What is the daftest thing you ever got bullied about?

[Rainbowknickers]

When I was growing up my parents had bought their house-an ex council house in a street where at least a quarter of the houses where private-and I got bullied all through primary cos ‘your parents have money’ (they didn’t-dad just refused to rent) what was the worst/daftest thing you where bullied for?

@Drogosnextwife it's ridiculous that we were made to feel that way! I now know it's because my teacher thought I was too tall to be a professional dancer (Darcey Bussell is only a few cm shorter) and was only interested in those who, in her view, had that potential.

It affected my self esteem, my belief in my ability to dance, and the other students picked up on it too and joined in the general picking on me. I will never forgive that woman for destroying something I loved so much.

It also didn't help that all my friendship group in school were tiny!

because i apparently looked like a dog... nicknamed scooby doo for a lot of my life... also was bullied for not having much in the breast area and being super skinny... whereas now they would all love to be as skinny as i was..

I was bullied for pretending to go to a particular school for a year.
It wasn't posh or famous or anything, just a bog standard primary school.
I wasn't pretending though, I actually did go to that school for a year.

The larger girls continuously calling me "fat". In reality I was 5ft9 and 8st and a small size 8

To be fair I may be a little porkier now

The worst? Because my lovely brother died of cancer whilst we were in high school. I love my brother x

I think it must've been in middle school back in the day, a non-school uniform day where the students were encouraged to wear their lounge clothes for a charitable cause. A month prior I had sprained my ankle, and since it was still sore, I decided to wear a pair of comfortable crocks and socks. Unfortunately, as this was not a popular clothing choice at the time, my fellow classmates took it upon themselves to bully me throughout my remaining school years, and since a few joined the same uni, then too. I was called crock wanker for the better half of a decade. At least now I can look back on it and smile!

I was once bullied in secondary school because my uniform smelt like washing powder?!?!? Apparently washing your clothes regularly was a terrible thing to do lol

My son was bullied for living overseas! How dare he live overseas! So was I.

I used to get called a snob too as I was quite clever and quiet.

I lived on a horrible sink estate, had one pair of trousers and shoes and often went without dinner. I wish I was a snob.

Because I wouldn't sit at the back of the bus with them. They treated me like shit so I refused to sit with them, then I got called 'queen' and 'snob' for not sitting with them. One boy was a particular arsehole, wish I'd had the courage to thump him one. In reflection that would likely have stopped it all.

For working hard in primary school and doing as I was asked by the teachers. Have always hated being told off.

For getting into grammar school. We all sat the test but then I was 'stuck up' when I passed and got offered a place, and they didn't. Even now I feel uncomfortable recognising my own successes (big or small) out loud and am very self deprecating for fear of coming across in any way boastful.

Kids can be absolutely vile and I hate the way negative experiences like this shape people in such a negative way. Even though, in my case anyway, those kids were obviously just insecure and took it out on me.

When everybody else was playing with the big parachute outside at Primary, I was told to go and clean the paint pots by my Teacher...when it was nap time I would be cleaning the milk bottles and putting the empties in the crate. The Teacher hated 'darker' (his words) children I was the only one in my class...he only retired a few years ago! I hear he was deeply unpleasant to children for many years but never got let go

For having freckles and 'wild' Afro with streaks of blonde curly and straight bits of hair.

For having a pair of roller skates and decorating them my own way that I'd saved forever for and doing jobs on our road to get them...washing cars, walking dogs etc! I was considered posh as they were quite expensive and too cool!

For getting clothes from C & A and my Mum making/altering our clothes from 'posh' patterns

For kissing (literally a peck on the cheek as he gave me one! we're still in touch now over 25 years later) the gorgeous American exchange student, I was a slag and a slut. For lying about my prom dress my Mum made it but apparently it was from House of Fraser as I'd been see buying it by the school bully. My Mum had an amazing eye and can pretty much make anything she sees from sight not so much now though.

For loving Shakespeare and all sorts of playwrights.

I had been to university did a job for a short while in the NHS whilst I decided what to do next they just could not cope with it...None of them had been to uni most of them had left at school at 15/16 and straight into Secretary courses etc they were just vile to me...when I secretly (so secret my manager told everyone when and where I'd been for interview) looked at a management graduate scheme they made my life hell I quit and will NEVER work for the NHS again vile horrid people!!

Bullies will never know how much things have affected me...they'll always be there I just tend to sense them a lot quicker and avoid now.

All of these would be said within earshot of teachers but none of them ever backed me up.

I remember that well too

Have a mole right dead centre of my forehead. I'm sure you can guess what I was called at school. Some adults are also arseholes. Thankfully I now love it and accept it, instead of wanting to slice it off my head.

Lucky you could accept it. I got mine removed as it caused me horrendous grief. My parents were completely oblivious until my Mum saw the scarring where I had tried to remove it myself.

I suspect I was called the same names you were. I thought the bullying would end once it was taken off. No chance, I was a well known target by then