Did you have that mean girl in elementary school that made fun of your clothes or wouldn't let you into a cool club? Or a mean girl that slipped notes from a fake "secret admirer" in your locker in middle school? Maybe a mean girl in high school that teased you for being too skinny or too thick? Or even that mean girl at your job or college that still finds ways to discourage you and break you down? Don't worry because most of us have had a mean girl at one point in our lives that have broken us down to a point where we can't help but cry. Wipe those tears away pretty girl, because mean girls never win.

The reason girls who do nothing but find ways to pick on you, start arguments with you, or turn others against you, can be doing so for many things. Here are two examples:

1) Jealous. Believe it or not, this girl could think you are so beautiful (which you are) and is jealous. After all, that green monster can really take a toll on people. When she becomes jealous and enraged, she tries to break you down. Then she feels superior.

2) Lonely. Sometimes girls who have gone through a rough time in their lives or don't have many friends think they will get friends by picking on you. To them, they think that's funny but in reality, they're just bullies.

These are just a few cases that I have seen for why girls can be cruel.

Remember that everything happens for a reason and that you are strong! Believe it or not, I found a few of my best friends from a mean girl because she was mean to all of us. And thanks to her, I found friends that have my back and love me dearly.

Because mean girls spend so much time making other people unhappy, they become unhappy. The friends they once had realized there are better things to do than sitting around and talk about others behind their back; so they move on. Some people grow up faster than others and in the long run, your happiness is what matters the most.

So if there is one mean girl in your life right now, it's not worth the tears, and it's not worth fighting back. Remember that you are strong and beautiful, and also, never be rude back. Smile and say hello to her, because maybe she needed it that day. You can even look straight ahead when walking past her and embrace that you can be the bigger person by moving on, ignoring it all entirely.

Grow from your own mean girl experience and be kind to others! Pray for that girl in whatever she may be going through because, in the end, she'll learn when to mature and see that being mean to others only makes her unhappy.