We see her when she was six months pregnant at 24 and took back her partner, a serial cheater, before taking a drag on a cigarette. At 15, when her friend told her getting high was “awesome.” When she faced a choice, that very first day of middle school, between joining the group of kids sporting angry looks, dressed in black and smoking versus another group smiling and waving, carrying books titled “Language and Gender.”
“I guess there’s no way to pinpoint that one moment where it all started to fall apart, but if I had to do it all over again, you bet your sweet ass I’d make some different choices.”
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Sure, it’s a tad over the top, but don’t you remember kids who went with the wrong crowd in middle school and never quite recovered?
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As for Macy, life is pretty much back to normal after her “Camp Gyno” fame. Her classmates have for the most part been supportive, with the exception of some snickering by the boys from time to time, and she’s now focused on middle school and continuing her acting career, said McGrail
“She’s clearly got a nickname for life. It’ll probably be the beginning of her college essay as well,” said her proud dad. “She’s embraced it, but she’s moved on.”
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