Would you have gotten upset by this? [long...]?

i would have gotten upset. but at this point in my life, i have learned how to ignore it if other people say mean things about me. here's what i do: first of all, i think about the fact that usually the other person is wrong. like when Emma said you're "retarded". you know you're not. if she had said that about me, my thought process would have been "whatever. no i'm not. Emma is just being ignorant". the second thing i do is think about the fact that i'm not actually doing anything wrong. the other person is. and third, i think about the fact that some people say mean things on purpose because it makes them feel good to see the sadness or anger that they cause. so i have learned to not show any visible signs of being upset. it tends to discourage people from saying mean things about me. it takes some effort to be able to react this way when people are mean to me, but i have worked on it and become better at it.