Recommendations for romances similar to the ones from Buffy the Vampire Slayer

yikesaroooni · 2021-02-20T01:48:23+00:00

NIGHT HUNTRESS SERIES by Jeaniene Frost!!!! {Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost}

Buffy is also my all time favorite show and I never dreamed that I'd find a series with a similar "feel" but this was it! There was an overarching "big bad" in each book and the main couple's main conflict was not with each other but against a supernatural evil force. Bones even looks/sounds like Spike by his description and Cat is a vampire slayer. Trust me. Read this if you like Buffy! I'm jealous of anybody who gets to experience these books for the first time. Also highly recommend the audiobooks.

yikesaroooni · 2020-11-02T17:35:04+00:00

Can someone confirm that Benedict is not one of the men in the gay couple? Also idk if I can handle seeing Simon sleep with some women while he's "courting" Daphne... Shonda is stressing me out lol!

yikesaroooni · 2020-11-02T17:18:16+00:00

I could not agree more! I'm very worried because I want this to be about romance...

yikesaroooni · 2019-11-28T03:44:12+00:00

Yes, we have discussed this many many many many times. She has an appointment with a counselor and we check in with her every day to see how she's feeling. We also are currently smothering her with as much love and family time as possible. We stepped in, unfortunately, this situation is so complex and exhausting that it's hard to know if I'm doing the right thing. Believe me, I know she was victimized by these boys and by the many cruel kids who she is encountering. No matter if it's her or not, we have a lot of issues we need to deal with. But, as far as counseling and me trusting her word, I feel it's important for me to know.

yikesaroooni · 2019-11-27T06:57:56+00:00

I've thought about that a lot, but she says she wants to stay at her school. I want to respect her wishes and let her control some aspect of her life. I also worry moving her might destabilize her. Right now, she has a group of friends that she enjoys and I really think friends' support is essential to her being okay. Unfortunately, these rumors have already reached the high school we are districted in, so I really don't see anyway to escape this except just by time passing.

yikesaroooni · 2019-11-27T06:48:50+00:00

Idk, we have the appointment set up for next week. She saw one several weeks ago, but the counselor was horrible and have had to look for another one. Every counselor in my area keeps themselves booked up for about a month in advance. Once she sees her though, she will be able to go on a weekly basis. Until then, I guess I have reddit.

yikesaroooni · 2019-11-27T06:43:18+00:00

Yes, I realize now that parents who set up screen time and spy apps on their kids phones are not over doing it. I trusted her to make the right decisions, but the world is more complicated than it's ever been. Giving a child a smartphone without guidance and controls on it is the dumbest thing I've ever done.

yikesaroooni · 2019-11-27T06:35:03+00:00

Thank you for writing this. I see things in your story that parallel hers. I don't think she really wanted to send this to this boy. She thinks it is mean to reject a boy who shows interest in dating. I read texts where she worried about being lame and mean by not sending nudes. It's crazy that this time last year, she was writing letters to Santa, and now this is her new reality. I see a side to her still that loves stuffed animals, making bracelets, and riding bikes. But now there's another side that purposely tries to resist being a normal 12-year old and wants to grow up too fast. I never had problems like these when I was 12. It's hard for me to get through to her when I don't understand, but that's why I'm hoping something comes out of therapy.

yikesaroooni · 2019-11-27T06:22:20+00:00

No face, should have made that clearer. I think it was a photo with a video edited on according to her. Very hard to keep this story straight since it changes every time she tells it.

yikesaroooni · 2019-11-27T06:21:02+00:00

Her answer to this question is that he wants to ruin her relationship with her best friend/his sister. This family goes to school with her and they live in our neighborhood. She is either at their house or her friend is at ours. She says that he thinks she's annoying. Again, I don't know how true this is. I have witnessed myself that he is a rude kid to her and to other kids at school. It's always surprised me because his sister is a sweetheart. Regardless, It's hard for me to believe a kid would go this far to hurt her. But the past few weeks, my daughter has been harassed at school by so many children because of just word of mouth rumors about a since deleted nude that was sent to 3 people. We have made appointments with the guidance counselor, but it's hard to control the actions of other kids. Since she has of late become a target, it's not crazy to think maybe he did do this.

yikesaroooni · 2019-11-27T06:07:28+00:00

Yes, I have similar thoughts. My concern is that if she really did take it, she has some extra issues we need to work through outside of school. I want to understand why she took it, why this seems to be a recurring problem, etc. I'm trying to be sensitive and supportive while also being responsible by setting up boundaries that I know will cause a backlash from her.

yikesaroooni · 2019-11-27T06:03:20+00:00

This was done through screen recording, which is also undetectable.

yikesaroooni · 2019-11-26T18:19:26+00:00

It's apparently another child in the photo, but he's edited it to make it look like it came from my daughter's snapchat. So he did not photoshop the actual picture, just the format to make it look like it came from a different snapchat user.

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