but just to get them out on the diamons will be good for them.

I think your mom is doing the right thing by having you go out for the team. If you play well, you won't regret it!

Once again, best of luck!

(and yes, it IS possible to cramp your butt muscles).
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thank you Gideon! I always wanted to play baseball as I was growing up rather than softball. Guess it's because I like a challenge. But the leagues that we've always had didn't allow girls to play baseball. If I do make the team, I probably won't regret it. I love softball.

(and yes, it IS possible to cramp your butt muscles).


Ok, I thought my butt was just being weird or something.

~carebear~