High school musical stage script

My Cousin ( 17M) is soon to be graduating from high school today and I ( 21F) wanted to give him something little for congratulations on this memorable life achievement so I went out and bought him red roses ( cause the colors of his school is red and white) and a grad balloon for the special occasion. I thought it was little nice gesture of gift until my mom ( 58F) took one look at it and said, “ What kind a gift is that?? You know, flowers aren’t for men you know? Men shouldn’t be given or gifted any flowers in any regardless.” After she said that, I told her of why she has to be negative every time whenever someone gets something for others but doesn’t say stuff whenever stuff is gifted to her?
Now, I’m starting to doubt the gift that I gotten for my little cousin if it’s to his liking. Whenever I asked him of what kind of present what he like for his celebration, he just said, “ Nothing much, It’s really up to you of what you want me to bring…”
Will I be wrong to give my cousin flowers as little gift for the congratulations of a major life event?

it has always been a problem of mine since i was in school. I never wake up. No matter what I do, I set N alarms, set high volume and I still dont hear it or always find a way to turn it off and get back to sleep or make it a background music of my dreams and a whole new dream turns on. It feels like 5min of sleep are always more important than anything. I was put in many difficult situations just cuz i didnt wake up on time (exams, important appointments, whatever). I usually dont set plans with people in the morning cuz i know im gonna upset the other person by not being there.
Also, im usually late or exactly just on time. I have a bad estimation of how much it takes to be there.
It feels like there is something stronger than me that pilots me in such instances of waking up or being on time.
Anyone like me ? if yes, how did you deal with it ?

This is just to vent but if someone has actually helpful advice pls leave it too.
For context in my country instead of a bachelor's then mact and med school here after high school (12th) grade u give mcat and go to college for mbbs (5 years of study+1 year of working as house officers in the affiliated hospital and with clinical rotations for the 3,4,5 year )
All government colleges have a set number of merit and self fiance seats. On merit u basically pay half or less of what self fiance pay if u score high enough on mcat and have the necessary grades from 10 and 12 grade board exams. I got in on merit. Now my college has a few big issues and only mine has these ones none of these others.
classes in heat of over 37 to even 40 at times we wouldn't have ACs in lecture halls just those fans mounted on the walls half of which don't work. But thankfully that's fixed now when I'm done with 4th year. although it frequently breaks (just the lecture ones none in teachers or even fiance department etc)
we find out 1-2 week or if we're lucky a month before that are exams are happening the next week or month. Bc our affiliated university is the City university not a medical one. So our exams are upto them and whenever the college asks them too, college gives us a estimate and it's always later than that. This year's estimate was January for 4th year exams, and we are currently having our vivas the theory exams are in June. And we had to go multiple times to them to remind them that we exist and protest to even get them done. All other years were done by March, we asked and we're told soon. No estimate of when, yelled at when we asked for one.(We finally got it after the protest the date was 2 weeks away, got shit from other years bc we ruined their students week while we couldn't even participate 😒)
We also have not been given our elective leaves, which are supposed to be given to 4th and 5th years but, bc our years start late they don't give us the leave or vacation time (summer off etc other years get them) to do the electives in bc "they already made the schedule" and when they did give them last year after months of begging, for the month of December, they held the finals evaluation exams (which counts in final grade) after giving us the ok knowing we wouldn't be able to go.
I've studied by myself, stayed on task for my whole academic life even through 9-12 board years as long as I had a structured system. I managed till 2nd year but in year 3 my brother got and later died, mom was sick after that (bed rest for months) I barely passed that year but understandable. But since the start of 4th year I tired to get back to my studies but idk why (maybe lack of structure or just me being lazy) I couldn't. I did all nighters to basically learn everything (bc I didn't even pay attention in class the whole year) 2 days before each exams. I feel like a failure now, bc I'm wasting not just my parent's hard earned money all the hopes they have of their "brilliant daughter" and my potential. I'm aware I'm wasting time, that I'm no where near ready to graduate in a year and help ppl, but i can't. I make up excuses in my head but there's ppl who have it so much worse and they're doing. Why can't I? Why can't I be like I was?

hi! i feel like i’ve gotten opinions from everyone else in my life on this situation, so i’ve resorted to this lol.
for some context, i (19F) am an american born indian daughter, whose parents were born and raised in india. about a month ago, i met this guy (19M, white) in college (this was the weekend before finals) through mutual friends. we went to go get dinner together that night with said friends, both felt a connection, and started to hang out. we’ve gone rock climbing together and got boba/went to the library together as hangouts, then officially went on our first date about 2/2.5 weeks ago. we went on a little picnic at a pond, where we read the books we got from the library and ate snacks together. it was really adorable, and i had decided a couple days before this date that i wanted to kiss him on this date. we had been talking everyday until this point, facetimed when we could, etc. i am relatively new to dating, as i didnt in high school, however, i’ve gone on many dates during the year (downloaded some dating apps to experiment), and normally am pretty quick to realize if someone is worth my time or not. from what i learned about this guy, he and i are very similar in terms of morals, work ethic, and ambition. i was fully okay with kissing him, and we did. fast forward, my parents ended up crashing because i did not tell them i was on a date, and they were not happy with learning that i was “physical” with him. they said that in our indian culture, such physical acts should wait until the two people start dating and are 100% sure about each other. they also said that it’s a slippery slope, and kissing can lead to pre marital sex, which is also not something a part of our culture. i told them that i am waiting until marriage for sex, as that is both something from our culture and also something i’ve decided on my own. however, i had decided days beforehand that i would be okay with kissing him if it happened. i said that if i wasn’t comfortable, i wouldn’t have gone, which is mostly true.
my parents are allowing me to continue seeing him, however, they said i was not allowed to “get physical” again. we went to the zoo a couple days ago, where we were somewhat touchy, and i did kiss him on the cheek, but not much more happened. afterwards, we went to my house to play some card games, and we did get touchy and intimate, but again, no kissing. at this point, it’s been a month of knowing him. i understand my parents concern of not wanting to rush physical intimacy and ensuring that this person is right for me, but i feel like i have a pretty good grasp on who he is now. sure, maybe kissing him at 2.5 weeks of knowing him was fast. but now it’s been a month. we’ve talked about my waiting for marriage and my parents/my own boundaries of no kissing on the date, which he was incredibly respectful of, and he said he is also waiting until marriage for sex. we are both very family oriented, to the point where we both agreed family and friends are the number one priority, even over romantic relationships. we both work hard in school to get good grades, he’s incredibly intelligent, and every day i find myself falling more and more for him. i’m not doing the best job describing just how well we fit together, but genuinely, we do.
here is where i need advice. on the last date, i was okay with not kissing him, and he respected that boundary, although when asked, he said he wished he could but wouldn’t in order to respect my parents wishes. hes worked very hard to ensure my parents like him, which they do, but they are so scared of me getting my heart broken by him. this is their whole reasoning behind “no kissing, you can’t get emotionally attached too early just for him to hurt you.” but like i said before, i feel like out of all the guys i’ve gone on dates with before, i’ve never felt more secure in a person and their values than him. i have virtually 0 doubts about him. he’s kind, he takes care of me, he truly cares about me and doesn’t let me overthink anything. he’s someone that understands me more than i thought possible. our next date is coming up soon, and i really do want to lower this kissing boundary. however, i’m nervous to talk to my parents about it. it’s only been about a week or two since they crashed our date and had this very long lecture with me, so i feel like they won’t take me seriously because i’m young and i have no experience and blah blah blah. but at the same time, i’m my own person and i can make my own decisions? but i don’t want to disrespect my culture and their wishes. i’ve told them multiple times that our morals line up for 90%, and the remaining 10% are virtually the same, but just a little different because of how i decided i want to follow them, and not to the exact T that they want me to. i feel like a bad daughter and that i made a mistake kissing him the first time by rushing into it, but now, i’m so certain i want to kiss him this time. i just don’t want to disrespect my parents. they mean the world to me, and have done so much for me. it would kill me if i hurt them the same way i did when i kissed him the first time.
to end this all of, what is ur advice for how i should go about this? am i in the right at all for wanting to kiss him during our next date? should i wait longer like my parents want me to? to what point do i have autonomy and to what point should i listen to what my parents have to say? (please keep in mind that my parents are born and raised in india while i was born and raised in america, and so our culture is not quite the same as american culture. i also live at home during the school year, so i am living under their roof all year around)
tl;dr: i want to have the autonomy to kiss the guy i like, but my parents are adamant that it’s against our culture and that i shouldn’t do it until i start dating him. however, i am certain that i want to. should i wait? or should i have a conversation with them about it?

I know I have another entry about this, but I'm worried and I could not find any other information so forgive me. I am from Turkey, and I want to apply for aviation engineering in August 2025. I will apply with my SAT and high school diploma since a high school diploma is not accepted directly. In Turkey, My normal average is 97/100. The SAT limit of this course is 1210 and if I get a score like 1220 (with a math grade of 800, the main problem here is the English section) I am afraid that this will affect my normal GPA badly. The question is whether the university cares more about the GPA or the SAT score, or whether the SAT score only serves as a threshold and if I get such a score, can I still get admission?

Hey everyone,
So, I've been doing a lot of thinking and planning about my future college career, and after countless hours of research and introspection, I've come to a decision that I feel really good about: I want to enroll at Yale. It's like, they've got everything. The cool job ops, amazing faculty/research, and gorgeous quad!!!! ffs!
Now, here's the thing. We all know how competitive it is to get a spot at Yale. I mean, they only have so many spots, and I really, really want one of them. I'm not that good of a student (1200 SAT), so, I've come up with a strategy that I think is going to help me out, and I need your cooperation.
This might sound a bit unconventional, but hear me out. I'm kindly requesting, for the sake of my career aspirations, that everyone here on ApplyingToCollege please refrain from applying to Yale this year. Just for this year. Think of it as a personal favor to a fellow high-schooler who has their heart set.
I know we're all striving to make it big in the college world, but if you could please consider other schools for your applications this year, that would be great. There are plenty of other amazing top colleges out there! Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins – the list goes on. Yale is just one of many.
I appreciate your understanding and cooperation in this matter. It's not every day that someone gets a shot at their dream college, and with your help, I'm hoping to make my dream a reality. Let's all support each other's aspirations, starting with not applying to Yale. Just for this year, please and thank you!
Sincerely, A Future Yalie.

Similar context to totally spies girls where these 4 high school kids are summoned by the back of their pencil lighting up (the eraser part) then they have to travel underground by elevator where they undergo costume changes. Then they have to complete a mission? It was a real life show not a cartoon.

I’m looking for a job. I have 5 years of experience in warehousing and logistics. And I’m only able to land jobs that are like $20 an hr. I don’t want to work these kind of jobs anymore because I think I’m overqualified and worked hard enough to be in a better role. I’ve been working at warehouses while I was in high school. I want a job that’s at least paying $50k a year that also helps me build my resume or grow with the company.

I think for the most part why I’m struggling is because I’m not taking actions in my life. So I wrote down goals 6 years ago when I was in high school that I have no accomplished. I think I’m still living this stage despite I’m older now. I’m 27 but my life has become a hell lately. I have not been working for a year now. I don’t drive. I had not taken classes in college for 6 months now.
The only reason is I’m confused and I’m looking for assurance. I’m scared to reach out for advice. So idk how to solve problems. Watching videos, googling and asking Ai doesn’t help

My lovely, sweet son has been defying our sleep routines lately. He’s clearly quite pleased with his attempts to manipulate us to stay up. With his last chance busted (no more running out of your room for fake excuses!), my husband pulled the rip cord last night and said no TV for a week. Now, this is not my favorite way to discipline, but once my husband said that in front of the boy, I felt like I had to back my husband and not debate the issue with my kid listening.
Today, my son was complaining that he kept hearing the Bluey music in his head. The compromise solution was this: go to the Bluey Wiki, open episode scripts, and perform the scripts ourselves. It was really fun! Highly recommended if your kid wants a Bluey fix but has had too much TV.

I 23F and my friend 23F have been inseparable since we were freshman I’m high school. I’ve loved her through all the mistakes she’s made and have never judged her for any of them (Even though they were horrible) i can confidently say I’ve been a very good friend to her. Suddenly she’d been a little distant so i asked her to hang out to catch up (she works more than fourty hours a week in the summer, not hearing from her for a while is the norm but we go through phases of talking every day and not talking for a few weeks bc life.) She tells me she met a guy 30M and they’ve been dating for four months and plan on getting married within the next month. While we were hanging out he texts her and is just being so toxic, the type who tries to “catch her in a lie” when she’s not lying about anything and interrogate her so badly that she had ME replying for her bc it stresses her out so bad, she says he brings up the same things every week and does this all the time. I hasn’t heard from her after this in a month or two so was texting her here and there to make sure she’s okay. Our friends also were texting me asking if i had heard from her. She changed her number to be on his phone plan and texted me from her new number. She suddenly FaceTimed me saying she’s cutting everyone including her own sister off because she’s just “in a different place in life, more mature, and it’s normal to mature and not talk to people anymore and was mad that i shared her number with our friends” when she hadn’t told me not to and i wasn’t aware that was her intentions. I texted her a whole paragraph of how i see red flags in this man and what she’s saying doesn’t make sense and how she’s been in one other relationship ever so i think this is moving too fast. her friends aren’t bums and half are in med school and live by themselves so it doesn’t make sense that they’re not “mature” enough for her. Haven’t heard from her since but now i know she’s pregnant and going to give birth shortly. I texted her on her birthday just saying “happy birthday miss you hope you’re doing something fun” and got no reply. How do you guys stop feeling sad after a loved one chooses a man over you? Especially when it doesn’t seem like a man who treats her well.
TLDR: my best friend chose a toxic man over me. How to stop feeling sad?

This is literally my first reddit post so I hope you'll forgive me if it's misplaced here.
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with making both conventional four-string and five string (low C) violins (or I suppose violas with a high E string), but I'm happy to hear from anyone with a thoughtful take on the question. I'm particularly interested in how you think through tuning the face/back plates to account for the additional resonances of the five-string instrument. What little I do know about plate tuning has come down to me as received wisdom--like a cook book recipe: do it this way and it works (maybe)--and though I do know a thing or two about resonance, modes etc in general from studying math and physics I don't kid myself that that means I can reason through what will make an instrument sound good.
I know there's a certain amount of variability in schools of thought about plate tuning even just for conventional violins, and every luthier has their own preferences and approaches to some degree. But I'm curious in general what sort of changes you'd make in going from one to the other--is it simply a matter of tweaking what frequencies the 1, 2 and 5 modes occur at, say? Should other modes matter more when it's five strings vs four strings? Etc.
Tangentially I know of a few places to find designs and schematics of four-string violins but I don't know of any place to find a scan or schematic of a five string violin. If anyone here happens to I'd be really grateful.

Hey folks! A few months ago I asked the subreddit for some beginner songs to ease me into AnCo after first experiencing Peacebone as a newcomer, which seemed so absurd and too much for me. Well, after a few months, I can finally say I am an Animal Collective fan! Even when I was weirded out in the beginning by the overstimulating nature of it, I was always intrigued by the sound and wanted to hear more. So here are my thoughts on the first album I played through, Strawberry Jam! <3
Album: Strawberry Jam

1. Peacebone: I have heard this song is about child nostalgia and memories, and this makes so much more sense now. This song was the beginning of my journey, and I absolutely love the abrupt screams and animal-like? roars throughout the song. The beginning going from absolute madness to an actual synth progression is actually so cool. While the lyrics still are not my favorite compared to other AnCo songs, I appreciate their childlike nature and fun vibe to them! MILDEW ON RICEEE! Also that ending with the peacebone is sick!

• 7/10

1. Unsolved Mysteries: Now we’re getting to some of my favorites of all time! Unsolved Memories has some of the catchiest choruses and I love when Avey’s voice gets to those high notes! AND THOSE BUBBLE NOISES TOO THOSE ARE SO COOL! I just love how catchy and bouncy it is! The voices or grunting that pan from left to right are a nice touch too. This song I feel defines Strawberry Jam, with how moist and squishy (lol idk how to describe it) it sounds, like jam. I am not too sure what this song is about, as the line about Jack the Ripper confused me a bit, but I am guessing it is just a song about him? Maybe some of you can give me some insight. The ending is absolutely bonkers as well, I love when songs just go into pure madness at the end, the synths remind me a lot of Peacebone’s ending.

• 10/10

1. Chores: Again, such a catchy song, this album is absolutely catchy with the melodies, I am surprised it never became as big as Merriweather Post-Pavillion. I love the scratchy noises that keep popping up before Panda’s verses, and the thousand of “IF I IF I IF I’s” are so fun and upbeat. One of my favorite parts includes when it gets real slow by the half-mark, and then the drum beat starts coming in again. The fast to slow transition reminds me a lot of Daily Routine in MPP, one of my fav songs from that album that I will talk about later on. I love the harmonies (is that with Avey?) together, and they sound transcendental like you're awakening from slumber into a new life with those stellar drums. Fun lyrics!

• 9/10

1. For Reverend Green: Oh man, what an experience. This truly shows Avey’s vocal ability, with those screams. I am not usually one who is into screamo music, but the contrast with so many weird sounds and effects make it worth it. It honestly sounds like he is saying “Forever and Green”, which sounds equally cool as well. I love the slicing knife effects, and the chorus is so so so catchy with his vocalizations. It sounds like “eh eH YEAH” which I love singing along in the car! One of my favorite lyrics is “Now I think it's alright to feel inhuman”, although I am not sure what it means, but it gives me a sense of security. When I first heard this song, I was instantly hooked, the catchy chorus paired with the sick screams captivated my ears and the ending with him repeating “For Reverend Green” is so satisfying to hear!

• 9/10

1. Fireworks: The transition from For Reverend Green was so smooth! I love the vocalizations in the beginning, though, I feel like it is in the middle ground of not being weird enough and not being conventional sounding enough. That being said, the piano is very catchy, and the strange seagull? sounds are very fun! The part of “surly blood rivers” is very catchy, and I love singing along with it, it has such a fun vibe! The breakdown is very good as well after that part, but I feel it should have ended a little earlier and not repeating some verses, after that huge buildup of “surly blood rivers”. However, I can see the appeal and it is a very fun nostalgic sounding sound that sounds like I could play it during summer watching fireworks! It’s very lovely.

• 8/10

1. 1: After reading some posts about this song, I feel like I might be in the weird minority here, but I absolutely ADORE THIS SONG. I love the dreamy reverbed synth arpeggio, Avey’s absolutely HAUNTING vocal effects here, Panda’s angelic vocalizations in the background, the alien-like PEWWW sound, and the spooky ghost-sounding effects in one ear. I am a big fan of MGMT, and the sound effects reminded me a lot of Alien Day’s (though more upbeat) and Astro Mancy. I am also a sucker for reverbed to heck vocals, which are present here. I love lo-fi lowkey-type psychedelic songs that sound off-putting, and this song checked all those boxes and exceeded them. The lyrics are so interesting as well, with the “Now son!”, which I am guessing it about a premise revolving around a father and his son, and the issues of growing up? I feel like I could be listening to this floating in space endlessly throughout the universe, which I love!

• 10/10

1. Winter Wonderland: After #1, I appreciate another upbeat fun song! I could totally see myself jamming out to this during winter! The chorus is so CATCHY, with the “And if you don't believe in fantasy Then don't believe in fantasy Do you not believe in fantasy because it gets you down?”, that part is SO FUN!! I love the imagery of dancing on the lake, and rainbow ice, as I love when songs paint pictures and fantasy dreamscapes in a listener’s head, which is why I love Owl City so much with his dreamy songs. Overall, a short and candy-sweet song that makes you want to go on a sled and slide away!

• 9/10

1. Cuckoo Cuckoo: One of the more serious sounding songs on the record, I appreciate the more literal and real aspect of the lyrics here. I read more into it, and apparently it is about a miscarriage, which is absolutely saddening. You can hear the pain and hurt in Avey’s voice, and his vocals with “Golden Days” sound so strong. This song definitely has my favorite lyrics, such as “And I can't hold what's in my hand Don't do any good to say this isn't what I planned” and “I said please stay You can see me, don't go away”, which made me extremely emotional. I was so touched by this song, and the contrast between the absolute madness of the “cuckoo cuckoo” and the somber piano, truly craft this song together into a masterpiece. The pain and emotion that permeates this song is substantial, and the production is stellar. Gives me the same feeling from Stride Rite, another song from their “Isn’t It Now?” album that I have not yet finished yet, beautiful regardless.

• 10/10

1. Derek: A fun-sounding little closer that sounds like a child singing, with Panda’s sweet vocals. Again, the squishy noises throughout the song are a nice touch, adding to the vibe of Strawberry Jam. I am guessing this is a song about a dog dying, which is really sad. The drums that pop in through the middle bring you back to life, and I love the repetition of the verses Panda sings, and they again, are so catchy! I feel like Chores and Derek are sister songs, not only because of Panda, but because they both start off with some normal AnCo verses, then have a more upbeat revitalizing drum beat. Overall, not bad, and is a light closer to the album!

• 7/10
• Conclusion: Wow, we’re done! What a journey this album brings! I will forever cherish it as the album that was either going to stop my fascination with this band after being weirded out by Peacebone, or bring my love even more! I am glad it brought the love that was deserved, because I have more albums to review soon! So far after listening to this one first from a few months ago, I have listened to Merriweather Post-Pavillion and Sung Tongs in full! Strangely, MPP took the longest to get into at least a few songs, despite the commercial hits of that album. I think the band achieved their sound of making it sounds like strawberry jam, and the combination of synths and acoustic instruments give it that murky, electronic, and distorted vibe that I love! This by far is the most catchy album in my opinion, as every song is catchy to me, compared to MPP. I believe this would be the most accessible album if not for the screaming in a few and #1 which mightttt turn a few people off, LOL!
• Final Album Score: 9/10

I drive a medium duty truck for work, and I use the Bose SoundLink flex to listen to music, because the radio on the truck is bad.
The only problem I've noticed, is when I'm driving the sound quality is very bad, and an open room it can get very loud and you can feel the Bass from two rooms over, the sound quality is absolutely pristine. The battery lasts a very long time even on high volume.
But when driving on the highway, I don't know if it's the adaptive sound software or what, but the music always sounds very muffled, and even at max volume it only sounds as loud as say, 30% volume in an open room, even when it's 3 ft away from me. On top of this, at about 80% volume, it loses its battery within half an hour.
I tried contacting Bose customer support, but they weren't much help, truthfully I believe their software development team needs to do some testing and areas that have large amount of white noise, or an actual vehicles; considering they make automotive speakers I don't see why this would be an issue, especially with how expensive their products are.
Does anybody have any fixes to this?

There was a group of 3 teenagers casing my neighborhood looking for trouble near Tahoma High School. They spent over 40 mins tearing the handle off my car, and just generally trying to break into it, at 3am before giving up and moving on. My car was empty except for my baby's car seat. I do have camera footage but just wanted to give a heads up to others in the area. I'm pretty annoyed honestly, I can't get into my car properly anymore and it was already enough work trying to leave the house with my infant let alone deal with crawling across my car to open the door 🫠🫠

So I've already got a lot of resources that I could invest into this; a professor at our state college is interested in sponsoring us and providing resources needed, and we have a lot of people interested in this club who would definitely join next yr. I've been looking into Vex robotics for the high school division, but haven't really done much research on other robotics comps. I do need something that would take place during the average school year in terms of competitions. Other than that though, I'm not sure what to do from here; any suggestions in terms of like other competitions I should look into, what I can do to prepare (our teacher host doesn't have much experience with robotics), etc would be much appreciated. Thanks!

I am in my 30s and pan/bi sexual. I am dating a woman who I really like and there's likely a future there and long term.
I first came out to my parents when I was 15 years old and I told them I was bisexual. They rejected that and told me that I am not and that it is just a phase. Their logic was that I had only dated a boy and was coming off breaking up with him. It's worth pointing out that that was the first person I had ever dated.
I did date girls in high school and College but I never bothered to introduce them as my girlfriend.
I would like to introduce this new girl I'm dating as my girlfriend to my family and I am wondering what the best way to do that is.
I am worried that they are going to reject it again, based on the fact that my marriage of 13 years to a man ended about a year ago in divorce and once again this is my first serious relationship since then.

So im a senior in high school, and there's this kid i had known since elementary school (let's call him gerald) and we live in the same small town so we had always been at the same parties and events. I just turned 18, so i had literally known this dude for my entire childhood. Our parents were friends, and my 2 best friends' (both girls) parents were friends with his parents as well. We had never been super close, but were always friendly. Around 6 months ago, we started texting a lot. After a few weeks, he started complimenting me a lot. He would send me paragraphs about how i was such an amazing person and i was so beautiful and smart. Then, he started telling me about the comments. At his lunch table was my ex bf ( let's call him john). Now john and gerald sat at the same table, and gerald began texting me all of these weird se*ual comments john was making. Then, came the paragraph. Gerald sent me a paragraph that another person at his lunch table had supposedly said (let's call him joe). This paragraph was the most horrible inappropriate thing i had ever read, and it made me so upset and uncomfortable. He told me about 5 other people at his table who had said things like this, and i lost all of my confidence and i was just very uncomfortable around these people. When one of my friends started talking to joe, i was worried because i didn't want him to hurt her, so i thought one of my other friends who was very close with gerald should make sure what joe said was true , because the friend who was talking to joe insisted that he would nvr say anth like that. When that friend texted gerald to ask if it was true, he said "no". He had made up EVERYTHING. The only things that were true were what john had said, which we all could've assumed because i had heard about him saying things like this way before i had gotten close with gerald. So, i got home from school that day and immediately told my mom what had happened and showed her the screenshots (ofc i had screenshots). She then called his mom and explained why we couldn't hang out anymore, and to make sure we stayed separated and didn't attend the same events or carpool together. His mom apologized a million times over, and both his parents are livid and he's grounded for life. Since he got his phone taken away obviously (and either way i had blocked him the day i found out he had lied about evth) his parents made him hand write a letter apologizing to me. I did feel bad, because i had gotten him in sm trouble and don't know if i overreacted.