We all have this problem from time to time: at school or at work people can sometimes be really mean. How do you handle this? Do you resort to being as mean as they are? Do you just ignore and be the better person?

i try to get over it usually or ill vent to my hubby and then it will pass sometimes they dont know they are being that way

i`m trying to ignore them , this kind of things aren`t the worst that could happend to a person , so..i just ignore them

I ignore them as if they're invisible. It's too funny, that's my mean way to get back lolz.

Yeah, I think that ignoring them is one of the best things one can do. Otherwise you'd just get drawn into petty arguments and would have more to suffer. Some people are just jerks, no need for us to get down to their level

I almost have to just ignore it. I work at a plumbing/HVAC business and some of the guys here are very vulgar and/or insulting. If they do something that makes me angry and I tell them- they say I have PMS. It's a small business and there's only one other woman in the office so we sort of rely on each other for support with the crap the guys say.
My boss also has a calendar with girls in bikinis in his office and many times when his friends stop in to talk I get to hear all about whatever (and whoever) he did over the weekend.

^^ I hate it when men act like that and they'll even tease you more when you get angry for the valid reason that you are being offended by their JOKES. I also once worked in a male dominated place and I learned when to shrug it off and when to draw the line.

I wish I knew when to draw the line. I'm easily offended and easily irritated so when they start going after me I just try to ignore all of it rather than make a scene.
Most recently they've started going after my weight. :o/ I'm a newlywed so they're all saying now that I've "got him caught" I'm going to "blow up like a balloon!"

^^ I felt the same way before so before, even though the joke about me was kinda funny, I tried not to laugh to send the signal that it's not okay.

When I don't laugh at the jokes they make at my expense I'm then "Cranky with PMS" ...Apparently I can't get annoyed and PO'ed. I must have PMS.