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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can’t believe so many people are calling this bullying. This is why a lot of people don’t even take the term seriously anymore.

Look, kids do stupid sh*t. They do pranks. [b]I’ve pranked people[/b] and I’ve been pranked. At their age they really don’t necessarily understand how a spur of the moment dreamed up joke-prank could be really hurtful but it’s not bullying. They aren’t thinking of the future feelings your daughter would feel. Teens don’t think ahead like that; it’s science. I mean come on. What are we teaching our kids? Every time they get hurt feelings let’s run to mommy who’s going to call everyone within a 20 mile radius?

You’re going to make her look stupid twice getting all these people involved. That is the honest to god truth. I agree with the posters that the best thing to do is laugh it off and rise above. I’ve been on teams were the other girls went I. My bag and did things with my underwear—like that’s humiliating for a preteen/teenage girl!! I didn’t cry to my mom and I sure as sh*t didn’t get the school involved. I laughed about it even though I was really embarrassed. I wasn’t excluded after that. I was still friends with the girls. I am still friends with them 20+ years later.[/quote]

"I've pranked people" is bully-code for "I'm a bully". You should be ashamed of yourself. And the fact that you're still friends with other mean girls as an adult doesn't make you look any better.

Forgive us for not taking your advice seriously.[/quote]

I’ve had my underwear taken out of my bag and frozen at parties. I’ve had my underwear taken out of my bag in the  locker room and hung up where everyone can see. But I’m not afraid to say that I too had my own part in doing things. I never said I was perfect. But I do totally understand being a target and being humiliated and mortified. Don’t get it twisted, lady. And like someone else mentioned, how are we so sure OP’s daughter wouldn’t have gone along with it if she wasn’t the target of this prank? [/quote]

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