When I'm with my friends they often like to joke around, they take some of your 'flaws' and rip on you for it, I'm OK when people that know me and are close to me do that, but if some vague acquaintance does the same, I get pretty upset sometimes.

I have a very good friend now, we don't talk much, but he really does appreciate my friendship. It wasn't always like that, in the beginning, I hated him because he picked on some of my flaws. Over time, he got to know me, part of him realized that his jokes were hurting me, and the jokes stopped, and we're very good friends now. I'm not saying it was right for him to joke about my flaws and shortcomings like that, but I guess it's something people do.... he redeemed himself, not everyone dose.