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Default Yesterday, 02:02 PM

Originally Posted by alicecullen94 View Post
Oh, I guess I sort of am. I never really thought of it like that. But okay, I will. My host sisters hug her all the time, so I don't think that culturally it would be weird. I guess it's weird to think of her as mom when I have a mom who I miss like crazy. But that's part of exchange, becoming part of the family, even if it is hard...
At first I had a hard time calling my host parents mom and dad because I had parents back home. I however, had no problem calling my sisters my sisters because i have no sisters here. So to fix that problem I just started calling my host parents mor and far. Mom and dad = natural parents mor and far= danish parents.


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They switched me into a different class today :\ instead of 5D, I'm in 5B and I hate it. I was getting comfortable with my class finally and my schedule was looking alright, and I could find my classes, and then they SWITCH me. I know one person in my new class, and it's full of typical immature teenage boys instead of my group of friends I'd made in my other class. They made fun of me for most of the day and I just wanted to cry the whole time. And they won't switch me back because my previous class had too many people :\
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Dear Host Sister,
You make a big show about moving out - while you're wearing my sweater, scarf, and underwear, none of which you asked permission for - and now, after 5 or so days, you return midday to tell me about all the things I'm doing wrong. Sorry I didn't open the curtains this morning in our room - you haven't been home for so long, I'd forgotten that you like the curtains open. And sorry I didn't clean up someone else's mess on the kitchen table - I would have, but I literally just walked in the door from school and hadn't even seen it yet. Yeah, I know you're upset that you have to share your room and your family with me, but I've really been trying. And you? No one has heard from you in almost a week, and then you come back and boss me around. I feel worthless when I'm around you, which is ridiculous. I love every other member of this family so much, but with you, I just want to lock myself in a closet.



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Host sister. can you try? i bring you gifts, try to talk to you, try to help you, compliment you.. but there we still just arent good friends. sorry i "made us late" when you didnt tell me what time we were leaving until 10 minutes before. oh and we still had to wait 20 minutes for everyone else. sorry i turned off your computer the wrong way. and sorry i spread out the cheese on a sandwich i made and it got all over the sandwich maker ("my mom is going to kiilll mee!!!!!! blah blah blah")!!! i didnt know you were going to heat it up!!!!! sorry i grabbed the wrong jacket when i was cold.. you dont have to call me stupid. sorry i left certain parts of my sandwich on the plate because it was just bread and i was full. you dont have to say "what did you do?!?!? dont do that when you go out because its not nice" i know how to behave when i go out, ok? i just thought that since it was just me and you in the kitchen table it woud be okay. but i guess not..? sorry it offended you? agh just so many little things but you can try to say it nicer. im sorry i do things wrong sometimes but im not totally incompetent.
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everyfreakinglittlethinghasgonewrong. I'm seriously getting afraid that these are all signs that I should leave before something really bad happens to me. Seriously. Every. day.
And I haven't seen my boyfriend in more than a week. Haven't talked to him at all in 3 days.


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Default Today, 02:33 AM

i am a stupid girl... and i don't like stupid boys, with mixed messages... and other peoples families that make me homesick because i just want to hug and snuggle on the couch with my real mom in canada


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