This happened a lot to me during my childhood. For the most part, I was hanging out with the wrong people. While it's good to not let the ball busting negatively affect you, you might want to look for new friends. Most of the ball busting you talk about comes from insecure kids taking out their frustration on others they think won't get upset. That is, they will treat you like shit cause they think you'll take it as a joke since you're their friend.
You could standing up and telling them you don't like so much of the crap. Tell them it's ok if they do it a little bit, but sometimes there are more productive things to talk about. That small effort of standing up for yourself will greatly help your self esteem, which it sounds like you're struggling with.
EDIT: Just to make sure.. you are using "ball busting" as kids making fun of their friends? Not literally smacking each other in the balls? Cause if it's the latter, that's just fucked up.
Last edited by glooper23; 07-24-2007 at 08:04 PM..
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