Friends influence

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Do you ever get stuff like dont go to the gym or u`ll get too muscly and ugly from your friends?

recently they figured out wat my main and final aim in life is and started teasing, bitching and making fun of me. u ever get this sort of stuff from your fella`s? or did u ever do it to one of ur friends who ex, just liked to much soccer/football
 
People fear and make fun of what they will never be.
 
Well, being a male high school wrestler at an all guys school, I can safely say that I've been made fun of and joked about by every one of my friends that doesn't wrestle. Almost all my friends. That's alot of kids. Especially when I go to lunch with a book that has a ton of pictures of wrestling moves, they look through it and find all the "gay" ones and laugh and joke about it. I just laugh about it because it doesn't bother me the least.

The first few days, my coach said the same thing Lee said.
"They're just saying that because they know they can't cut it in this room." (room we practice in)
 
when I see my mum she usually says. "EWWWWWW you getting all deformed" and then I smack her round the face with a 20 pound fish.
 
Sometimes my boyfriend will tell me that i'm obsessed with how I count calories or how I will rarely eat out. It's also hard for him to understand what exactly i'm trying to do to lose weight since I'm not starving myself. It's such a slow process too that I'm sure he wonders if anything that i'm doing is making a difference. But I ignore all that because I see the changes in the mirror/body measurements and I'm willing to wait for my goals if it means losing less muscle in the long run.

~Nicole
 
I usually not talk to my friends about working out at the gym because I know they do not work out. I go to the gym with both of my parents. My dad use to lift weights back in the day and he is getting back into them so he knows alot and helps me.
 
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one. With the exception of my friend who I lift with, and my girl, pretty much everyone just doesn't get it. They wanna order pizzas and I tell them I can't, they make fun, I tell em to **** off. It's really the same with friends and even family. Oh well, it doesn't really affect anything I do health wise, so it doesn't matter in the end.
 
Nah...most of my friends are scared of me so they don't say anything...j/k. Honestly, the most I get from my friends is "HULK SMASH!!!" and a couple of chuckles.

Be warey of the ones you actually call "friends". I know a lot of people but call very few of them "friends". When I was younger, my father said this to me, "Son, if you go through your whole life and still have a handful of people that are still your friends, then you are a lucky man." That's always stuck with me.
 
It's natural for the group to try and shape you into their image. If they see you deviate from it, then you stand out in the group.

Lol, Tony...I've been through more friends than I can count, and I'm still in my teens. The future looks very fortuitous.
 
Ooh, for some reason I thought that I was the only one here. I would be way past what I am at if it weren't for my stupid friends... It's actually pretty hard for me to just ignore what they say - while I am chomping down some plain yogurt, they're eating bags of hot cheetos and all - AHHH.

But I gotta say, the worst is when you aren't making that much gains yet still trying to stick hard with your diet and training - your friends will always be right behind you, giving you crap. :(
 
I was at dinner last night with some friends i hadn't seen in a while. These were the people i used to drink with 5 nights a week, go to a fast food joint at 4am, etc... I ordered the healthiest sandwich i could find, got asparagus instead of french fries, and drank water instead of wine/beer... I was picked on for not drinking and getting asparagus until i finished my last bite.

It's frusterating, but they're the same friends that make the comments about how good i'm looking in summer :cool:
 
You guys are taking things too seriously, I can't imagine hanging around a group of guys who were always positive and supportive of on another. It sounds nice but i'm sure it would get really old really fast.

Some of the best memories I have with my friends are of making fun of and pulling pranks on one another. You will have a tough time getting through life if you need the approval of everyone around you. I'm sure that you give some of it back though.

What if one of your friends was really into writing poetry and skipped out on guys night out to write a poem for his girlfriend; are you telling me you wouldn't give him some crap? Even if you understand. you still give him crap, I'm pretty sure its a man law.
 
Derwyddon said:
Truth is people will rib, poke, jab, make fun of anything "different" even if their intentions aren't bad.
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Agreed - that's not necessarily a bad thing. Diversity (for all the political correctness that's loaded into the term these days) is a good thing.
 
jsbeckton said:
You guys are taking things too seriously, I can't imagine hanging around a group of guys who were always positive and supportive of on another. It sounds nice but i'm sure it would get really old really fast.

Some of the best memories I have with my friends are of making fun of and pulling pranks on one another. You will have a tough time getting through life if you need the approval of everyone around you. I'm sure that you give some of it back though.

What if one of your friends was really into writing poetry and skipped out on guys night out to write a poem for his girlfriend; are you telling me you wouldn't give him some crap? Even if you understand. you still give him crap, I'm pretty sure its a man law.
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Yes, it's man law. Your buddies should know the line between making jokes and taking it too far as well. Some of my friends crack jokes a lot, but are also the ones sayin "Damn Tony, you got big" when I haven't seen them for a couple of months.

One should know the difference between jokes and cruelty. If someone steps out of line, then you should let them know. If you don't do it...then it's your bad and not theirs. But, if you ask them to tone down the jokes, and they don't, forget them.
 
Here I thought I was the only one too.

Well, I have to admit, though I keep pretty decent nutrition, I don't really like seeing people ordering the low calorie dishes without any toppings and with one fourth of a glass of water. Fitness and nutrition are great, but once you get to the point where you can't enjoy some good food with your friends, there's really no point in being fit.
 
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