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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I really need to find a way to get away from this story. It’s triggering memories of being iced out by gossipy colleagues and ostracized for having a different personality/background. I’ve personalized this story so much and am experiencing a return of those old feelings of powerlessness and worthlessness. I actually think I might need to go back to therapy over this.

People are cruel.[/quote]

PP I’ve also had an experience like this. I was very poor in a middle class high school and the kids mocked me, iced me out and treated me so badly. I remember once my grandmother dropped me off to pick up something at a fast food restaurant and she was outside waiting in the car. I said hi to them ans was so nice and they were nice enough back, but I knew I didn’t fit in with them and was just trying to go along to get along. I always wanted to be included so when they were nice to me I ate it up. But they must have said some terrible things because my grandma said who were those girls? And I said “just some friends from high school” and she said, “those girls aren’t your friends.” She wouldn’t elaborate. I have always wondered exactly what it was that they did that she, sitting in a car, could have been so sure was about me?  I had facial tics back then and I’ve always guessed they probably were making fun of them in a way that was recognizable. Pretty crushing. Another time I dated someone whose family disliked me because I was too poor. They were big time donors of an administration I was trying to work for and one was an Agency head. They deliberately took me to a restaurant where I’d be uncomfortable ans made a big deal out of my not knowing how to use chopsticks. There were other things that I’ve forgotten now. Not knowing how to play the game was so hard when I came to DC. I’m decently successful now but have never forgotten how it felt to be demeaned because I wasn’t classy enough for someone’s son, or because I wore the same outfits too often. Yes. People are cruel. But there have been so many countless more people who are not cruel. I read some stupid Facebook meme somewhere that said most people aren’t assholes, but they are strategically placed so you meet one every day. Always think about that in a positive way - yeah we find the assholes because they stand out. They might bot be punished. But most people are not assholes.

Pp, just wanted to say I care about you, stranger. Don’t let the assholes block the light.

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