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November 24, 2008 |
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Dotted with Hearts
FOUND by Vladimir Antipov
in Massachusetts
I found this note on the floor in New Bedford High School-- I was walking to class, saw it folded up on the ground, and picked it up. The irony of the dotted-heart i's and the depressed tone of the note make it very surreal to me.
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
Gee, thanks dad, Love you too...
Why are only some of the i's dotted with hearts? The inconsistency bothers me.Not that I'm ocd or anything...
@ Narnian Nymph:
you're OCD
Seems like, you know in that thing where you read a sentance and have to count the number of "f"s, but you always miss the ones in of, cause it sounds like a v. Seems almost like she did that with her "i"s, only putting a heart on the ones you pronounce. Course she was writing it, so she sould really have noticed.
I had an asshole father like that. I hope this kid finds a way out of her bad situation, and I hope her road is a lot safer and less frightening than mine was. Poor kid.
omg. Her dad's all, like, whatever.
Tune in tomorrow for more drama!
I interpret the hearts over the I's as emphasis - they're only in "shit," "bitch," "slit," and "hi." the first three are apparently pretty emotionally charged, for obvious reasons, and the last... I need someone else's idea.
a very emotionally charged greeting with gritted teeth.
I wish this could be mailed to their house. I don't know that it would make a difference with dear ol' dad. But maybe if Mom saw it, it might change things.
This reminds me of the whole Mark Wahlberg, "Say 'hi' to your mother for me," thing.
Try opening your spelling book. Then you won't be so board.
Or so random and scatterbrained. This young woman's train of thought isn't stopping at any of the local stations, is it?
Scene: Kitchen of a suburban home. Father is cooking a meal. Daughter is at a table fretting with homework.
Daughter (callow, 15-years old): GOD! I am SO BORED!
Father (chopping onions): Go clean you room, then.
Daughter: Oh my god! You always say that!
Father: Your room is always a mess.
Daughter: Oh my god! You are such a jerk!
Father: Don't talk to me like that.
Daughter: I hate you! I really hate you!
Father: I guess you'll just have to cut your wrists like all the other girls, then.
Oh, and does the last 'sentence' read "I love my man not my dad..."? Or, as I first thought, "I love my mom not my dad..."?
At least we can be reasonably certain that Vladimir did not post his own note.
Assuming his real name isn't, like, Ashley.
i'm with gorgon on this one.
Effing Donny, what's up with that? If I had a dollar for every Donny of mine...well, I wouldn't be rich, I'd have less than five bucks, but one or two...or three is enough.
I think Judd Nelson picked this note up after Ally Sheedy dropped it on the way to the Saturday morning Breakfast Club class....
Daughter: Oh my god! You are such a jerk! I don't get why mom doesn't just divorce you!
Dad: 'Cause I make good chicken.
Daughter: Maybe I WILL cut my wrists!
Dad: Finish your homework first.
@ Librarian
"I love my mom and not my dad..."
I don't care HOW annoying teens get, to say to your own daughter - drama-prone or not - "slit your wrists and die" is beyond unacceptable. Yep, parenting teens is hard. Grow up and accept that. Then find ways to connect, not push them away. It's your job.
@Curious. You're wasting ammo, and something tells me you can't afford to run out.
I might be wrong, but I almost think those are just fat chevrons created from boredom and not hearts, hard to tell. This kid ain't gotta chance in hades with parents like these. One tells you to go off yourself with a razorblade and the other acts bitchy one moment, then the next she's telling you to say 'hi' to all your little friends for her. Not. A. Chance.
She (lets call her Britt) told her mom that she was feeling depressed because Danny told all the boys that she was a terrible piece of ass in the locker room at school...
Britt then told her mom about the incident and to her dismay her mom was upset with her for sleeping around at such a young age..."Who's gonna buy the cow when they can have the milk for free?" She said. I'm sure Britt tried to explain to her mom that it wasn't true.
But her mom gave her the silent treatment (until telling her friend Hi of course!) She finally told her dad about Danny & Her mom but in his drunken stupor he could only muster up a few words...
Kill yourself.
I'm going to take a shot in the dark here and say the girl is completely making it up (what her dad said). I had a friend just like that, who would exaggerate everything that came out of her parents mouth. I watched it with my own eyes several times. Needless to say, we stopped being friends very quickly and she turned that drama towards me. Fun Fun.
One exampe I remember vividly, her mother and her had been argueing over (probably) nothing. The girl was then grounded.
She said to her mother, "I'm grounded so much I might as well just *DIE* up here..." stomping up the stairs. I had been awkwardly standing between (but slightly off to the side of) her and her mother.
I followed my friend upstairs, as her mother was saying "Maybe you wouldn't spend so much time up there [in her room], if you would stay out of trouble and watch your attitude." (in a very calm manner).
The next day she was crying at school complaining about how her mom had told her "to just go upstairs and die, in her room" ....
yeahhhhhhhh.
What Dad probably said: "Oh, cut it out."
What daughter heard: "Go slit your wrists."
@Librarian, I support your theory.
Anyone have any insight... Do teenagers do this all the time?
I didn't, but then again I pretty much ignored everything my parents said for about 12 years. Only after not living with them for several years had I realized how much easier it is to live with someone who will put up with your sh*t (maybe not with a smile though)....
@gorgon - I don't understand what you mean. Running out of ammo? Please explain.
The hatred I've seen people direct toward their own kids seriously bothers me. We'll never know the truth behind this note - one of the things I love about Found! - but I do see people everywhere treating their kids like garbage. And, usually, it's for... being kids. Young kids who want to explore in a store, or teens who are moody.
I wonder is she's a 2x4 or a plywood.....
oops! *if* she's a 2x4 or a plywood...
Wow, didn't think this would end up getting posted. I found it about two years ago. To give a bit more background, New Bedford's a mid-sized city with a pretty financially diverse population. Whether it came from the suburb-y areas or not, I have no idea. It could have just as easily come from someone in the housing projects. Whoever it was, nobody literally slit their wrists over this to my knowledge.
Daughter: I hate you dad! I hate everyone! I'm just going to slit my wrists!
Dad: Slit your wrists and you'll die, honey.
******
Daughter: My dad told me to slit my wrists and die.
Friend: Your dad is such an a-hole.
I have a feeling I've said something similar here before,but...
If people were born as teenagers and not cute little innocent babies there would be a LOT fewer people in the world!
@Narnian Nymph
It bothers me too. A lot.
Cubby, are you a father?
I'm very thankful for my teens.
@ narnian nymph, i'm not ocd either. i am cdo; it's a lot like ocd but the letters are in alphabetical order as they should be.
It cracks me up the way kids spell bored "board." It's like the image of a dull flat piece of lumber.
This note is sad. I've seen too many like this, actually, picked up off the high school floor.. What is with parents, talking to their kids like that? And then there's Donny.. what's his problem?
I don't think she's bored. She's trying to shut down her feelings.
Too much angst.
I was surprised to read how many people think the writer of this note was exaggerating or lying. Actually, I think most teens tell the truth, but too many adults don't listen or take them seriously. Some lie, certainly, but it is a minority. (Some adults lie also. Probably the same ones who lied as teens.) I think the best policy is to treat young people as if they are telling the truth, until they have proven otherwise.
@kwyncee, you are my hero! Your comment made my day : D
@Nightingale
What? Too cynical? I suppose not all teenagers are Satan's children but can you imagine potty training a teenager?! ;)
No, no cubs for this bear. Glad to hear you have a good relationship with your teens. If I ever have any kids I'm going to ask you for advice. :)
haha First time I've seen one from my area! Much less, my old high school.
It's been 10 years since I've been a student there, but seems like not much has changed.
Did you find it in the core?
@ narnian nymph, glad my comment added to your day.
OMG! Danny said he banged me, too! What a total jerk! Let's conspire to give him, like crabs or something. (imagine sporadic punctuation and i-dotting in hearts).
sl<3t? really? heart above the i in slit?
the heart over slit cracks me up.
other than that, this girl is a tool. anyone who is old enough to be blamed for sleeping around should know the difference between board and bored.
maybe she should sli<3t her wrists and die?
wow.
...and my mom said "hi". very random.
Hm, interesting..
Well, she could be exaggerating or she could be telling the truth. I'm surprised that people on this board are so quick to assume she's being dramatic.. yeah the note makes her seem like a bit of an airhead but that doesn't mean she can't have awful parents at the same time..
My dad suffered from a mental illness when I was growing up (worst when I was a teenager) and he would tell me he'd be happier if I didn't exist, which is about the same as telling me to die. So, I wouldn't say it's totally out of the question that she's telling the truth..
Someone forgot to take her Adderol this morning.