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Originally Posted by mojo321
Scorpiosis37,
I agree with everything you wrote. Except, like I said, it wasn't at all like I was interrupting anything. It was more like an open social event in the parking lot. And I did know someone there. I didn't pre-judge them. If I had, I would have just walked right on by.
No, they pre-judged me initially, and now I am left to examine the whole thing. I didn't walk up thinking, "these people are all stuck up". But I sure left thinking it.
I gotta say, I am tired of the blame shifting. We don't tell someone who is being bullied that it is their fault. Or someone that is being emotionally abused that it is their fault. But this "grown up, socially acceptable, all smiles" version of the same thing is suddenly my fault? Really?
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Fair enough with your feeling a bit wrong-footed with the incident in the parking lot. I just think that your theory about people who are short was the reason why people are not nice to you is what made people question and not agree with you - therefore question if there was some other reason why people are like this to you because height makes no sense.
I also do not think that being ignored by a bunch of folk who do not know you equates to being bullied or emotionally abused (so your statement not relevant), nor should you, other than feeling a tad uncomfortable with the silence by your friend (which was his way of ending the conversation) be really bothered by the reaction of these people. Not only not bothered, but also not to think people are unkind to you because of your height, nor to label them all snobs because they didn't care to talk to a stranger. Am sorry to say, but you're not the center of everyone's universe, and these kind of things happen all the time to all sorts of people.