I am a 45-year-old, married mother of one. My sister and I talk on the phone at least once a month to catch up. Here is one of our conversations.
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Jane: How have you been sis?
Good, how about you? (We chit chat for a while)
Jane: Hey Jo, whatever happened about that boy who was bullying Tommy? When we last spoke, you had gone to the principal to try and get him to leave Tommy alone.
I may have oversold the bullying, it really was just picking and pranks, but the principal didn't do anything.
Jane: It sounds much different than when we last spoke. You were quite upset and it sounded serious.
Well, I found out some more about it and the situation has changed.
Jane: So tell me what happened?
Well, like I said after I talked to the principal, nothing changed and then one day I had to pick up Tommy at school for a doctor's appointment. Tommy pointed out the boy and as you said I was quite upset at the time so I told Tommy to sit in the car and I approached the boy.
Jane: Wow, what did you say tiger lol.
Well I walked right up to him, and said, "You need to leave my boy alone."
He turned slightly and said, "who are you lady," very snarky. I told him who I was and then he looked me up and down and said, "Wow I never knew Tiny Tom, had such a hot mom."
Tiny Tom was the belittling nickname he had given Tommy.
Jane: So, what did you say?
Well, I was a little taken aback and said; "never mind that, are you going to leave him alone?" He looked me up and down again
"Damn: you are such a MILF," he said.
"Are you even listening to what I am saying," I said, and then explained to him about Tommy being so sick when he was little and how that was why he was smaller and weaker than the other boys, hoping this would help him understand.
"So will you please be nice to him?" I say, but is silent for a second, he continued to devour me with his eyes and a look on his face that he was considering something.
"What are you willing to do for me?'' he said, and then flashed a devilish smile.
I was disgusted and just said "Well you better leave him alone." and left.
As I was walking away, I overheard him graphically describe my body parts that excited him to his buddies.
Jane: Wow how brazen he is.
I know, right.
Jane: So what does this boy look like?
He is a very good-looking boy. Do you remember Paul Dixon when we were in school?
Jane: Oh god, that hot?
Well he doesn't look exactly like him but he reminds me of him.
Jane: I remember how you and all the girls were so infatuated with him.
I wasn't infatuated with him.
Jane: Oh yea, well what about that notebook where you had written Joanne Dixon a thousand times.
Oh stop it.
Jane: I bet that is why he thinks he can get away with anything. Those kinds of people usually do.
Yes, you're right, so anyway, I had to take Tommy to the doctor but the next day I was back in the principal's office telling about the exchange the day before with the boy.
Jane: What did he say?
He started off by lecturing me about how I shouldn't have confronted him and told me to let him take care of it, which I knew how effective that had been. So I left walking to my car trying to think how I could resolve this situation, and when I reached my car there he was.
Jane: The bully.
His name is Matt; but yes. I guess he had seen me on the way in or out, so this time he confronted me. As I sat down in the car, he held the door open.
And then he says, "Nice to see you again Mrs. C." as he again ogled me with his eyes. "What were you doing tattling on me?"
I didn't like that he used the word tattling, it made me feel like a snitch, but I said, "Yes I did talk to the principal about you, so you better watch your step."
"Well let's see how that works out for you." he quipped. So apparently, he had as much faith in the principal as I did. He then put his arm across the top of the car and leaned in real close.
"But If I decide to treat your little Tommy nice on my own, maybe you will do something nice for me." And then kissed me on the cheek, shut the door and left.
Jane: You've got to be kidding me.
No, it happened just like that.
Jane: What did you do?
Well I was so shocked; I didn't know what to do. I just sat there staring at him as he walked away thinking did that just really happen. And then he turned around locked eyes with me and gave me a devilish smirk.