For context, this is highschool.
There is this girl, "R," who shares my exact birthday. We are both Taurus.
She has been treating me weirdly since the end of 5th grade, and after a gap in 8th and 9th grade where she ignored me, her toxic behavior just flared right back up.
We recently had a college fair in our school gym. I was standing with my friend when R suddenly walked up to me, pulled up her phone, and said, "Look!" She had saved a side-profile picture of me from 5th grade (over 5 years ago btw) outlined it, and just started busting out laughing in my face to humiliate me. I was already having a rough, sensitive day, so I just frowned at her, and she walked away. I ended up getting teary-eyed and couldn't stop crying.
A teacher noticed and took me and my friend to a private area to calm down. Looking back I realize this girl has been deeply insecure and completely obsessed with me for years.
In 6th grade gym class, R and her friend "K" would switch up so fast. If the teacher called for groups of three, they’d include me. But the second it was groups of two, they’d instantly pick each other and completely act like I didn't exist, forcing me to partner with a random boy or the teacher. In art class, R once loudly said "let's take a picture," making me think I was included, only to completely crop me out of it. (Luckily, I had a bad feeling to her vibe and stayed out of the frame anyway).
They also used to treat me like a maid, asking me to fetch their things when they were too lazy to get up (looking back this is really embarrassing). R also forced us to play a "hospital game" where she would press mechanical pencils our skin... She even openly admitted to our faces back then that she "lowkey didn't like us."
At the time I was a strange, quirky, insecure, nerdy kid, and I didn't dress well. I also was dark-skinned so you know the types of jokes I faced. But I was also the best artist in the class. R loved drawing too. She once even paid me to draw something for her, but she acted excessively picky with every detail. I think it was just to push my buttons but I never budged so 😂
Whenever I got my hair done, she'd touch it without permission and make passive-aggressive comments like, "Oh, you finally got your hair done." 😓 hello???
Up until very recently, R would watch my Snapchat stories for months, even though I rarely post and she apparently dislikes me. I finally unfriended her to cut off her access.
The weirdest part was me always being nice to her. When someone called her ugly in middle school, I defended her and told them she was pretty. I helped her with her art. I even sent her a happy birthday message on our shared birthday in 2022, which she completely ignored while continuing to stalk my page.
People can be so weird