Need some help!

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Yup, root canal Monday. Sounds like fun. I can't wait! Note the sarcasm.

Anywaaay, I got Little Man back finally. It seems like he's been gone forever while I tried to get everyone healthy. So he is home and all is well in our household. I love him so much and missed him like crazy. But, he has a problem and I don't know how to fix it. And that is killing me.

Basically, we have completely different personalities. I have realized Toot is just like me and we can talk forever but with Little Man, it's kinda forced. This makes me sad but I don't know what to do about it.

Here is the problem. There is a kid (we will call him C) at school that is being an ass to him. Little Man really wears his heart on his sleeve and always thinks people are mad at him. If I say "Hey, don't do... whatever he's doing at the time" he always asks if he's in trouble or if I'm mad. EVERYTIME. That drives me crazy. Anyway, back to C. Little Man gets his feelings hurt so easy. I don't know what to say to him about it. C is a little shit but isn't hitting, threatening, or even calling him names. Just being real annoying. He's like that with everyone. I want to tell Little Man to just ignore him and not worry about it but he wont. I have talked to the mother and this kid gets in major trouble for this but keeps doing it. (She is a friend of mine.) I told Little Man that C had a REALLY hard life (biological parents are crack heads) until he was 5 and my friend adopted him (which Little Man already knows all about) and that the kid just doesn't quite know how to treat others and to just ignore him. I guess that was the wrong thing to say too because it didn't seem to help. But when Little Man is mean to Toot or Smiley (for no reason, he's moody) I always ask him "How would you like it if they treated you that way?" That way, he knows everyone is mean sometimes.

When Toot has problems with people being mean, I can just say "Ahh, who needs them. Make another friend that is nice." and it works. She is like me. 'If ya don't like me, go away. I don't need ya.' She blows it off and she's fine. We are so much alike, it kinda scares me. If Toot or Little Man is mean to Smiley, he just walks away and doesn't give it a second thought.

Hubby is the same way. If someone doesn't like him, screw them. Not his loss. But I can't seem to get Little Man to understand this. He wants to please them all and doesn't understand why he can't. I feel so bad for him but don't know how to handle it. I don't know what to say or do to make it better other than what I have already tried. I've said a lot "We can't please everyone and everyone is not going to like us. Some kids are just jerks." I have never told him to 'just get over it'. I am very compassionate and let him vent about it, I just don't know what to say.

So, does anyone have any advise? I know I can't stop C from being such a jerk, I just wish Little Man could handle it.

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