Stuffed Animals

 For a while now I have had writer’s block where I couldn’t think of anything to write about. But then I was looking at my stuffed bunny that sits on my table (as you can see from the picture above) and I realized I can write about stuffed animals, so here we go. Stuffed animals…. wikipedia describes stuffed animals as:

 A stuffed toy is a toy sewn from cloth, plush, or other textiles, and stuffed with straw, beans, plastic pellets, cotton, synthetic fibres, or other similar materials. Stuffed toys are also known as plush toys (U.S. English) from plush, the outer material used, and soft toys or cuddly toys (British English).

 Stuffed toys are made in many different forms, often resembling animals, legendary creatures, cartoon characters or inanimate objects. They are often used as comfort objects, for display or collecting and given as gifts, such as for graduation, Valentine’s Day or birthdays.

 Some people even talk to their stuffed animals for comfort. If you are feeling lonely a stuffed animal is normally always there for you. I have a lot of stuffed animals because I just love them. My father actually calls stuffed animals “fanimals”, I don’t know why but I think that name for them is charming. By ElephantLuver

 Dating

Dating, every girl dreams of meeting that perfect guy, going out with him when you are young teenagers, and getting married as soon as you become adults. Many teenagers will believe that you are old enough to date but I personally believe the right age for dating is about sixteen and seventeen. Why I say at such an age is that when you are older you know what to do, and also importantly how to protect yourself is the person you’re going out with wants to harm you. Yes of course if mom or dad did it why can’t I? That’s the thing we want to grow up to fast. Some teenagers are smart saying dating is stupid and they are too young, then you have others saying that they are old enough. What I have noticed is that people mostly date someone just to say, “Oh yeah I have dated someone before.” But here’s a thing to remember what if the person you were dating actually had feelings for you and they well loved you. You would be doing a terrible thing when you break up with that person, because it will hurt them actually for a long time, and it can destroy the friendship if you guys had one. Just think you see your ex after a while and now it’s very awkward. It didn’t have to be awkward if you didn’t date him/her in the first place. But sometimes people get lucky where you find their high school sweet heart and they get married, but of the time they get married because someone got pregnant. It’s normally the same old story, they go to a party, there’s a lot of booze, no parents to supervise, and people are getting a bit drunk. What do you do when you are drunk and your boyfriend/girlfriend is there, you visit the bedroom? Nine months later, oops we have a problem on our hands. Sorry I’m getting ahead of my myself let’s get back on the topic. Just please I urge you please wait till you are older to start dating because at least then you are more mature, and you know how to handle things. By ElephantLuver

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 Friends Fighting

 It is always such a shame to see friendships being destroyed over a silly little fight, but we are all young and we will sometimes make mistakes. But it is mostly on how we act upon the mistake we have made. A fight can sometime start where one friend makes a remark about something the other one feels really insecure about. The other friends also normally doesn’t notice that she just hurt the other one’s feelings very badly. Another reason why people fight is because everyone has different opinions about something. Personally I hate fighting between friends and I always try to resolve the fight, but one thing a person should remember is it’s their business not yours. Sure, you don’t want your friends to be mad at each other, but the thing is it doesn’t even concern you. If the friends give you permission to come into the fight, one thing you must always remember DONT pick a side on which you are on. It will hurt the other person terribly to be alone in a fight. Another thing is that you shouldn’t drag your other friends into the fight. Mostly if a fight is going on stay as far away as possible so you won’t have to get in trouble if a teacher comes. One thing I have noticed is people doesn’t want to lose in the argument. The will actually start saying stuff that doesn’t even matter, but it may hurt the other one a lot. So a very important tip I can give you is ALWAYS think before you say something. First think how will it affect and/or hurt the other person, and secondly you can say something that your friend will use against you for the rest of your life.

 When you are now in the fight after your friends gave you their permission to be in it try to figure out why they are fighting. For an example your friend use to lie and make rumours and now she/he has changed. One friend comes and starts yelling to her about that not knowing that she/he has changed, what should I do to resolve this problem between the two friends. First try to explain to the first friend to keep quiet and tell her that the other friend has changed, that she/he decided she/he doesn’t want to be like this anymore. Second, try to get the lying friend to apologize to the other one for whatever thing she/he said that hurt the other one. A fight can sometimes be easily resolved but others can be a challenge. But always remember to be there for the both of your friends. Don’t start bad-mouthing your other friend be hide her/his back because they always find out what you said and you wouldn’t now want to be in an argument with him/her. So that was my advice on what to do when your friends are fighting. By ElephantLuver

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