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writes:Sorry for the length! I'm a girl and I love football and I've always been into it since I was little. Obviously this always made me popular with the guys and I've got loads of mates who are guys, who I really get on well with. I've had no problems with this up until recently. Some girls at work have been really nasty to me and make comments saying I'm not normal for liking footie, I'm a slag and that I'm just trying to get off with the guys at work. I don't know why because I haven't been out/slept with any of the guys, they are more like brothers to me than anything. The girls (about 6 of them) bitch about me to each other and to my face. They think just because I look really girly I don't really like footy and I'm making up things just to get in with the guys. I've told some of my guy mates at work about what the girls are doing and they want to sort them out for me, but I've told them I'll fight my own battles but I'm not really sure how to go about it. I've tried some things like talking to one of the girls to see why she has a problem with me but she just laughed it off at the time and then carried on slagging me off behind my back. I really don't know what else to try because I love working with my friends and I love my job so I don't want to leave, and my friends don't want me to leave. But it doesn't seem like I'll have any other option. What dya think I should do next?
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reader, TasteofIndia  +, writes (28 May 2007):
 Oh, just ignore them. Onviously, they're jealous of the connection you have with these guys... one that they'll never have. Girls can be so petty and catty about these sort of things. Your situation actually kind of reminds me of this American show called "My Boys". This girl is a sportswriter and all of her friends are guys. She seems to get on okay!
Don't quit your job. Hang out with your real friends and do good work.
I don't know if this is the kind of girl you are, but if you wanted to try and mend fences with these 6 bitches, you could offer to teach them a little about football. But, if they continue to be gossip-y, forget about them. There will always be bitches in the universe... just ignore them or they get stronger and bitcher.
Good luck, sweetness!!
xxIndia
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reader, candy00s +, writes (28 May 2007):
 These girls are simply jealous. To them you have it all good looks, and lots of male attention! There is nothing wrong with you liking football - many woman do. They are the ones who have a problem. Can you talk to your boss about these bitchy women, might make them aware that what they are doing is unacceptable and childish.Dont let them get to you, they are jealous - they probably cant be friends with a guy without dropping their knickers - so they think you must be the same as them. xxx
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reader, DV1 +, writes (28 May 2007):
 Don't even bother with them. They're making fun of you because they're jealous that they're not getting any attention from the right sex. Tell them to quit wasting their time with you and start worrying about getting attention from guys, or trying to get dates.
DV1
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reader, Jamer70 +, writes (28 May 2007):
 Just ingore the gossipers, there childish. They proberly call you a slag because you are talking to the guys they like. Men love woman who enjoy the sports they like and they proberly hates this. Do not quit your job over this its petty.When at work just ignore them and hang out with your real friends
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