Teasing. Is It for Fun? or for Destruction

[WrestlerGirl]

Teasing is something that all people go through.What are Your Stories?

[amanda]

A few years back, I was in sixth grade, I used to get teased so bad my mom had to pull me out of school. I used to get called fatty, and the boys in my grade even thought it was okay to call me a beached whale, I was out of school for six weeks to home school me until one day I met this person who told me that everyone has their flaws, and pulling myself out of school was letting them win some sick battle, even if it was in their own heads, they defeated me. So, now I have just learned to shake it off. What people say or think about me shouldn't matter the only person i should be trying to impress is myself.
~amanda.

[Charlotte Tracey]

that's the way to do it. Don't let those bastards get you down.

[Josie Davila]

This is coming a bit late but here it goes. I truly believe that teasing is never for fun-these so called teasers are just miserable themselves and as you all have heard, MISERY LOVES COMPANY. This world is becoming so shallow and materialistic that if you are not wearing those expensive brand names or looking like the girl or woman in magazines your made fun off.

I read all your stories and to be honest you are all great writers and know how to draw us in to your stories--Let the haters be haters and never change who you truly are.

Josie

[lujain t.a]

well i live in a different socity than you guys!
as a child i never got picked on i was always the pretty doll untill now im not the kind of person that suffers bullies and stuff though i admit that i used to make mean jokes about fat kids and feel really really bad about it later
i hope i didnt leave a perminet scar in their self esteem

[Jane Doe]

I have some teasing problems with guy's on my bus now, and it's pretty much all the guys except 3 or 4 (my 2 cousins, this other guy, and maybe my brother), they say things like (it sometimes go's between 2 guys);

"You wanna give me a blowjob?"
"she'll probably gobble you up like a lollipop."

"Who are you gonna sit on today?"

"You ever see this one show called 'The 2 Ton Man'? Can you imagine how many *something* it would take to suck all of that fat out of you?"

"The fat chick's taking pictures."

"Don't stand there, you'll break it."

"Did you know you smell like BO?"

I'm so tired of it, I've cried twice on the bus, I don't really even want to get up and leave the house anymore

They're more of those people who are like "If you're any different from what we want, you're worthless"

They say things about other people on the bus, like 2 sisters which one has cheek piercings and black hair and the other used to have a Labret, a friend of mine who's I guess overweight. I'm probably sort of a "Worst Nightmare" for their standards of "beauty" or "normal"

[Josie Davila]

Hello,

First I want to say that I am so so so sorry that you have to go through this. I have a site where we are all accepting of each other too. It's to motivate each other and believe me I motivate some and some motivate me.

Some of us post photos others don't and that is fine as long as you are feeling comfortable. I would love to invite some of you to http://generoussoulsnetwork.ning.com. It's a site where your voice counts and we want to hear your stories and this way you can probably help others who might be going through the same problems.

The site is here to end with stereotypes and ignorance and I am proud to say that we have some beautiful people from different parts like Egypt, Indonesia and other great states and countries.

I do hope you join. I just want you to know that I am here to help you in anyway. I would like to hear more of your stories--KEEP SMILING they will hate to see they can't get to you.

Josie

[Charlotte Tracey]

I hate crap like that. It's so rude to such a ridiculous level. My sister and I used to have to deal with some crap like that, but we were such bitches to the people who acted like that. I was verbally abusive, and she was physically abusive. Sometimes assholes won't get it until you kick their asses. I would just be very sarcastic, and told a few people "You know, there's a Harvard study that says men you say condescending things, kind of like what you're saying, usually have very small dicks." That got a few people to shut up. My sister...she would just go right up to whoever said it and drop kick them....that's just how she rolls.

[lujain t.a]

lol i love thw thing u said about that study! im sure going to be using it!
and hail for your sister the 100% deserve it!!

[Charlotte Tracey]

oh yeah, it was hilarious! She made this one kid completely terrified after she drop kicked him one time.

[Jane Doe]

yeah, me and some other girls have formed somewhat of a group against the main guy that does that stuff, they suggested I go to the dean about it :/

[Jeffery Scott Hartman]

well, in my experiences, it's for destruction... i've grown up loving metal (in a small hick town), it's always been my thing, and in high school i was the goth/metal head, and yea, i dressed like a target, but that doesn't mean i have to be shot at, b/c i'm not changing me for anyone else, i've been called it all freak, faggot, tormented physically and mentally... once i had this guy walk by me in the hallway i was wearing my mesh shirt, and he comes by and grabs my shirt, and rips it saying, "that shit's not allowed in this school", well i went to the office an got him to replace my shirt, and the shirt was still in one piece, soi got $20 b/c he was an asshole

[Neha Singh]

I go to a private school, and my experiences with teasing haven't been as blatant as they would have been had I chosen to attend public school. The private-school preps (I SWEAR they're clones...90% of my grade is EXACTLY THE SAME...) make fun of you by pretending to be your friend, then making fun of you behind your back. No one will make fun of you to your face because the victim would tell a teacher right away, and into detention they would go...In sixth grade, the one person I knew and liked at my school absolutely and completely ditched me, leaving me with no one to hang out with (only 110 in the grade) except one girl who was extremely clingy and bossy. I'm not sure why they made fun of me. I think it was because I was different: At that time, I didn't care at all how I looked (I devote some time to looking OK now), I was considered a geek (I did well in classes, didn't watch TV, didn't listen to music at that time), and I was basically the embodiment of the fresh-off-the-boats Indian (India Indian...I'm Indian...)
Basically, I didn't have a group to fit with. Now, the same friend that ditched me apologized and I'm in what I like to call the "minority group": Everyone who isn't white and filthy rich. Now, my friends consider me less of a geek and more of an anti-prep. I've started dressing kind of differently (when we have a free dress day), I've listened to metal for about a year and a half now, and now, I really don't care if anyone tries to tease me or make fun of me. I am who I am, and I won't fall to their snide remarks behind my back (now, people have apparently stopped talking about me...)
Don't let teasing get you down. No matter what anyone says about you, you are who you are. And that is beautiful.