| She said... |
I heard... |
I thought.... |
She meant... |
l should... |
| "Maggie is my best friend!" |
"I don't object to being around Maggie. I will think I like her until I get to know her well enough to know she drools and wets her bed." |
"That's so cute and delusional. How can they be friends when they can't talk?" |
"Maggie is my best friend!" |
Invite her over to play. |
| "I want Maggie to come play at my house!" |
"I have this fantasy that Maggie could play at my house." |
"That's so cute and delusional. She doesn't know that Maggie would break her toys and need her diaper changed." |
"I want Maggie to come play at my house! |
Accept her invitation to go play. |
| "That's so gross, Maggie!" |
"I don't like Maggie anymore since Maggie did something gross." |
"I knew this would happen." |
"That's so gross, Maggie! You do gross things just like every other six year old does." |
Accept that Maggie does gross things and needs friends to call her on it. |
| "Maggie pulled my hair." |
"I don't like Maggie anymore since she pulled my hair." |
"I knew this would happen." |
"Maggie pulled my hair. That punk." |
Accept that Maggie pulls hair sometimes and needs friends to call her on it. |
| "Why don't I ever hear Maggie talk?" |
"I've just finally figured out that Maggie is different and now I'm not sure I like her anymore." |
"I knew this would happen" |
"How come I never hear Maggie talk? Does she talk in other places?" |
Explain that Maggie's brain doesn't tell her mouth how to talk. |
| "I like Maggie. She's fun." |
"Maggie is fun on a surface level but its only a matter of time before I realize I have nothing in common with her." |
"Little kids are so cute. But once she grows up a bit, she'll lose interest in Maggie." |
"I like Maggie. She's fun. I feel good when I'm around her." |
Invite her over to play. |
| "Maggie, you are so weird." |
"Maggie, I've just realized that you are bizarre and I don't like you anymore." |
"I knew this would happen." |
"Maggie, you are weird, the same way my dog/sister/brother/other friends are weird. You are doing something unusual and I don't have a word for it." |
Admit that Maggie is weird sometimes, but who isn't? Understand that its a sign of true friendship to be spoken to this way. Friends don't let friends walk around with toilet paper stuck to their shoe either. |
