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Hit in the face, confidence in the dumpster.
I'm a 16 year old male attending highschool. I'm not popular or athletic, but I have/had a certain group I usually hang out with, other guys my age that like to drink and talk like men. Long story short, one day one of them brought sparring equipment and pestered me to try sparring with them. I agreed, got into the gloves and head gear, got hit once and fell over nose bleeding and black eyed. Now when I see them they laugh at me and say "one hit wonder" or general teases. I dont know what I do here, because im actually kind of afraid of hanging out with them again. What do i do?
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My first thought is that they are not very good friends to tease you in this manner then I remember they are all teenagers and this is about par for their age. The second thing is they are also not much of a boxer in that in this type of sparring they should or he should have pulled his punches as the aim is to work on technique not maul you partner.
You could turn the tease around as in if no one else spared by saying, At least I was man enough to try, or hey how did I know I had a glass face. When people tease in this manner it is only fun if they upset you. If you turn the tease back on them or add to it by joking it is not longer fun and they will stop.
Now whether you want to be friends with them any longer is entirely up to you after you put them in their place with the teasing. As I suggested above, find a way to show them the teasing does not bother or upset you. Then is you want stop hanging with them.
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