How should I respond to people calling me ugly?

Question

I get it every now and then. Im not popular in school and dont have much back so ppl tend to pick on me because its easy and they know i do anything about it. Sometimes i care and other times i dont anymore, but i dno it bothers me how is me being ugly going to affect the rest of my life. Im currently in high school, will things possibly get better once i reach college?

Hi, i just wanted to tell everyone im actually a guy, haha sounded like a girl wrote this huh?

well anyways, i thank you all for ur helpful answers, i will find the strength to overcome this phase in my life. Im happy to know that there are some people with deep feelings out there that dont just look skin deep. I want to wish u all a merry christmas and happy new year, as for the best answer, there is none, u all were excellent. Karma - what goes around comes around keep doing ur thing.

Answer 1

I'd rather be ugly than stupid.

Ugly owns Microsoft and he's got billions

I was born this way what's your excuse.

Put ugly and stupid on a desert island and ugly makes it off.

Yes I'm ugly, and I'm going to be your boss someday

The ugly duckling turned into a swan.

In the beauty and the beast, the beast got the good-looking chick

Answer 2

Yes, it will probably get better when you reach college. You'll meet more "ugly" people, and probably will become friends with them. Also most people in college are mature enough not to say stuff like that. What is that makes you ugly? Is it your weight? Your hair? Acne? Try working on all those things and maybe nobody will have a reason to call you ugly. Also, just ignore them. If they don't get a reaction they may stop making fun of you. I wish you the best of luck, God bless you!

Answer 3

Those people are ugly on the inside for certain. You are not ugly, and so what if you don't look like they want you to? I feel for you, it hurts terribly when people tease. BUT I can promise you one thing. Their ugly shallow lives will amount to little good and loads of misery, while yours will be a happy and successful one. If you're looking for some one-liners to snap back at them try

"oooooh good for you!! That was a whole sentence!! And you said that all by yourself!!!"

Or, just look them up and down with pity and say "uh huh" and keep walking.

Or say "better ugly than stupid like you."

Or say "standing in front of a mirror again?"

Good luck hon, and remember, the best revenge is happiness.

Answer 4

You know I looked like a boy for a long time. People called me ugly and big lipped. Now I've had those same people tell me how beautiful and pretty I am. A boy who used to tease me in middle school about my lips did not recognize me and asked me out and his come on line was "Your lips are so juicy, I wouldn't mind being kissed by an angel". PLEASE!! I reminded him of who I was and politely let him know what he could kiss and walked away. I know you probably always hear the 'ugly duckling turned swan' theory. But in my case it was actually true. Whatever happens beauty is within. Pretty is as pretty does. If you are a girl try a little eye makeup. Go to Nordstom's or Sephora's and get a make over. Ask them questions about what compliments your eyes, lips and cheek bones. Have them show you how to correctly apply makeup. Think beautiful and you will be. Remember that people who tease others have some sort of insecurity about themselves. They may be lacking in self-esteem and by putting another person down or making them feel bad it gives them a since of security within there-self or there little crew. So don't feel bad about their shortcomings. It is rather childish to call people names. Stay the mature one.

Answer 5

High school as usual is one of the cruelest phases in your life, with little in the way of support, from sources that you can really rely on, like parents or friends... I for one, could never cope with being called things similar to ugly or worse....

Today however, I have the opposite sex keeling over every so often, trying to get to "know" me.

It's simple really... just ignore it, and know that no one is really "ugly". Everyone have innate qualities that somehow make them good looking or handsome or beautiful, and the whole thing has NOTHING to do with looks, believe me...

Sure some people look good naturally, but if you look at a lot of very successful people, they just don't look bad either. They carry their deficiencies with them, and work on it, such that we do not even consider how they look, we only consider who they are, and what they can do, or have achieved...

Please, just ignore the taunts, it comes normally, from highly insecure people...:)

Answer 6

Oh my gosh! You have no idea, once you leave high school, the real world doesn't care if you're ugly or not. High is the worst. I've been out for 12 years now, but I still remember how it was...it was all about social status. I hated it too! I got picked on alot. Oh if they could see me now.

Once you get out of high school, you do NOT get picked on anymore. In college, a few tend to laugh or grin at you, but that's just because they haven't matured yet. Trust me, other people are looking at them and laughing because of how stupid and immature they still are. When I see teenagers who act like that, pick on others, I quickly put them in their place.

Answer 7

Smile and say thank you and show them it's not bothering you. All they want to do is get under your skin, but if you seem happy about it, they'll be like wtf? and possibly back away. Because if you show weaknesses in front of them, they'll most likely do it over and over again.
By the way, College kids are way more mature than that. They have better things to do than make fun of people. Don't sweat it. Just ignore the immature delinquents at your school until you graduate and you'll have a fresh new start.

Answer 8

dont worry, most ppl arent ugly, they just feel ugly b/c ppl r mean so their self esteem is lowered. if u think of yourself as drop dead geogeous than wtvr they say wont bother u, and if it doesnt bother u thell stop. and as 4 later on in life, ppl get a lot less shallow as they mature and they realize looks dont really matter. a girl can be the hottest thing but a total ***** and then who will marry her? or yea shell get married and get diorced in 2 months! u can also try to take more interest in ure looks, not that i no if u dont but.... wtvr the main thing is dont let it bother u and eventually ittl stop. ppl hate picking on ppl ho dont react, it takes all the fun out of it!lol

Answer 9

1. tell them you might be ugly, but their so ugly you heard that their momma had to tie a bone around their neck to get the dogs
to play with them.
2. tell them to go to he double hockey sticks
3.just ack like it does not bother you and say thank you, a lot of times if people see something doesn't bother you they quit.

people can be very rude at times, a lot of times people will put you down, just to make their selves look better.
try to let it not bother you, people will always find something bad to say about you no matter how ugly or pretty you are
or how fat or skinny you are, or how rich or poor you are
and so on and so on. they will always find something bad to say
it is never good any more, untill you are dead, and then they want to say something nice. maybe god will punish them and all their kids will turn out ugly for them making fun of you. good luck

Answer 10

High school sucks. It is suppose to be the best days of your life, but sorry, it's not. There is much better things to come, I promise! There is so much crap said in high school that sticks with people when they get older and they harbor all that hate and anger. Just let it go, and these jerks that your calling your friends? Ditch em. Be who you are, and be proud of it! Once your in college, you will find people to hang with that will appreciate you for who you are. Not for what the crap you look like. These 'friends' of yours have role models like Paris and Nicole. Total brain damage......your way better then that.