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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 2617378" data-attributes="member: 7533">You know, you may scoff about it, but Steve's got a very good point.I mean really, didn't you guys ever watch any of those 1980's brat-pack movies?  If not, go rent and watch a few of them...  epsecially Pretty in Pink, 18 Candles and The Goonies.  Then, go watch Heathers.Look, Raven, you're a cool kid...  Or at least you were at one point, right? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />   Now, you've surrounded yourself with the very people you use to publicaly look down on.  You admit it yourself.  What's more, you refuse to publicly announce to the people closest to you the thing you share with these people that very nearly defines them as a social group.  In their eyes, you're reaping all the benifits of being a geek, without sharing in the disadvantages that the other geeks can't avoid (as easily).The girl that's picking on you believes she's got the moral high ground.  She's been picked on all her life by people just like you, and now she's got a cool kid at her mercy.  In this particular walf pack, she's asserting her position of dominance over you.  It a petty form of vengeance and retaliation on a surrogate who represents all of her previous tormenters.  The only way to get her to stop is to stand up to her, and establish your place in the pack.  Call her out privately, telling her flat out to knock it off and that she's being just as big an ass as every jerk who's picked on her.  If that doesn't work, do it again, publicly.Also, here's a little article entitled <a href="http://www.singlenesia.com/news/cache/?p=031213-01&l=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plausiblydeniable.com%2Fopinion%2Fgsf.html" target="_blank">5 Geek Social Fallacies</a>.  Read it.  It might give you some insight into the minds of these girls.EDIT:  I also just noticed this:So...  Your boyfriend plays roleplaying games, but for some reason you don't want to tell him that you do too?  Explain this to me.  It makes no sense no matter how I look at it.</blockquote>

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