[Leprucky Cougar]

Originally Posted by roseyred

thats pisses me off more than anything. someone getting picked on for being fat. its pathetic im sorry you went through that. i use to see fat girls make fun of other fat girls. the world is cruel and pathetic.

Agreed.

Some years in elem and my first year in middle school I was picked on mainly for the stereotypical "goody-goody two shoes" image. I always wore the school uniform--even when it was no longer explicitly mandatory, had my hair in pigtails, always reached out to befriend everyone, and being an academic and extra-curricular over-achiever. I suppose the overlining reason was jealousy or popularity(you know how some bullies become bullies to become popular amongst the "cool guys" or if there's nothing people can be admirable about them, they instill a reaction in you: fear)

It stopped 7th & 8th grade and by highschool went to just common name-teasing (but amongst peers I was cool with--not neccessarily bffs with but asssociates) I was called things like "walking-dictionary" and "anna" (for over-analyzing)

But overall though it can be difficult, I've found that ignoring the bullies is key--when no one's showing them any attention, they lose interest in the picking-on-you game. Yes, yes, there are some stages when people who are in school and not necessarily mentally or socially stable who continue despite this but generally I think attentiveness plays a big part. Because they can fuck with you as long as they want, but when you make something of yourself or relatively satisfied with life, and they look like an ass--It's you that will have the last laugh. Fight back with kindness. :)