Amethyst
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Which is why I added the next sentence, about crossing into bullying. We all know how that feels. I've been reading advice columns all my life, and the one thing they always tell people is to speak up when your feelings are hurt.
If you don't speak up, the hurters can go on thinking they're only teasing. If you speak up, and explain why you don't like it, and they blow you off (likely) and continue their BS, at least you have put them on notice. The next time, you can speak up a bit more strongly.
Or, in really hard cases, you just fail to show up next time for your expected ration of abuse.
If you don't speak up, the hurters can go on thinking they're only teasing. If you speak up, and explain why you don't like it, and they blow you off (likely) and continue their BS, at least you have put them on notice. The next time, you can speak up a bit more strongly.
Or, in really hard cases, you just fail to show up next time for your expected ration of abuse.
This was a bone that my MIL picked with my SIL until MIL recently passed away. While it may be funny, or gentle teasing, things like this get a little old after 30 years, and especially if there tends to be a single target. And it's worse when you are captive in the same house for a week.