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[Penthea]

I grew up the same. You know what stopped it? Me no longer caring. Suddenly it no longer hurt me and the people doing it stopped as I no longer gave them what they wanted. You decide if words hurt you or not.

...I was seven years old. You really expect someone that young to have the presence of mind to come to those conclusions?

As for how it stopped I can only guess it's because it didn't make me stop playing with "boy's" toys so they got bored of trying to insult me.

[Nothv13]

...I was seven years old. You really expect someone that young to have the presence of mind to come to those conclusions?

As for how it stopped I can only guess it's because it didn't make me stop playing with "boy's" toys so they got bored of trying to insult me.

Yeah? I never said it was easy. It took me into my last year of high school. The issue is that adults are still acting like the 7 year old you without the maturity to not let things get to them.

[Penthea]

Yeah? I never said it was easy. It took me into my last year of high school. The issue is that adults are still acting like the 7 year old you without the maturity to not let things get to them.

Well for me it really was in early childhood and it was mostly other kids in the neighbourhood who were saying it to me, though they probably learned that behaviour from their parents. When I encountered adults with the same behaviour I was already in my teens and by then I was just like "whatever I do what I want".