How can I accept that some people won’t like me?

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This weekend, I met a couple of my boyfriend’s friends who didn’t seem to like me very much. They were really rude to me and made me feel unwelcome. I was very polite, only spoke when I had something valuable to add to the conversation, and yet… I can’t stop thinking about it, even though I know I probably won’t see them again for awhile and it doesn’t have any real affect on my life whatsoever. It’s just eating away at me and I can’t help but wonder what it is I’m doing wrong to make people not even want to give me a chance. I know that’s just the way the world is, but I feel it is very personal. How can I get over it and come to terms with the fact that not everyone is going to like me?

Category: Tags: asked July 21, 2014

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I think the hardest part about it is not knowing why. Its frustrating. There is also a few other factors that could explain them other than just being rude because some people are like that.They could be jealous of the time he spends with you. Guys have trouble expressing that sort of thing, and it might not even occur to them, they just know that YOU are why he cant hang out all the time. Not that you did anything wrong it just gets associated with you.Another is people tend to vent to their friends more than brag. You are more likely to tell your friends about things driving you nuts rather than all the ways your significant other does all the little things to make you smile. So again negativity gets associated with you. And if they dont have their own baseline of you as a person or your personality or quirks its difficult to disassociate what they heard in the past even if its not all negative. Trying to be nice or polite could be an issue too, they are your peers not elders, so it might seem fake to them. Even though meeting new people can be nerve racking try to relax. Gain a little confidence in yourself to know that you are a cool nice person (I'm just guessing but I bet you are ^.^) Your boyfriend picked you because you have something no one else does and you are amazing.Its not so much that any of this is weird or specific to you, I just might be an explanation to the weirdness especially when you are meeting new people specifically. Also all else fails? Screw em' you dont need negative people in your life anyways.
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think about it this way, you're better off without them. they're not people that will value you and everything you have to offer. some people just have different energies that clash when they first meet. maybe it'll change as time passes. regardless, they don't matter. the only people that matter in this situation are you and your boyfriend. you need to love yourself and he likes you for who you are. his friends don't matter. good luck!
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I second everything Raquel said. One of the things I tell myself when in that kind of situation is "You're not a hundred dollar bill--not everyone is going to like you." When I was first dating my now-fiance, his male friends were ok with me, but their wives hated me. I was just like you--I tried to be polite and contribute to the friendship, but it was really clear that they didn't want any part of a friendship with me. I had to deal with that for a couple years, until one of the wives and I had a disagreement on facebook and she used it as an excuse to cut off communication with me and forced her husband to cut contact with me and my fiance also. We ran into them a year later and when we said hello, they literally turned their backs on us and walked away. Sorry for the rant lol. Just saying that some people don't feel good unless they're dragging other people down, and those aren't people who deserve to have you in their lives.
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I know how you feel. A few years back, I had an awkward situation at work with a girl who seemed to dislike me, but I couldn't figure out why. The harder I tried to figure it out, and the more I tried to be nice and "neutral" to her...the worse the situation got!Eventually I had to just come to terms with the fact that not only will not everyone like me, I also don't like everyone. When I was totally honest, I really didn't like that girl either.It didn't make either of us bad people, the truth is just that not everyone likes everyone. If you base your self-esteem on everyone liking you, you're going to end up very unhappy, and you may even turn people off.
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I will point out that often guy's friends will be mean to a girl to see if she stands up for herself. Often it's a way to feel her out to see if she's good enough for their friend. This could be one of those cases. I know my husband's brothers do it.