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Angels On The Infield3/25/2023 I was a need in high school and the target of bullies more than once, particularly Brutus (m). I suffered from undiagnosed depression and anxiety plus I was introverted so I did not socialize much outside of my very small circle of friends. There were two angels, classmates, whose friendship likely saved me from doing the unthinkable – Pasiphae (f) and Lysithea (f).
I won a pair of tickets to Gowan in the early 90s, and invited Pasiphae, but when she didn’t say yes then I invited Lysithea (who had access to a car). It was in grade twelve after my failed attempt to be elected student council president (male). One of the seniors and his girlfriend got elected because they were part of the ‘cool’ crowd (you remember The Breakfast Club - the five are described respectively as "a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal" - I would have been "the brain" as I'm sure you figured out by now, well, they were the athletes and princesses/snobs/cliché). We went to the concert and after to McDonalds (on the strip in Owen Sound). I felt like a third wheel (to the group) and went outside while they sat and laughed together at a couple tables). Pasiphae found me outside and explained to me that her friends (the cliché) and others had a lot of respect for me running in the election and I was welcome with the group. I think that even got me invited to the grad party later that year at a farm outside of town. I ended up walking home from that party, a story for another day. I was attracted to the both of them, but they were seniors and part of the cool cliché so I never stood a chance. Besides that, in grade 9, 10 and 12, three other girls had captured my attention (four if you count the one that I embarrassed myself by asking out only to find out she had a boyfriend – and a new bully for me). I think both Pasiphae and Lysithea went on to get married to local boys (men) and still live in Bruce/Grey.
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