When you were a kid, did people pretend to be your friend so they could make fun of you, gossip about you, and bully you?

Nah I honestly can't remember that ever happening. I was a fighter as a kid so if I felt any shade, I confronted it directly. Me & all the homies looked out for each other too so if anyone had a problem with one of us, we all had a problem with that person.
We made fun of each other for sure. We would even fight each other if words weren't enough but there was never any disrespect or crossing any lines. We'd clown on each other all we wanted but it was all love. We knew if anybody else disrespected, we all had each other's backs in an instant.

& If a homie came around & wasn't down like that, then they weren't a homie

I used to have a friend who always picked someone to tease, mock and pick at. And everyone kind of looked at it: "it's fun as long as it's not me". If it was just him, I wasn't too sensitive about it but if he and another friend ganged up, that was crossing the line for me.
I wouldn't say it was a fake friend, just the dynamics I wouldn't tolerate past high school.

Oh I just had a flashback of art class 2009.

Oh my heart

I had a friend who belittle me, told lies about me and about my family (mind you he would come over) very toxic- toxic masculinity before that was a common term.

He went to far one day. I had to wear my hoodie, because i was choked up, yes, chocked up! My throat was tight, my lip quivered and cried, probably like one tear. I was hurt.

He had the nerve to get a ruler 📏 to my face while my head was down just to confirm that was indeed crying. What a bastard!

Even the art teacher was chuckling- don’t get started on her.

But yea, that was the fakest friend I ever had. Freshmen year was nightmarish.

However, I ended up making friends with the artsy types, the nerds, goths, a collection of different folks

Didn't have that many friends to matter. Think I went to one sleep over. And my father invited one friend of mine to a a nice hotel in LA once. And that's all I recall.

A good number of friends, in elementary school, went to the same junior high, that I did. Yet I just didn't see them that much, with electives, clubs and certain sports.

High school was a mess friend wise, going to three different highschools, in three different counties.

That last likely messed me up socially.

I got along with everyone but felt like I never fitted in, friendships would end and I didn't always know why. I was someone people related to but totally an outsider

Yes, and it was my Dad that tipped me off about it at an early age. Thanks Dad!!! (RIP)

I had no friends in school and the "friends" I did have in real life and online are gone now...Two of my online "friends" got me hospitalized and made me lose my motor skills in my legs to where I need a cane because I can't walk very far nor stand for very long...So I have no friends now...

CONSTANTLY!!!
It's why I took up the guitar & model railroading! My own little worlds & no one else involved.

It happened a few times. It's very much more a thing with girls than boys. The boys wre more uh, direct with bullying.

Yes it happened. None of my school friends was ever a true friend to me. I was mostly betrayed more than bullied though.

It was mainly these girls in college. They didn’t like that Jose liked me. So they only became my friend to tear me down because I wasn’t supposed to be liked by a guy like Jose

No, not me, but I caught it anyway for standing up against it for others. I was pretty brazen back in the day and would fight anyone, even boys.

I was actually lucky enough to have a good group of friends. They did poke fun at me from time to time, but, I dished it right back. The only person who really ever bullied me was one of the biggest and meanest kids in school and he bullied everyone so everybody got a turn. LOL. we were on the football team together and I got lucky one time and put him on his ass. he pretty much obliterated me on the next play though. LOLOL

I've definitely known toxic people who couldn't be nice for more than a short period without switching. Some people are just all kinds of messed up, they take pleasure in messing with other people. Such people deserve to be hit by a car imho.

I honestly can't deal with the motivations, needs and requirements of people and that's why I isolate myself from them. I did the whole social life thing and I'm over it.

I don’t recall any such incidents. So either it didn’t happen to me, or I didn’t notice it, which are roughly the same thing.

Yes, there were some as a kid that I think only hung around because they saw me as an easy target.

naw,I was pretty well too isolated from people for that.

I’m not even gonna get into it 🤣🤣

@SwampFlower 😔sorry that was the case those sort you do not need in your world just to satisfy there evil

Yep