To think it's not funny anymore or am I just being uptight?

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I fell over when out with a relative, I'm quite badly bruised and burst into tears from the shock and embarrassment after falling. I'm in my 20s so there was no concern about my being seriously injured, but I was still badly bruised and in pain. It happened in front of a huge crowd and was really embarrassing.

My relative found it hilarious watching me fall over, and stood there laughing whilst a stranger came over and helped me stand back up again. I laughed it off as well at the time, and tried to make a joke of it as I didn't want to take myself too seriously and I was embarrassed as a lot of people had seen it happen.

The whole day when I was with my relative they would randomly start laughing to themselves, and say they were thinking about when I fell over. They found it hilarious and kept bringing it up. It's been a few days now and they still laugh, like when they first see me they will start laughing and tell me they're remembering about when I fell over.

I'm finding it really tedious and annoying now, as I don't find it funny anymore and it feels like it's getting to become quite mean in nature to keep laughing about it, but I don't know if I'm just being uptight with no sense of humour?

That's unbelievably rude and annoying of your relative and I would tell them so.

Your relative sounds like a right jerk! You are not being unreasonable.

Really immature and mean behaviour.

I think the last thing you want to hear when you are in pain and shock is the sound of someone laughing at you.

Hugely hurtful and rude. Are they always so inappropriate about people being injured. Do they show any empathy in other situations?

Actually your relative sounds a right twat. Ignore and change the subject or walk off when they are being twatty, yet again.

That’s really not nice at all. I hope you’re ok, falling over is awful and there’s the shock and embarrassment as well as being hurt. Your relative is being very childish. I remember falling over a few years ago when my arthritic hip gave way (I sound like I’m old, I’m not! I got osteoarthritis really young after having hip dysplasia from birth) and I got a huge shock, was so embarrassed and my knees were badly bruised. It leaves you feeling really shaken up for a bit and it’s really not funny.

Surely you've told them enough is enough now and that you'd hurt yourself, so it's not that funny?

They shouldn't need telling but it sounds like they do.

Oh that's mean and very hurtful of your relative. When something like that happens you need TLC and sympathy, I've fallen in public a couple of times so I know how horrible it is and how embarrassing it can be. Hope your bruises heal soon.

Unless your "relative" is your 6 year old nephew I can't think of a single reason for them to be doing this. It's not normal, adult behaviour.

Unless they are a twat, as other have said.

I've never found people falling over funny. Just, why?

I would look the relative dead in the eye each time with deep concern and say 'Are you ok?'

When they respond with their bland, slightly baffled response then you can just say 'I understand you might have found it funny in the moment but it really doesn't seem normal to be going on about it still.' Then tilt your head and continue to look concerned.

What a lovely person they are - not.

I'd be being quite terse, and say, 'yes, you made it clear how amused you were then, despite my pain and distress, and yet here we are. Do shut up about it, there's a dear, you're really very tedious'.

Sounds like a nasty person indeed. What relation is this person to you?

Yep they are a total prat

Over the past half a century I have fallen over on numerous occasions and I can't remember at any time did my friends not piss themselves laughing.
Lighten up a bit

This.

I always wondered who found those "comedians" slipping on banana peels so funny that it was a staple joke for decades. Then later 90% of You've Been Framed was people falling over with different terrible hairstyles.

I mean really what is funny about falling over?

YANBU OP, can you avoid your relative for a bit? Or if they're lacking comedy in their life introduce them to stand ups like Dara O'Briain (he's got some full length stuff on YouTube) so at least they're repeating something different instead of this.

Your relative’s an arsehole and I’d be telling her this and not spending time with her. Ask ‘You find it funny that I hurt myself?’

To be honest it all sounds a bit performative (them not you OP).

When you get way in your 30s nearly 40s you laugh at yourself falling over.
Ive fallen over in town before and my sister pissed her self laughing karma did get her months later when her coat got hooked on a fence while walking past some builders.

She fell flat on her backside I laughed so much i had tears.
Yes its embarrassing but rather laugh about it than fall out over it.
I am glad to say i have mastered falling over by standing still it happened
yesterday in my front room my son cracked up.

We always check no ones hurt through the sound of hahahhahahahah you ok hahahahahaha have you haha hurt yourself hahahhaha.
To much drama in the world to not laugh.

yo9u dont laugh as you get older it actuall hurts more-id be concerned rather than carry on laughing

I wouldn't spend much time with your relative. They sound a bit deficient.

Same here!

Or they'd be trying not to laugh. It doesn't mean they're unpleasant people.

I mean really what is funny about falling over?

It's usually comes under the umbrella of slapstick comedy. Not really my cup of tea

This is totally something my brother would do (and it would wind me up too).

Really? Your friends laugh days after you have fallen over? Blimey.

Op - your relative sounds annoying and tedious.

Have never understood people like that.

It doesn’t say much for them.

Ask them if they’ve always lacked empathy?