I'm 21, so I tend have friends with a greater maturity, tolerance, or simply don't care. It's unfortunate that you have to put up with today's youth. My advice is approaching the principal/student counselor or asking your parents for a transfer or home schooling. Honestly, I'm quite anti-social, especially in my schools in North Carolina. It's all because of the vile cruelty every close-minded youth displays today. I had open minded and honest parents, so I consider myself very lucky to have been given better values and beliefs than most. No one wants to be around that. The environment is toxic and the faculty rarely care.
If they were a real friend they wouldn't do things like that. Sometimes I find it better to only tell close friends some personnel things about mean that wouldn't use it against me. I hope for good luck for the future to you brohoof .
Don't you just love humans?...Kids like you describe as the "Bullies" are the Real Disease to this planet...Not Bronies. They are a Cancer to this planet and treating it well with responsible to learn to ignore and remember that after you leave High school, you will never see these kids again is best solution to fixing the issue. Kids will always be like this which i call "The Rebel Stage" of any child growing up in this way. Remember, You are who you are. No one can tell you what you have to become in order to please others. Judging ones Opinions/Interests/Likes/Doing/Watches or Wants is wrong. If you want to watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic? Then by God, watch it. It's what you like and enjoy to watch and talk about and no one can say other wise. Derpy?...One day, this world will wake up and see the error on their ways on they acted before and regret the feeling of it and they will come to you forgiveness. All I can say is that keep on what for who you are and for who you are too be. :3 Friends come and go and those who stayed with you always and stick too you, even your custom seem strange but not an issue to there lives are Real True friends. I only have a had full of friends who stick to me being a brony and being it only 3 really, out of the 7, they are true friends. You need to find better friends. Friends who care about you. I wish to help those in need of help but I'm limited on that when your from UK and me in the U.S. If you like to talk about any issue you are dealing with or what the case or you wish to chat with me? Message with me or Facebook me or Chat in DA or wherever and I'l try my very best to Help you in your times of need. :3
Believe what you will, but whatever you choose to do, i hope it helps you deal with this problem you have. I agree with the conforming point, but in my work place and schools it was the thing to do. I'm not saying fully conform, just enough to stand out still I'm 23 and ride a tourer with a large rack. only had one sports bike. all my mates have sports bike, thus i don't conform, niether does my cars (1985 and one from 1972) just see if you can give these *Civics* what should be coming to them.
Hey don't worry about it! I've taken some *** from people before as well and as much as it hurts to walk away I've found that retaliation just results in the both of us getting into trouble. I truly believe that those lowlifes' will get what is coming to them. If they still give you a hard time then report them. I'm the same age as you by the way and I know how you feel. My friends, well some of them think ponies are gay too. (But who knows mabye they are bronies in denial...o-o) Hence my decision to stay a semi closet brony and only tell my closest friends. If you ever want support I will gladly give it to you. My skype is simon.robinson68, and I sent a friend request. I wish I could be there to support you in person and help deal with these bullies IRL but the best thing I can do right now is pray for you And remember. these bullies are missing out on the most magical experience of there entire lifetime! Plus be thankful for what you have. You have an awesome lady friend who is also a brony. I'm so jealous! /)^3^(\
I aggre to most people here, you shouldn't need to hide anything though. Myself I don't show it in public (I don't have any awesome merch to walk around with anyway) but if the subject comes up I'm completely honest. People used to bully me for liking Pokemon though, but only for a very short while due to me responding positively. I am lucky enough to have found a really good school (I have changed school a few times due to family moving) that contains almost no bullying! And if it only slightly occurs, almost all students go against the bully and he stops. I usually keep to only having a few amount of friends. I have noticed that bullied people and "weird" people find comfort being with me. It's like I gather the unpopular around me because I accept them. Wisch I'm kinda proud of. One example is a guy with balance problems, he is extremely un-social and he even have derped eyes! Unfortunately his ability to learn in school sucks, so he can't speak/understand English, wisch makes him unable to become a brony. Either way he got extremely bullied at his old school, when my family moved to our new apartment I met him and he told me about his problems, I convinced him to change to my school and now his happier than I have ever seen him! Sorry about the wall of text, remember: Don't feed the parasprites!
Pretty much everything that I wanted to say has been covered so I just briefly say it. Ignore them. If they bring it up just push it to one side. I'm not saying that you should pretend to not like the show, if they ask you for your honest opinion, then say you like it but try to avoid those conversations as it'll just give them a way to bully you. The merch also probably triggers them but if you really don't want to change, then don't. I go to a pretty great school with barely any bullying and a small group of bronies. The only people who bother us are our other friends who just do it casually. Also these bullies of yours dont seem that intelligent.
Everyone here has some good advice, so I won't say much more than this: First off, I was bullied as well, but I reported it, and that didn't fully stop it, but reduced it about 90% They still ostracized me, but I was pretty much alone anyways, so that didn't matter so much. I usually had just one, or rarely two, friends at a time. I considered ending it all, too, but I'm glad I didn't - otherwise, I would never have discovered ponies! And if you want to keep Facebook, get some better people on there. I'm sure any of us with Facebook will be happy to friend you. And get on Skype or something similar, so you can talk when you're feeling down - don't worry about being a burden, I think we all understand, and lots of us have been there already, so we know. And finally, as to conformity, no, you do not have to be just like all the others out there - but there's nothing wrong with giving the outward appearance of being like all the others.
Sigh... please know I love you. You are awesome, and you're doing fine. I wish I were that brave. I swear. I don't just say this to make you feel better. Please hold on. It will get better.
School is rough. It's rare to get through it without any heavy conflict at one point or another. While I did enjoy school for friends, I had it rough often times. Once it's over with, even if you isolate yourself productively, you'll find that solace is wonderful. Of course, a few close friends is always nice, but by the time you reach the working world, not as many people find time to waste on trivial conflicts and heckling. At least, this is what I like to believe. If you ever want more people to talk to, you can PM me for Skype if you're interested. I tend to idle with it on, but respond as frequently as I can. I also leave it open in the background where it becomes a nuisance during League of Legends (looking at you, Foxy! XD).
As a college student I can sympathise with your situation mate, it can be tough and I have had some trouble because of my Bronism but after a lifetime of being bullied for my mental problems and my very long hair Iv developted a high immunity to bullies, if you can convince yourself to simply not care for what they say they will eventually back down. Tough it out and they will eventually get whats coming to them because what goes around does indeed come around and in their case I strongly suspect when it does come around its going to be very heavy and aimed for their faces like a Karmatic face seeking missile.
And that is why I am a closet Brony. I've had similar experiences, but not with MLP, with some of my other fandoms. Now I'm just really reserved about everything. If you ever need a chat, Mate, I'm here.
Sad thing is at that age, kids are just cruel in general. If it wasn't MLP, they'd find something else to torment you about. We're here for you, dude.
I got picked on in school for my...quirks...That is why i am homeschooled.Talk to your mom about it..... Fun Fact:Bullying is one of the top causes of Teen Suicide. Another fun fact:This is why i despise people. My rather irrational statement:RIP THE LITTLE **** ARMS OFF AND BEAT THEM TO DEATH WITH THEM!!! More rational:Tell them to p*ss off. EXTREMELY Irrational:Location..Bristol UK....All i need to do is find the school..then you...then have some"Fun" with the attackers... I dont like people that pick on my friends. But this is my dangerously insane ranting..... But really...this is what i would do... When they start attacking i flip them off...to show them i dont give a flying feather.
Well don't I feel silly. :derpe: Ah well my advice still stands. Teens suck when it comes to these things and they'll find some reason to do it. Just hold your head high and know you're right and good.
