Do people judge you?

[I Love Brian, Forever <3]

The other day in PetSmart, I was there with my mom, she was closing which meant she pretty much was going to be there until at least 10:30pm. Anyway, there was this kitten in the vet attached to PetSmart and I asked if I could hold him. I was able to. I carried him around the store, showing him all the fishtanks and birds and whatnot and you should have seen the looks people were giving me. I think it's cause the way I was dressed. I had some baggy JNCO's on and an Ozzfest Tshirt, the one with the devil looking thing, holding a Flying-V guitar. But damn, the way they were looking at me, like I was gonna kill the kitten in a friggin' ritual.

Then there's the pigs, cops, who follow me around the stores because of how I'm dressed. I don't steal things, really. I have money, I'll pay for it. I'm not *that* stupid. They think they can intimidate me by staring me down. What's there to be intimidated by if I haven't done anything wrong?

Then you have the ooooooooooooolllllllllllllllddddddddd people who look me up and down and shake their head in disagreement.

I'm so sick of people judging me. Anyone else get this kind of crap?

[Amber]

I hate it when people judge!!!

[Amber]

I hate it when people judge by the looks, not the personality!!!!

[Airedalekisses]

I don't judge anyone-Hey Albert Einstein used to go around in the most horrid old ripped pants and holey sweater. I have this long stark white hair and a lot of people think I'm some sort of wiccan goddess. If people can't see beyond the outside they need to look inside themselves if something might be just a little bit wrong. Not everyone is a sheep-be an individual-you know who you are!

[mugsy]

Yes, it's wrong, but, unfortunately, that's the way our society works. Next time someone looks at you in a disparging way, smile at them and say,"HI! Have a great day!" and see what they do. It's amazing sometimes how people change when you greet them with a smile....and a lot of time it catches them off guard and they get embarassed (good for a giggle).

[GoldenRetrLuver]

Yep, its really wrong to judge people. I have friends who dress a certain way and they do get stares every now and then. Just try to ignore it and like mugsy said greet them, like say Hi! They might change..

[anna_66]

I usually don't have people look at me at all unless I have on clothing that let my tattoos show, then boy oh boy do I get the looks

[wolfsoul]

Sure I get looks.....

But then...when you act like me...

I'll walk around with neon pink post-its all over my face, what I call my *funky barbie pants*, writing ALL over my body, and a million other things. I get the most looks when I rollerblade with my rats on my shoulder, and Timber leading the way. I got some pretty weird looks the other day when my friend Renee (koneko_kokoro) and I were walking down the highway holding hands. We're chicks. Can't we hold hands?

I just laugh it off.

[kingrattus]

I get looks everyday & I also get sooooooo many nice comments about my shaved head. & they think its even cooler when I tell them my hair has more then doubled in length & I need a hair cut really bad. But too many strangers feel the need to guess my age. & their always soooooo wrong, "U can't be older then 14, r u allowed to work here at 14??" ummm I'm turning 21 in August, "No way! You can't be 21.

I've never had a bad comment about my shaved head, only good, but I get scared when girls wink at me, ick, I'm not a lezbo (no offence to anyone).

& I hate it when younger guys hit on me or get all giggly talking to me, growup & leave me be.

[rg_girlca]

Mugsy, you took the words right out of my mouth.
People who judge others have nothing better to do with their day.
You like who you are, I love Brian forever, that's what matters. Not what other people think.
So next time do like Mugsy said and you can also add, "Hi, how are you today?"

Also I'm 51 years old, am I considered one of the oooolllllllllddddd
people.
I go with how society is today, I don't judge how kids or people are today.
Either you like me or you don't, I really don't care cause I like who I am and I have a great family and a few friends that love me and of course my beloved pets.
That's all that matters.
So don't take to heart what others think.

[Karen]

How you choose to present yourself to society of course influences how people will react to you. We ALL "judge people" and if you are trying to combat a negative stereotype, then act extra nice to people, be even more kind and considerate than you normally would be. Reacting in a negative way just reinforces negative stereotypes!

[Kfamr]

I dress in dark colors most of the time... People don't really judge me though. If they did i'd ignore their stupidity and go on with life because they're the ones who don't know doo doo about me.

[Tonya]

I get frustrated when people judge too. I work a dirty blue collar job. When I get off of work, I am filthy, and my clothes are often holey. I'm often mistaken for homeless or a lesbian just because of how I look after work. (*no offense to lesbians, my two closest friends are a lesbian couple) I am amazed at the difference in customer service when I am dressed in my work clothes opposed to showering and dressing girly. It doesn't really bother me to much, though. I make more money then most lawyers, so I just laugh myself to the bank.

My brother's average outfit is nappy long hair, holey jeans, and a marilyn manson shirt...the rest of our family was cracking up the last time we traveled. He got stopped and searched a dozen times. We joked with him that we weren't bringing him next time cause he holds us up.

When I was younger, I was into the piercings and different hair colors. I can remember getting alot of attention for that. Truthfully, looking back, I think I did that stuff for attention anyways.

[CathyBogart]

Being and having a lot of friends who are "furries", I'm pretty used to that sort of thing. Most of my friends aren't the type to wear ears and a tail out in public all the time, but there are some rather unusual looking/dressing people among us.

[Ally Cat's Mommy]

I really hate it when people judge me!

In South Africa I worked in a very up-market corporate environment - and I used to wear all the typical "Ally McBeal" type short suits, heels and stockings EVERY DAY but....... I used to LOVE "Casual Day" so I could go to work on my bike, in my bike leathers It was amazing to see how different people acted towards me when I "dressed down".

My kids think it's great that their Mum is "cool" on the weekend - Jeans and Doc Martens or Sketchers, although once, when my Son was about 7, I had a PTA meeting at school and he instructed me to "dress more like a mummy" - whatever THAT means!!!!