Swimming Situations

One of my favorite things to do is go swimming with my friends, whether it is at the pool or the beach.  When I was in eight grade, I had a group of friends that consisted of about eight of us total.  We would go to the community pool every day of the summer, because that is just what you did back then if you were "cool".
Well, I desperately wanted to be cool, so I would go to hang out with these so-called friends every day.  I emphasize the "so-called" friends, as they were very inconsiderate to my hearing.
It was very hard work to stay connected with the conversation.  They did not do a good job of allowing me to see their mouths at all times to know what they were speaking.  If I would ask for them to repeat what they had just said, they would shrug it off, saying "Oh, do not worry about it, it was not important," when in fact I had missed an entire story that was relevant to what the new topic of conversation was.
I do not hang out with those girls anymore.  The friends I have now are extremely considerate of my feelings, and do an excellent job of helping me stay in tune with the conversation.

I do not mean to describe myself to be overly sensitive about it, as I am not. But many people need to learn when enough is enough when it comes to teasing me.  I tease myself often, and I find it funny.  But it is often a much different story when others attempt to tease me.