My Friends are making fun of me? o-o

itt no-one can take banter. If it is banter, that is - if they're real friends then they're probably just teasing because they know you won't get too upset and you should just give as good as you get. However if that's not what it is then... I've gotta honestly suggest what LividZephyr said.
if your friends are making fun of you for the games you play, then maybe you shouldn't tell them you play it
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This is what I always did back when I played regularly tbh. However I imagine for you it's a bit late for that now so... what I'd suggest is just keep doing it. Next time they try to make fun of you for it and you don't like it, just say "and what?". They only care because you care - if you can show them that you don't care (and if you do care, pretend that you don't lol) then they'll just move on. That's how I approach dealing with anything like this from just petty teasing to full-on bullying and in my experience it's usually worked. *shrug*

Regarding the competitive battling thing - no. You might convince them that it's not all that childish but you'll just earn yourself a reputation as someone who's wayyyyyy too into it and that's opening up a whole new can of worms imo.
 
My friends know i play pokemon but they dislike them mostly due to the generations.They dont like the newer ones much.If they dont like pokemon dont bring up the subject.After all it wont trigger a conversation.Dont waste your time trying to make them like pokemon.
 
most of my friemds know i just play the games and they really dont care at all. but if they were so hung up on it. if i were you i would consider dropping some of them as friends. cause that aint cool for them to be doing you like that. its like true firends dont care what you like. anything less is not good.
 
When i was in eighth grade last year my friends kind of made fun of me and my best friend for it, now all of the sudden in high school my girl best friends crush is like into all the stuff im into and so is the girl in my class, like droomph said they'll get back into it or realize that people dont give a damn what they play, give them sometime they'll stop eventually
 
Well, everyone's making very valid points

They make fun of you, so what? Friends do that all the time, it's natural behavior of the human being, BUT, if they're really giving you a hard time to the point they're lowering your self-esteem then you should stop hanging out with them. Of course, without making a big deal out of it, or they'll think you prefer to play Pokémon than having friends, which could make it worse. Like people said above, they like to make fun of you because you care and it bothers you, it's boring to make fun of someone that doesn't care. Being like "so what?" is your best choice.

Explaining the competitive battling is also not a good idea. If they're not into Pokémon in the first place they'll see it as something very boring, not helping your case. I don't think there's a way to make them think it's not childish, you can blame the anime for creating that image. You could try showing them the manga, there are some bloody parts. But, like JayTheKing said, if they don't like Pokémon, don't even mention it.

So, in short:
- Make fun of them for not liking Pokémon! >=O
- Ignore them, they'll get bored of teasing you if you don't care.
- If they still give you a hard time, ditch them, you deserve better friends. You are more than just a video game player =/

I hope this helps.
 
yea ummm guys @_@ my friends are the childish people here ... they are like on 1 prep and ... i am with them and they are not really my friends .. it's just they are like my school mates or something and they think pokemon is stupid and for kids and they only care about Football o-o and i hate football ... and infact i think they are stupid due to they are kinda like from the old days lol and i told them about EV/IV training and commutive battling and lvling system and they didn't care about sooo i said what ever.. and i am a brony and a pokemon fan and yea thats all
 
ThatIceman said:
uhhh.... WEll ... the problem is .. My Friends are making fun of me because i watch/play pokemon infact i do not watch pokemon i just play the games like Pokemon diamond/pearl/platinum/HGSS/BW/BW2 but .. they think pokemon is for kids and i keep telling them its not but they just don't get it sooo how i make them get it and make them stop making fun of me about pokemon :S and no i did not tell them i know pokemon they just found out some how ..
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I just laugh it off, i'm 19 in college and posted i spent my whole day grinding on BW2 on Facebook.I got nearly 30 likes, more people like it than you think and some that diss it just wish they were secure enough to still be playing!
 
Hell, I'm 27. my boyfriend makes fun of me sometimes about it, but in all honesty he's not doing it seriously, and he's even potentially expressed interested in trying it out to play with me. x3 we're both gamers, so that helps though.
 
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