Chuckles

same here, chill with my group of buds, in for a world of hurt and tears. But dont tear, you'll just be in for more hurt.

Ishmal

LOL.

me and my mates "mock the shit" out of each other constintly...

on any given night that we get together, you could expect to be mocked about any silly little thing you've done in the last 18 years of your life... we all know its just jokes... and we all enjoy it. we don't single out one person, its "all on all"... no1 goes home offended. and we all have a great time.

__________________
"Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular."

Rodney

Friendly bullshit is fine; I've been there and done that, and you can tell it's friendly because it's kind of like the best of stand-up comedy: -- which finds the truth in some things by pointing out absurdities that we all gloss over or try to ignore.

What's not so friendly is when you're in a group and one guy, the big dog or someone who thinks he is, takes it a little farther than good clean fun with a new guy or a less connected guy, just because he can. Especially if it's _not_ okay for some guys to say some things, but it's fine for the big dog. I tend to avoid groups like that; besides, they tend to consist mainly of one or two big dogs and a bunch of suckups.

I also don't like it when somebody ribs you for some mistake -- like cutting a fart -- and keeps ribbing you about it the next three or four times even though you haven't done it again. Some people are just clueless, tiresome, jerks.

Jesus Pimp

Gawd I miss giving my guy friends titty twisters and a nice swift kick in the balls. Those were the days

__________________
Never date anyone who doesn't make your dick hard.

Ishmal

LOL. i dun know about the kick in the balls... but nipple cripples are a common occurence in our group of mates too!!!

__________________
"Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular."

krwlz

Haha, we had a year in highschool where everyone in my class walked down the hall with their hands on their nipples. If you didn't, you were just a moving target.

Ishmal

yer that is basically how it is sometimes among my friends...

it gets hard to drink wen u have both hands covering both nipples! but my brother seems to be immune to it... u can hold, pinch, twist, and pull his nipples all u want and he just looks at u and says "WAT?"

HeeHeeHee... *sigh* good times!

__________________
"Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular."

monkeysugar

I don't mind if one of my friends decides to flip me some shit in a friendly manner. I think many guys have that relationship with their male friends. Personally, I think it is a "safe" way to express appreciation, affection, or tell your friend they are being an ass. However, there are some very basic lines that we know not to cross, and my friends read each others' reactions very well. If someone starts going over the line, they know about it pretty damn quick. A lot of how I react depends on the tone of their voice and body language.

If someone who isn't my friend starts flipping me shit, I react very differently. It usually comes from big people who do it because they think they can get away with it, and really short guys who think they have something to prove. It's usually in a malicious tone, and reuslts in a hell of an earful from me.

__________________
I've got the love of my life and a job that I enjoy most of the time. Life is good.

MSD

Talking shit about your friends proves that you know each other well enough to not take anything personally. If we talked to strangers like we do to each other, we'd all be dead in a week. No, make that three days.

Stompy

This whole thread is kinda silly because females do this too - and often.

I'm friends with a LOT of females, and they crack jokes and rip on each other (and their male counterparts) just as much as males do, so it's not like it's some kind of "alpha male domination" tactic or anything deeper than what it appears to be.

There are people who can easily tolerate immense amounts of sarcasm, and there are others who can't.

I highly doubt anyone here in this thread is ripping on someone so much that the other person goes home and cries. Does it happen? I'm sure it does somewhere in the world, but not from anyone here.

Even still, if the person is getting ripped on to the point of "cowering inside", then they should grow a pair, tell their "friends" off, fuckin walk away, and never talk to them again.

There are two extremes - being a bully, and being severely weak to the point where you have NO IDEA what to do when confronted with such issues. If it bothers you, speak the fuck up and do something about it. Otherwise, it's just common, "You actually like Britney Spears? What a pussy..." (if you'd really take offense to that.. then I feel bad for ya)

__________________
I love lamp.

Sbudda

What is up with people calling "ball-busting" a guy thing?

My wife is the same way. Every girl she knows is either a bitch, a slut, a whore, a cum bag, etc. So she is to them as well. I think it's based upon the idea of, if I didn't like you I would beat your ass for calling me that. Since I do like you, then you are also a cum-guzzling whore - give me a hug!

Of course I base all of my interpersonal relationships off of the characters in Married With Children. I am still auditioning for my perfect Marcy foil - I've already got the red headed wife that doesn't like to clean (heh, I've never thought about her that way before, that's pretty funny).

Sledge

Huh. I hang out in mixed company almost all the time -- aside from some mild ragging and running jokes there's nothing you'd call "ball-busting" at all.

Maybe it's just a question of choosing to spend time with people who don't piss you off.

silent_jay

I've played sports all my life and well it's just second nature to take the piss out of your buddies. I mean I've had the same friends for so long if I couldn't bust their balls and vice versa I'd think there is something wrong.

__________________
Absence makes the heart grow fonder