Post by ashley868 on Feb 15, 2014 23:33:13 GMT -5
Just finished reading this book. I've been wanting to for a long time now. I don't think I did when I was younger, although some parts of it seemed familiar. That could be because I read this entire thread before I read the book. Anyway, I can really see Stacey's point of view although I can see the BSC's point of view as well. I'm not going to lie, at thirteen if I had the choice between baby-sitting or going out with my friends I would have wanted to go out with my friends. If there was a way to get someone to cover for me, I would have. I thought Dawn was out of line though by spying on Stacey. I wouldn't have been impressed at all if one of my friends was spying on me.
Stacey was right, they do need to have a life outside of the baby-sitters club and other friends. They always call the BSC a business which means it's a job, and people do need a life outside of work. There's nothing wrong with her wanting to have friends outside of the BSC and to still be friends with them as well. I felt bad for her when they all ganged up on her like that. It's hard not to get angry when people do that. My mom and my sister did that to me once because they thought I was doing something I wasn't, and they wouldn't listen to me. I ended up flipping out on them, which is something I never usually did. They told me that me flipping out was proof that I was doing what they thought I was doing. Although later they found out I wasn't and they ended up apologizing. But it was just the fact they were ganging up on me that bothered me. So I could understand Stacey's feelings when the BSC ganged up on her.
But I could also see the BSC's point of view where she was embarrassed by them. It does hurt a lot. I went through that in grade nine. It's kind of ironic because in grade 7 I outgrew my old friends. I started hanging out with new people, and they accepted me through all of grade eight and half of grade nine. And then we met other people in High School, because I was shy and not as pretty as the other girls they ditched me. To them, they felt embarrassed hanging out with this shy girl when the beautiful popular girls wanted to be their friends. So they ditched me, and it really hurt. I often wondered if it was karma for ditching my other friends in grade seven. Although I wouldn't have the guts to show up at a party I wasn't invited to like Dawn and Mary-Anne did (though I get the feeling Mary-Anne only went because Dawn probably forced her) and confront them. If I would have heard about it in grade nine, I would have sat at home feeling sorry for myself. It wasn't until grade ten that I found a better group of friends.
It's hard to say about the giggling over boys at thirteen. It's immature sure, I am not going to deny that and I don't remember how I was like when I saw a hot guy at that age. I do know that now being around other women, and I remember in High School as well that is something some girls and women do around men they find attractive. At least in my area they do, maybe it's different other places but I can think of last week for example. I went out with a couple of girls I know from work. We were just having lunch together. Well one of the older women we were with was giggling over the hot waiter, and talking about his butt. So maybe it's different personality type or something, but I didn't find the giggling over the boys that bad. I did understand Stacey being embarrassed by Kristy blowing straws out of her nose. That's usually something boys under the age of ten do. It's something you'd expect from the Pike triplets. And I am willing to bet if the triplets did, and Kristy was there, she'd scold them.
I also felt Stacey was a b*tch to Charlotte and Jamie. It's one thing for her to feel tired of the BSC, it's another to ignore the kids when she is actually baby-sitting for them. I wasn't on her side at all for that part at all. Coming from someone who really looked up to a teenager when I was a child, I get Charlotte's point of view completely. It's hard to understand when you're that young (I was six when it happened to me) and someone who admire lets you down. Teenagers are so cool to little kids.
Sorry for the long post. I had a lot of thoughts while I was reading this book. That's kind of amazing for such a small book.
Stacey was right, they do need to have a life outside of the baby-sitters club and other friends. They always call the BSC a business which means it's a job, and people do need a life outside of work. There's nothing wrong with her wanting to have friends outside of the BSC and to still be friends with them as well. I felt bad for her when they all ganged up on her like that. It's hard not to get angry when people do that. My mom and my sister did that to me once because they thought I was doing something I wasn't, and they wouldn't listen to me. I ended up flipping out on them, which is something I never usually did. They told me that me flipping out was proof that I was doing what they thought I was doing. Although later they found out I wasn't and they ended up apologizing. But it was just the fact they were ganging up on me that bothered me. So I could understand Stacey's feelings when the BSC ganged up on her.
But I could also see the BSC's point of view where she was embarrassed by them. It does hurt a lot. I went through that in grade nine. It's kind of ironic because in grade 7 I outgrew my old friends. I started hanging out with new people, and they accepted me through all of grade eight and half of grade nine. And then we met other people in High School, because I was shy and not as pretty as the other girls they ditched me. To them, they felt embarrassed hanging out with this shy girl when the beautiful popular girls wanted to be their friends. So they ditched me, and it really hurt. I often wondered if it was karma for ditching my other friends in grade seven. Although I wouldn't have the guts to show up at a party I wasn't invited to like Dawn and Mary-Anne did (though I get the feeling Mary-Anne only went because Dawn probably forced her) and confront them. If I would have heard about it in grade nine, I would have sat at home feeling sorry for myself. It wasn't until grade ten that I found a better group of friends.
It's hard to say about the giggling over boys at thirteen. It's immature sure, I am not going to deny that and I don't remember how I was like when I saw a hot guy at that age. I do know that now being around other women, and I remember in High School as well that is something some girls and women do around men they find attractive. At least in my area they do, maybe it's different other places but I can think of last week for example. I went out with a couple of girls I know from work. We were just having lunch together. Well one of the older women we were with was giggling over the hot waiter, and talking about his butt. So maybe it's different personality type or something, but I didn't find the giggling over the boys that bad. I did understand Stacey being embarrassed by Kristy blowing straws out of her nose. That's usually something boys under the age of ten do. It's something you'd expect from the Pike triplets. And I am willing to bet if the triplets did, and Kristy was there, she'd scold them.
I also felt Stacey was a b*tch to Charlotte and Jamie. It's one thing for her to feel tired of the BSC, it's another to ignore the kids when she is actually baby-sitting for them. I wasn't on her side at all for that part at all. Coming from someone who really looked up to a teenager when I was a child, I get Charlotte's point of view completely. It's hard to understand when you're that young (I was six when it happened to me) and someone who admire lets you down. Teenagers are so cool to little kids.
Sorry for the long post. I had a lot of thoughts while I was reading this book. That's kind of amazing for such a small book.