For most of my life my role in the family has been being treated like crap by my family. I'm the failure, mess up, screw up, or any other name. What I mean is Im the one they make fun of, put down, or anything else. When I was younger I thought that was the way famlies were. I thought that it was like that in every family. Now that I'm older I realize that not all families are like that. But to this day it's still me being the failure. At first I didn't let it bother me or I should say I tried not to let it get to me but it hurts and the worst thing is that I'm afraid it's starting to rub off on my nieces. They ask me and tell me things that they've heard the other family memebers say. My nieces are still young so they don't truly get that what they are saying or asking or hearing is mean. I've talked to my family about how it makes me feel and yet they continue to do it. If I say nothing at all they still do it. If I tell them to stop or that it hurts my feelings they still do it. I've currently resorted to pointing out their mistakes back at them or just walking away. That seems to help some but not much. So how do any of you deal with it when talking to them just doesn't help?