Ridicule

[abrannan]

I'm really curious who these people are who see you and think "fat". They're pretty out of touch with reality if they think you're fat. You don't even qualify as "husky" in my book, based on the pics/vid I've seen of you.

Seriously. I know it has to suck to have to hear people saying mean things that aren't true, especially if you've heard them enough that you start to think they're true. Keep your head up, and know that there's at least one person out the in the world who knows the truth. Even if that person does look like Penfold from Damngermouse, even if you're too young to remember Dangermouse, and even if the fact that you probably don't remember Dangermouse makes me feel really, really old.

[havix]

I'm not promoting violence. But what do you do when they say these things to you? It can go either way, if you don't say anything then they will think you are a push over and will continue to say things. Or, if you do stand up for yourself, they know they can get to you so they will still continue to say these things. When someone says "mean" things to me, I sometimes play mind games with the person(s) and act like they are right or that it is VERY funny. Or depending on my mood, I will act like I am really PO'ed, or just be PO'ed...and go off on the people, verbally. It also depends on what type of people you are dealing with, you don't want to "go off" on the jocky: "I rule the world" type people, because we all know where that ends.

Plus, YOU ARE NOT FAT, and you do not have the right to call yourself fat...thats reserved for me only...hehe just kidding. I don't know what type of person you are in dealing with these issues, but I'll be glad to give advice, I have been through mostly ALL of the school bully situations...even when I was the biggest and tallest guy in the school I still got bullied around. Just have to learn how to deal with it in the best possible way, without violence. But if all else fails, a KO wouldn't hurt...but that is the last resort!

[Grant.]

Pffft, just pay the mafia to kill them! (kidding...)

I'd say ignore it, but you can't take things like that lying down. Speak up for yourself, tell them to eff off. I prefer to tell people 'I can lose weight, but you'll still be ugly.' or make a shameless your mom refrence to stun them then throw something at their eyes xD

[havix]

Grant said:

'I can lose weight, but you'll still be ugly.'

ROFL...my mom just bought me a shirt that says almost exactly that...hang on...let me get up and look at it...it's very close to the same thing... "I'm big, but you're ugly, and I can lose weight!" lol

I also like the shirt that says... "I'm big, you're small...have a nice day " lol

[grimsb]

LOL . . . that t-shirt would be great.

When I'm at school, I hang around with a friend who is much, much smaller than myself. Even when I wasn't overweight, a lot of the time I'd hear people make comments like, "check out those girls," and then someone would say, "yeah, but the one is kind of beefy" or something like that.

I know I shouldn't let it get to me, but it always does. Yeah, it takes its toll. x.x

Just try to take it with a grain of salt. Everybody has *some* physical feature that they feel insecure about, even the people who make stupid comments about other people's weight.

[Nuggets]

at least you can kick all their skinny ... behinds ( ;-) ) at DDR.

To grimsb: I am the same way. I have a friend who is short and small and weighs under a hundred pounds, and she doesn't work out, doesn't try to do anything, and shoves her face full of whatever she feels like. To know that I am two of her put together and then some gets a little frustrating sometimes, especially with people making comparisons and judgements all the time. Most of the time, I don't let it get to me. I've outgrown my oversensitive-about-being-fat phase and moved on to acceptance. Unfortunately, I've been fat for so long I've had time to move to acceptance. That's bad. Hmm. This just turned into a raving post that goes on and on. So I'll end it now.

Don't let those people get to you, and if you find it necessary, a KO is always nice every once in a while ;-), as long as you make sure you're not going to go to jail for it ( because you most assuredly will in Georgia and some surrounding states with strict bullying policies in the schools ). For as many people as there are saying you aren't fat, you must not Be fat, so don't let people tell you that you are. You might start to believe it. :-O >.> <.< I still like that response about snapping off a quick " yo mama " retort. Hehe.

[asylumzero]

You know.. People who call you fat (and this may sound cliche), are just trying to find something to pick on about you. They're just jealous of your attributes and the fact that even if you lose weight, they can never change their flaws about themselves. Also, imagine the trauma that they put themselves through everyday to maintain what they believe to be "a perfect appearance".