My ex has recently decided to start telling everyone that I'm pregnant with his child (I'm a virgin, by the way. It's not true at all). I'd just avoid him, but he and all of his evil friends are always everywhere I go. They glare at me when I walk within a fifty-foot radius of them, and many of my friends have said that they all talk about how I'm apparently "spreading **** around everywhere" and about how terrible I am whenever I'm not around as well. I haven't done anything to them to deserve the level of hatred that they have for me. A lot the people that used to come up and talk to me are now starting to subtly avoid me now, too. They don't say anything, but I'm pretty sure that it's because of that stupid rumor.
I'm afraid to do anything in retaliation to him because he's suicidal, and I would never be able to forgive myself if I were to cause his death.
I'm lonely, scared, and I don't know what to do. I'm afraid to go back to school because that entire group of people just lurks around the entryway during the morning, and it is impossible to enter the building without encountering them.
Help, please!
[ Answer this question ] Want to answer more questions in the Sexual Health and Reproduction category? Maybe give some free advice about: General Sex Questions? sizzlinmandolin answered Sunday March 3 2013, 10:40 am: This is the textbook definition of bullying. It is not okay. Believe me, your ex is not going to commit suicide if you report him to your school for bullying. Suicide is something that you should take very seriously, but sometimes people will threaten it as a way to manipulate you. You as a person do not have the power to cause him to kill himself or stop him from killing himself if that is what he chooses to do. It's a choice that he would be making himself. Because you don't have this power either way, it's very important that you report him for this as well. Along with reporting him to your school for bullying, you report his threats of suicide. If he is serious about it, this could get him some help, help that your silence is not giving him. If he is not serious about it and was just using it as a tool to manipulate you, then he deserves getting reported on it and having to go through all of that. He should never make those types of threats and not mean them and he needs to learn how serious a suicide threat really is. Honestly, you are being seriously bullied here and you need to stand up for yourself. It's unfair that you have to deal with this, but most schools now have really good systems for dealing with it. There's no way that a person should be treating another person this way, you don't deserve it. Find an adult at your school that you feel comfortable talking to and get the bullying officially reported so that it can end soon. It isn't tattling or anything to protect yourself and you should never feel bad about doing so. This guy is an evil person and he needs to be stopped. Something as simple as an adult standing at the front of the school and in the halls where these incidents are happening could stop all of this, right? I wish you the best of luck! :) [ sizzlinmandolin's advice column | Ask sizzlinmandolin A Question ]
Xui answered Saturday March 2 2013, 11:37 pm: Sweetie,
You know where people get when they lie? Nowhere.
If he is spreading rumors you are pregnant who exactly is going too look loke the fool when this rumor goes on for months? Him. There is no reason to retaliate, He is being very immature. The only one making a fool out of it all is himself.
To be honest be the bigger person. Walk away and ignore it
This rumor started for two reasons, 1. He is looking for attention and 2. He is trying to get a reaction out of you. So if you don't give him a reaction then again, He's the fool. [ Xui's advice column | Ask Xui A Question ]
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