THINGS WERE SO DIFFERENT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER...

I HAD THE FUNNIEST CONVERSATION WITH MY 10 YEAR OLD COUSIN YESTERDAY! HER NAME IS MARIA AND SHE LIVES IN MISSOURI. SHE CALLS ME YESTERDAY TO INFORM ME WITH MUCH PRIDE THAT SHE BEAT THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF 3 GIRLS IN HER CLASS. I ASKED HER WHY SHE DID IT AND SHE TOLD IT ME IT WAS OVER A BOY. APPARETNTLY ONE OF THE LITTLE GIRLS BOYFRIENDS BROKE UP WITH HER TO ASK OUT MY COUSIN MARIA. SO THE THREE LITTLE GIRLS CAME UP TO MARIA AND STARTED BOTHERING HER. MARIA AS HIGH STRUNG AS SHE IS COULDN'T TAKE IT AND SMACKED ONE OF THE GIRLS. THIS MADE THE OTHER TWO GIRLS JUMPED IN, SO MARIA CHOKED ONE OF THE OTHER GIRLS AND THE OTHER ONE RAN. I WAS LISTENING TO HER SHOCKED. WHEN I WAS 10, BOYS HAD COOTIES AND LITTLE GIRLS ARGUED ABOUT DOLLS. BUT NOW A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FIGHT SOUNDS LIKE A SOAP OPERA. THIS IS JUST TOO FUNNY BUT AT THE SAME TIME SLIGHTLY ALARMING...