What's something you've been called in life that isn't generally something bad, but made you feel awful

For me, growing up, I was around people who saw games as useless and a waste of time, but I loved them

I've always been into computers and tech and was called techy and a gamer and each time, it was said with a sort of disgust from the person saying it.

It made me feel like I shouldn't be friends with the few people like me, and I spent a lot of my childhood staying away from people, and making sure that people didn't learn that I played games

Even now, I get slightly uncomfortable being called a gamer or techy or any synonym even though people don't really think that anymore around here.

Anyone else have something similar?

AlecSadler ,

Not so much a verbal thing, but just the general first glance demeanor on a blind date or an internet date...tough to forget.

Also, growing up I was always told I'd never amount to anything spending so much time on computers and that I needed to do something with my life. Well, I made over $500k last year in software engineering consulting...so...yeah.

morphballganon ,

About a million people have called me smart. The times that it followed me displaying above average intelligence were a small fraction of those times. Mostly it was a reflection of the person I was around being an idiot.

Anticorp ,

None of my friends knew that I played World of Warcraft. They wondered why I started sometimes going no contact and not going out with them on a weekend evening. It's because I was doing arena, or raiding. They didn't find out that me and my wife got very into WoW until several years later. I'm a dirt bike rider, a martial artist, and an athlete. The whole gamer nerd persona didn't sit right with me, so I hid it.

FartsWithAnAccent ,
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My teacher said I had an "apple face", apparently it's supposed to be a compliment but kid me got pissed and felt insulted.

thefactthat ,

Oof yeah, my teacher used me as an example of someone with a round face in art class when I was about 10 and I still feel self-conscious about my face shape sometimes.

toomanypancakes ,
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Growing up my parents always called me "the good kid", especially my dad. It just made me feel super awkward and bad though, I didn't take it as a compliment. These days neither of my other siblings talk to my parents anymore either, I'm the only one still in contact.

Evkob ,
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This really reminds me of my family dynamic. Anything I do, my dad can excuse, but the smallest mistake my younger brother makes is a travesty.

I end up in the drunk tank, and my dad's only answer is "it stinks in there, eh? 😂"

My brother doesn't reply to a text for a couple of hours, and it's the end of the world.

I hate it, because my bro is a good kid, ultimately. But I can see how much the way my father treats him affects him negatively. It ends up being a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Iapar ,

Tell him. If it comes from the good kid he must think there is some truth to it.

sanguinepar ,
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That sucks. Your dad needs to watch Lord of the Rings and especially the Boromir, Faramir, Denathor dynamic.

kakes ,

"Too much."

itsgroundhogdayagain ,

Idealistic. It was meant as an insult.

cardboardchris ,

I feel this. It's exactly as condescending as "naive" and means basically the same thing.

AnalogyAddict ,

Everyone told me I was like my dad.

NoIWontPickAName ,

And you didn’t like the analogy?

JimmyBigSausage ,

Feeling your pain.

snausagesinablanket ,
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Pretty bad, a little kid called me Asshole Eyes when I was 17. I am 60 and still remember.

Thcdenton ,

I'm sorry but I'm gonna use that next time I need to burn someone 🤌

snausagesinablanket ,
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I agree. It was an Epic insult for a little kid to sling.

NoIWontPickAName ,

I saw someone say that God wasted a perfectly good asshole by putting teeth in your mouth, best insult ever

snausagesinablanket ,
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I heard a biker tell a cop to take a flying fuck at a rolling donut!

I stole it a few times because it is that good.

ladytaters ,

My dad used to use that one all the time. The PG version was "go take a long walk off a short pier".

Funkmaster-Hex ,

Gramps idk what asshole eyes even means but whoever that was has lived rent free in your head for 43 years. Let it go, I'm sure you're a lovely person with great eyes.

snausagesinablanket ,
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Gramps 🤣

Let it go,

I didn't even remember until I saw this thread.

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