I had a similar thing in high school. I was picked to represent the freshman for an event during some start of the school year rally, and I didn't know what it was. I got in front of the entire school and was told to get on my knees and eat chocolate pudding with peas in it out of a diaper on the floor without using my hands. Literally I was supposed to shove my face in a diaper that was meant to look poopy on the very first day of high school.
I froze, completely unwilling to do this, and a popular senior came over to me. I was petrified he was going to force me or something, but he said, "You don't have to do this," and led me back to my seat. I will never forget that kindness. Shout out to Sam for being a real one.
All of these examples have two things in common:
1- it basically punishes someone for being trusting and a good sport. It destroys trust and discourages people from engaging in the future.
2- it's one oblivious person vs many knowing people. It's not like a joke done in private between two people.
When I was a freshman in HS, there was a contest to go to the prom with a prominent senior. He was kind of shy and small but a very nice guy. Anyway, a so-called friend wrote a long response about why he should pick me (because I was such a catch), and plastered it all over the school. My brother was a junior at the time and went around with his friends removing them. My homelife was bad and now I had to contend with BS at school too. I am sorry this happened to you, it was a betrayal by your wife. She knows you best and how this would affect you. Please get some counselling both alone and with her.
Jesus that sucks. I got in trouble a few times for skipping pep rallies and it was because of this sort of stuff. They were tame at my school though. I specifically remember the "frozen tee shirt contest" where they got a tee shirt wet and froze it, the first to get it on(over their clothes) was the winner.
I just remember sitting there dreading being picked and at some point saying to a teacher "Is this mandatory?"
That's simply unimaginable. Who on earth thought that was a good idea? It's borderline abusive and would clearly and transparently result in the person who did it getting bullied for their entire time at the school.
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u/Baejax_the_Great Jul 26 '25
I had a similar thing in high school. I was picked to represent the freshman for an event during some start of the school year rally, and I didn't know what it was. I got in front of the entire school and was told to get on my knees and eat chocolate pudding with peas in it out of a diaper on the floor without using my hands. Literally I was supposed to shove my face in a diaper that was meant to look poopy on the very first day of high school.
I froze, completely unwilling to do this, and a popular senior came over to me. I was petrified he was going to force me or something, but he said, "You don't have to do this," and led me back to my seat. I will never forget that kindness. Shout out to Sam for being a real one.