'mates'

[plym_swimmer]

Slightly more random question but im in yr 12 at the moment and after telling a few 'mates' etc of my decision to join some less mature ones seem to find something to joke about and take the piss. I can take it sometimes but having a stab at stuff they dont know anything about is irritating. Was wondering if anyone had any tips on getting them to back off?


cheers

plym.

[_chris]

Beat them up?!

What do they find to take the piss out of? Round here anyone wanting to join the forces is treated with respect (except the ones who clearly say it just to gain the respect), I know ours is a smaller 100% Naval town but so's alot of Plymouth.

[GreyWing]

consider it training for when you join up, and just ignore them. You'll see when you join up, what real mates are like.

[Artist]

Sell them to a Senagalese Slave trader.

Artist

[ariadne241]

Do nothing. You'll have the last laugh when you finish training.

Vx x x

[Andr3w]

I've had the same from my mates saying im going to get "played with" in the shower etc etc (This is for the RAF btw) and all sorts of jokes about getting killed and stuff. Really annoying

[Si Capon]

Wouldn`t worry about it....If you think they`re taking the piss, wait till you actually get in!!
If you can`t handle a bit of piss taking now, what will you do once the muck and bullets start flying?

[jE^_^]

say to them:

here, i got a link for you... http://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/JCP/index.html

then laugh, you will see them in 6 years time... when you have travelled the world and got qualifications etc... they will be plumbers, bricklayers or maybe working in a bank or something repetitive like that... moaning how hard there life is

- dont say anything to them, just remind yourself of the lifestyle YOU will have and the benefits YOUR going to get... mates are mates i know, im 18 so i should know... but at the end of it all, you lose mates, you gain mates... either laugh it off, or take the piss back outta them...

[jE^_^]

I've had the same from my mates saying im going to get "played with" in the shower etc etc (This is for the RAF btw) and all sorts of jokes about getting killed and stuff. Really annoying

Ive had that too... just laugh it off... say stuff like, 'ill enjoy it i will...' or 'you wish ill be the one playing... wayyy' (then goes to kiss mate lol) even tho your lying but still it shows you dont care... and the chances of you gettin killed well... there slim? but mates dont make jokes over that!

[La Langosta]

Just think to yourself...........
MCDONALDS!!!!!
Cos at the end of the day, that is where the vast majority of no-marks with "ambition" seem to end up.

Forget them, ignore them..whatever it takes. If you've set your mind to it, then nothing they do or say should influence you.

"Would you like fries with that, or like to go supersize??"

[AJtothemax]

I've had the same from my mates saying im going to get "played with" in the shower etc etc (This is for the RAF btw) and all sorts of jokes about getting killed and stuff. Really annoying

Wouldn't worry about that, im a rugby lad myself and me and the lads from rugby laugh and joke about it but some of my other mates who are 'straight' dont get it. We're all straight and comfortable about our sexuality so we feel free to take the piss and think nothing of it. You'll usually find that those who are quick to say "you're gonna get horse ......" are usually insecure about their sexuality.

Enough said.

[Paratrooper01]

Dont let the bastards grind you down.

[Foxtricks]

Plym swim how far along are you with your application..

Foxy..

[The Southerner]

I've had the same from my mates saying im going to get "played with" in the shower etc etc (This is for the RAF btw) and all sorts of jokes about getting killed and stuff. Really annoying

Wouldn't worry about that, im a rugby lad myself and me and the lads from rugby laugh and joke about it but some of my other mates who are 'straight' dont get it. We're all straight and comfortable about our sexuality so we feel free to take the piss and think nothing of it. You'll usually find that those who are quick to say "you're gonna get horse ......" are usually insecure about their sexuality.

Enough said.

Me and a few mates (one a former booty) often joke about being gay, I dunno why we just find it really funny. I notice it makes some of my other mates really uncomfortable. I sometimes wonder if they're not 100% sure about which side they like to bat for...or maybe I'm just a raving bender and I haven't realised it yet.

[Jim T]

Listen....while you are yomping around Woodbury Common, piss wet through, tired, hurting and hungy, knowing that you have another 5 months to get through just think back to those wasters and smile to yourself.

Whilst you are at CTCRM they will be saying "Would you like fries with that?" or "Would you like to supersize for an extra 25P?"

They don't have a great deal to look forward to do they????