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In reply to the discussion: I had the most humiliating experience of my life today at work. [View all]abakan
(1,819 posts)78. Do not give her that kind of power in your life..
She showed you everything you need to know about her. As Maya Angelou said, "she showed you who and what she is, once. Believe her, don't make her show you twice."
If she is not you, then she does not matter...
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Drunken Irishman
Jun 2014
OP
So sorry you had that terrible experience, but it is more about "her" than you.
MoonRiver
Jun 2014
#4
I completely agree. It's more about her. I mean, who does something like that?
FourScore
Jun 2014
#36
yeah, it's a lame pickup type line similar to "is that your daughter, i thought you were sisters"
JI7
Jun 2014
#14
Sounds like she was trying to flirt with your coworker, in a clumsy and thoughtless way.
winter is coming
Jun 2014
#13
That's horrible and soul sucking. I am sorry that happened to you, and I hope you
msanthrope
Jun 2014
#21
What a jerk she is. She wasn't even looking at your photo, she would have made
LiberalLoner
Jun 2014
#24
Can't help you here. I'm 64, and I still feel crappy over remarks made to and about me from decades
WinkyDink
Jun 2014
#32
Seriously. The Red Queen can pretty much mop up the floor with anyone. I've seen her do it.
IrishAyes
Jun 2014
#101
I know that exact feeling - the overwhelming sense of being some grotesque, hideous freak.
nomorenomore08
Jun 2014
#42
The only *troll* in this story is her. I've only had such an experience once or twice, and I know it
freshwest
Jun 2014
#46
Crappy junior high school behavior. She was one of the Mean Girls in hi school, too
Hekate
Jun 2014
#68
Hey, Drunken Irishman, don't let someone else's bad behavior cause you to feel badly
Samantha
Jun 2014
#75
Please don't tell me you go to the gym to please shallow little twits in their early 20s.
Warpy
Jun 2014
#90
You've been sexually harrassed and might want to consider going after those coworkers...
JVS
Jun 2014
#91
Someone with the emotional maturity of an 8th grader is controlling your thoughts?
alphafemale
Jun 2014
#128
Don't let that skank rob you of your motivation to take care of you, Irish.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2014
#135
She knew it was someone at work and made a superficial and unnecessary judgement about them to
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#208
I've learned even very attractive people can look terrible in photos, so don't worry! I'm an actress
DesertDiamond
Jun 2014
#149
Don't let an incidental character in your life control it by what stupid comments they make.
Rex
Jun 2014
#152
The reason they call it self esteem is because it doesn't require anyone's permission.
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2014
#159
What a twisted brain! Man, that sounds like a script right out of a Disney high school bully scene.
C Moon
Jun 2014
#160
All bullies are scared little kids inside. That goes for the Kochs, too. And fascists.
McCamy Taylor
Jun 2014
#163
Hi DI...honest truth..this young lady was poorly raised...and odds are she will continue..
Tikki
Jun 2014
#168
I had that in spades happen to me at the worst possible age. Done to me by my peers, and in print
DFW
Jun 2014
#169
Actually... In an odd backhanded way, she has shown you that your efforts paid off.
Xyzse
Jun 2014
#170
"Anyway, sorry to vent. I just hit rock bottom on something that maybe you'll all find trivial;
greiner3
Jun 2014
#174
I'm so sorry that happened to you, but remember this-- she has a problem, not you!
ColesCountyDem
Jun 2014
#177
Accept what you can't change, Change what you can, & Get wiser at telling the difference.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2014
#195
When I was 16 my father apologized to me because it was his fault my face was "so ugly."
magical thyme
Jun 2014
#199
Hi MT...where do these people come from? My mother used to ask me to walk ten steps behind her...
Tikki
Jun 2014
#204
Think about it this way, we all get old and much less attractive eventually...
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#209
Don't know if you saw this downthread, but in response to someone else's post
Ken Burch
Jun 2014
#211