**First off you may be wondering why I am posting this on my beauty blog and that is simple because I feel this post relates more to that than fitness or relationships**
Social media is overall a great way to share your life with other people. You can share your work, your kids or just your thoughts on everyday things. However there is always a bad side to things and it can be a bit hard to handle every now and then. I will start off by telling a story and then I will talk about what I did wrong and how I probably should have handled things. After that I will give you some basic tips about social media that might help you if you are stuck in a similar situation.
To start off I was on Instagram scrolling through the popular page and I came across picture of a woman's makeup. It was gorgeous but in the comments people kept saying how big, scary, and ugly her eyes looked. I absolutely disagreed with them. I thought the look and her eyes looked amazing. But, the reason her eyes looked so big was because she was wearing circle contact lenses. Also, know as circle lenses, colored contacts, or as I am many other people like to call them contacts.
All I did was say that to someone who said that her eyes were naturally like that, I had also commented saying how I enjoyed the look. The owner of the page showed that the comment about me saying she was wearing contacts bothered her so I respectfully gave my apologies and deleted all past comments. It seemed the respectful and right thing to do.
I must have been wrong about that because a "fan" of hers came on to a started making fun of my weight loss update picture. So, I told her to stop and that is was ridiculous of her to sit there and complain about people leaving rude comments on the picture of a woman's makeup but then she goes and posts rude comments on my pictures.
After that the "fan" decided to delete her comment only to say I was lying about her posting the comment. So, I decided to screenshot the comment before it disappeared from my notifications. I posted the photo to show her that I had in fact seen the comment. Well from then on she started harassing me.
I deleted the picture, her comment and mine as well. I blocked and reported her.Which I should have done from the very beginning.
So, what should you do if you are in that type of situation. First start by apologizing and ask them to leave you alone. If they continue to harass you, block and report them and make your profile private. If you don't want your profile to be private permanently just make it private for a week until that person cools down and finds someone else to harass.
Next, and this is the most important rule, DO NOT let them get to you or make you feel bad about yourself. People love to pick on others to make them feel bad. Sometimes it is because they are jealous. Other times it might simply be that they are insecure and they feel the need to pick on others to make themselves feel better.
I hope you enjoy this and that it might help you if you are in a similar situation.
xoxo- Bethany
All I did was say that to someone who said that her eyes were naturally like that, I had also commented saying how I enjoyed the look. The owner of the page showed that the comment about me saying she was wearing contacts bothered her so I respectfully gave my apologies and deleted all past comments. It seemed the respectful and right thing to do.
I must have been wrong about that because a "fan" of hers came on to a started making fun of my weight loss update picture. So, I told her to stop and that is was ridiculous of her to sit there and complain about people leaving rude comments on the picture of a woman's makeup but then she goes and posts rude comments on my pictures.
After that the "fan" decided to delete her comment only to say I was lying about her posting the comment. So, I decided to screenshot the comment before it disappeared from my notifications. I posted the photo to show her that I had in fact seen the comment. Well from then on she started harassing me.
I deleted the picture, her comment and mine as well. I blocked and reported her.Which I should have done from the very beginning.
So, what should you do if you are in that type of situation. First start by apologizing and ask them to leave you alone. If they continue to harass you, block and report them and make your profile private. If you don't want your profile to be private permanently just make it private for a week until that person cools down and finds someone else to harass.
Next, and this is the most important rule, DO NOT let them get to you or make you feel bad about yourself. People love to pick on others to make them feel bad. Sometimes it is because they are jealous. Other times it might simply be that they are insecure and they feel the need to pick on others to make themselves feel better.
I hope you enjoy this and that it might help you if you are in a similar situation.
xoxo- Bethany
