Dealing with the comments/jokes

[BigThinker]

Don't take it too personally, that is just man shit. When guys do that, they are testing you to see how you rank.

You need to hit them back just as hard. I have a friend that sometimes does that with me. He says, stuff about my hair. I put him down instantly. I make fun of his prfoession (a plumber) I call him blue collar, or say I call him next time I clogged my toilet. I have almost made him cry

Heard that. Quick wit and a razor tongue will handle most people.

I had a buddy who would, in jest, make fun of my above average size nose (which didn't bother me a bit). But then, in a drunken douche moment, he tried to make fun of me when we were playing card games with a bunch of girls to shift leverage. I remember instantly making fun of him for being chubby and getting horrible grades in Freshmen level courses, etc. etc.

Cut him down so hard he ended up walking home while sending me fiery, but non-concerning, texts the whole way.

The trick is to come off as unphased and to attack what is mostly likely their source of self-conscious, without skipping a beat.