by Cocopop21 » Sun May 29, 2011 11:56 pm
I told a friend. I didn't mean it. I totally didn't mean to say anything. I was 19 and had had a couple of drinks with a friend, and we were talking about uni. I was moaning that I'd only got 85% in an assessment and she was laughing at me, and then asked why I was so harsh on myself. I told her that I had never been happy with less than 100%, it was the way I was brought up. She said 'Wouldn't your parents be happy that you're doing well, regardless of what percentage you get?' and I said, 'Well, the scar on my forehead's from when I got a 2 in one of my Standard Grade prelims', or something like that. I didn't mean it. It just came out.
She was shocked and didn't know what to say, and I realised what I'd said and changed the subject. It was awkward.
She brought that conversation up a few days later and was amazing. So supportive. I don't know what made me say it, but she has always been a fantastic support to me, and I'm really glad that of everyone I could have spoken to, it was her.
I told a friend. I didn't mean it. I totally didn't mean to say anything. I was 19 and had had a couple of drinks with a friend, and we were talking about uni. I was moaning that I'd only got 85% in an assessment and she was laughing at me, and then asked why I was so harsh on myself. I told her that I had never been happy with less than 100%, it was the way I was brought up. She said 'Wouldn't your parents be happy that you're doing well, regardless of what percentage you get?' and I said, 'Well, the scar on my forehead's from when I got a 2 in one of my Standard Grade prelims', or something like that. I didn't mean it. It just came out.
She was shocked and didn't know what to say, and I realised what I'd said and changed the subject. It was awkward.
She brought that conversation up a few days later and was amazing. So supportive. I don't know what made me say it, but she has always been a fantastic support to me, and I'm really glad that of everyone I could have spoken to, it was her.