And people like that almost never grow out of that.
I still have issues with people who do that, and I'm well into my twenties. I feel like friendship with women is so political - this might mean that, that might mean this, there's double meanings, etc. As much as I hate it when movies and television shows make it out like all female friendships are marred with half-truths and backstabbing, many are.
That's not to be sexist - guys do it too. However, even in school I felt like apart from the "he likes you!" jokes (which were always obvious anyway), guys would make it clear they didn't like me, whereas girls would string me along. But plenty of the girls were just as clear as the guys, and that always sucked as well. But in some weird way I think the ignoring hurt more. At least the girls who made fun of me never pretended we were friends. Still, I was never bullied to the extent that some of my friends were.
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Date: 2010-03-30 11:57 pm (UTC)I still have issues with people who do that, and I'm well into my twenties. I feel like friendship with women is so political - this might mean that, that might mean this, there's double meanings, etc. As much as I hate it when movies and television shows make it out like all female friendships are marred with half-truths and backstabbing, many are.
That's not to be sexist - guys do it too. However, even in school I felt like apart from the "he likes you!" jokes (which were always obvious anyway), guys would make it clear they didn't like me, whereas girls would string me along. But plenty of the girls were just as clear as the guys, and that always sucked as well. But in some weird way I think the ignoring hurt more. At least the girls who made fun of me never pretended we were friends. Still, I was never bullied to the extent that some of my friends were.