January 19, 2020 People won’t stop making fun of me!!! Hey Brandon, There’s a REALLY embarrassing video of me singing on stage for my 6th Grade graduation ceremony and the whole school has seen it!!! When people pass me in the hallway, they mimic me singing in a really RUDE way!!! I was sick and my voice cracked in the middle, and people make fun of my appearance too! I feel really embarrassed when this happens and try to stand up to them. But it just gets worse! What Should I do?! Teased And Tired Hey Teased And Tired, OH wow, this sounds ROUGH. It was probably embarrassing enough to have to perform when you weren’t feeling your best. And then there’s a video of it…and then lots of people are watching it and making fun of you…it kind of reminds me of when Mackenzie recorded Nikki singing with her little sister at Queasy Cheesy. Which is SO NOT COOL. ☹ I’m sorry people are being jerks. It will eventually blow over and people will forget about it. But that doesn’t make it any easier now while the focus is on you. In this kind of situation, I think you have two options. Roll your eyes like you SO don’t care and they’re SO immature. This only works if you can convincingly act like they don’t bother you at all. If they’re not getting a reaction from you, they’re likely to move on sooner. Laugh with them, and find a way to make it seem like you think it’s hilarious too. Offer an encore! This takes a lot of self-confidence, but if you don’t seem like an easy target, again they’re going to move on sooner. They might even start to think you’re COOL if you own your dorky moment. Think of my friend Nikki Maxwell. She’s made a whole BOOK SERIES out of her DIARY and all the SILLY, EMBARRASSING moments in her life! If you have some friends who support you and aren’t making fun of you about this, they could also do both of the above things WITH you, when people make fun of you. Lots of people rolling their eyes and acting too mature for a joke are going to shut it down super fast. (And if any of your true friends ARE making fun of you about this, you should tell them honestly that it really bothers you and you wish they’d stop.) It will pass. I promise. And when something like this happens to someone else, you’ll know how it feels, and maybe you can stand up for them. Have you, a friend or family member ever had an embarrassing moment recorded or talked about by lots of people? Don’t be scared…tell us all about it in the comments.
Emily emailed says February 2, 2020 at 7:48 pm Wow. That sounds bad. Maybe just pretend there cheering for you
Dork Diamond says February 2, 2020 at 2:45 pm I feel your pain.In second grade, at lunch time I was spinning around and my classmates called me a mime and a terrible dancer but my cousin who goes to my school said I was an amazing dancer. I’m happy and sad at the same time ☹️☺️ At least no one posted it because my school can’t bring their phones. I feel bad for you ☹️
ry says February 2, 2020 at 12:04 pm dear teased and tired, your problem sounds really bad, so, if it made you proud or happy singing in that ceremony when they mimic you just don’t even bother too look at them. and remind yourself you did great ! a few days ago, my whole grade in the bilingual program, did the Macarena infront of 4th grade, 5th grade, parents, most of the school staff, teachers. i was SOOO nervous, when we did La Macarena the whole school joined in. Just don’t feel bad about the kids teasing you, remember, it seems really bad, just laugh at the bullies, they don’t know how too move on! its not such a big deal, even if you do, tell yourself: i don’t care what they think, something embarrassing happens 2 every one . sincerely, RY
commenter says February 1, 2020 at 10:12 pm hi Brandon, I think you (and Nikki) give really good advise.