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Q: I'm in this advanced choir. There's this new girl who just joined. She's 13, like me, only she's a grade ahead of me (I'm a 7th grader). I have to admit, she's pretty good. Everyone knows that she's got this beautiful high voice, a little like Sarah Brightman's. She's a bitch! She's always flaunting her voice. During camp, we all had to watch this documentary on opera, and she goes "I bet I could sing opera..." Jesus! She's only 13, right?!!!! She had to share a bunk with me. She's was a disgusting bunk mate. She was always spilling her milk all over my papers, bringing food into the dorm, not eating it, and soon there would be moldy peaches everywhere. She can NEVER stop talking about herself. It's always me, me, me, me, me, my voice, my hair, and my boyfriend. Once she was talking about herself and says "my friend and I were watching the Phantom of the Opera and I could sing that really high note at the end of the song 'The Phantom of the Opera.' " She sings the note and asks "Can you sing it?" So I tried, and of course I couldn't, because I'm not even a soprano, and she goes "ha-ha! i can sing the high E and you're all strained up. That's hilarious..." and goes off into another monologue about herself. Now I have to sit on the risers right next to her, and she's getting worse. She's also a brownnoser. She's always sucking up to our choir teacher, and so on...what can I do to put up with her? I don't want anyone to say "talk to her about it." It's not like she's my friend or anything.
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You can sort of play a game with her, make her seem better than she is. I've been stuck with choir snobs too (I'm in an advanced choir, and there's this girl who's well...NOT..and she always tells me what my choir is doing wrong.)
If she says, "I can sing a high E and you can't!"
just say, "Yeah, well I guess that means you must be better than me." or "You're right. You must be the best person in this choir." in a totally normal voice. She's probably not expecting you to "admit" that she's better than you. (even though she's probably not.) It will catch her off gaurd and help her get the hint that you think she's bragging a little too much.
It's probably just a defense mechanism on her part. If she's new, there probably isn't a lot she can relate to in her new enviornment and so she has to talk about herself. It's the only thing she thinks you'll understand. This is the advice my mom gave me when I was getting tortured by the choir snob and it worked really well! She doesn't brag to me anymore. Maybe she still does to other people, but when she's around me she's more concious of it!
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Hiya! I'm dwarp. A crazy 19 year old from Chicago with too much time on her hands.I started this column when I was about 14, I think and I keep coming back. My friends tend to come to me for advice, so I've gotten pretty good at answering most problems. I'm a crazy Greek vegetarian, and yes, I have seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It's exactly like my family, so I am really great at answering questions about insane families. I study political science and international studies and I like to learn languages. I speak English, French, German, a bit of Greek, and I'm learning Italian next semester. I've had lots of weirdo love/sex-life experiences, so I'm pretty knowledgeable in that area. Ummm.....ask me anything!
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Website: E-mail: Gender: Female Location: Illinois Occupation: Jelly Bean taste-tester (Not really, but wouldn't that be cool?) Age: 19 AIM: Member Since: January 20, 2004 Answers: 87 Last Update: October 19, 2009 Visitors: 8691
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