Aibu to let a hurtful comment from a stranger get to me so much

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As above really. Has this happened to anyone else?
Its sounds so pathetic and childish now I have actually wrote it down. Feel a bit like a teenager and I'm most definitely past that age. I'm 30 for goodness sake. I should just shrug nasty comments off and be resilient but unfortunately I can't stop thinking about it.

I was walking home from work with my little girl and a group of women were sat in a park I walk through. One of the women said something about my appearance and they all laughed. I just carried on walking with my dd but it did get to me.
I keep thinking about it since and feel really down about how I look and keep thinking that others probably think this about me too.

Do you just shrug hurtful comments off? If so how?

1st of all. Those women were nasty!!
2nd.if you do however feel bad about yourself and how you look, why not try to change it? These nasty bitches were just being plain mean, but the hit a sore spot with you. And if you feel down about yourself, you should maybe try to see if you can change. Not for them. But for you. For your self. For how you feel about yourself. For how you see yourself and for how you can take control of your self esteem. And self worth. And become a you, that you love.

Not for them. But for you.

I was in a shop today waiting in the queue standing 2 metres behind the person in front when a very large man came and stood right up my arse. He had his mask hanging round his neck. I looked at him and decided he looked like he was looking for an argument so I just ignored him. I have really bad hay fever red eyes snot the lot. I had a little cough covering my face and he went absolutely ballistic I couldn’t understand much of what he was saying but I caught the gist of something about my face and a bag 😂. Unfortunately for him the person who can intimidate me has not been born yet so I told him very loudly and graphically what I thought of him. Amazing how quickly someone can shut up and move 2 metres behind you. The cashier said he tries to cause an argument with women every time he comes in.

@Yeahnahmum the op said she is undergoing treatment at the moment so cannot do anything about it.

Once I was on an escalator and a group of older boys - maybe about 19 - were singing about my “fat ass”. I was horrified!

Those women showed that they were nasty bitches with ugly personalities so their opinions shouldn’t matter to you. They are not worth thinking about.

How horrible, of course it's hurtful, whatever age! What pathetic people those women must be if that counts as entertainment for them! Confident, happy people don't make themselves feel good by being nasty about others, they're probably miserable really. Try not to waste any more time thinking about what happened. 💐

Grown women acting like mean girls in the playground is shameful. Be embarrassed for them not of yourself OP, they clearly are very unhappy people who still have a lot of growing up to do

Vodka they are your words from your mouth. There is no positivity that can can from body shaming or making observations about what other people look or sound like. It is never motivational or positive and to suggest otherwise is body shaming imho. It's never sometimes ok.

Each to their own 🤷🏼‍♂️